Emails
I hate it when people, my family included, send me emails as forwards and don't clean them up. I receive so many good ones but have to scroll like five pages just to get past all the forward crap to the message. Annoying, neh? Anyway, here's one that I won't pass on, but I'll agree or disagree with here, just cause I can. And note that I've cleaned it up IMMENSLY!
Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
AGREE. 'Nuff said.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
Agreed.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?
Kay, I Googled Martha here and didn't find much. But it seems to me she's in the class of the gal who spilt hot coffee on herself and sued McDonalds for it. And of course, I agree - thus why they're called the BOY scouts and not just the Scouts.
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it
is an opinion.
Agreed - to a point. When you hate someone just because they're gay, THEN it is a phobia. And you need treatment.
I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are
different, weird, or tick me off.
1.To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit. 2.To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others). 3.To put up with; endure. (from www.dictionary.com ) Uh, yeah, you'd better tolerate 'em. It's that or start a fight, buddy. Well, or walk away.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70%
of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law
of Probability.
Wow. Common sense. Agreed.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes,
a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of
fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak
English!
Uh, yesplz. Agreed.
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
Agreed.
I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if
you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand
the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.
Attack, yes. Threaten, no. Maybe pull a gun on ya to reinforce the words, but no. No preemptive strikes.
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are
qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans
or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket
store, or any other business.
Agreed. It's reverse nationalism.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives
in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come
over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to
their interpretations.
Hehe. Take that all you foreign peoples! xD He's right, but we can't stop them from trying, either.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
If they put themselves there, no, I don't pity the poor. If they had no control on circumstances... yeah, I got a soft spot for 'em. But I'd rather give them food than money.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That
doesn't stop you from watching them.
Agreed. It's still stupid as hell, though.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next
operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
AGREED!
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take
a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when
necessary, and say "NO!"
Agreed. My butt's still sore, though. =(
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't
pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until
that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected
mouth as you serve me French fries!
EW. Ok, yeah, I take his point! =x
I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and
not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be
"African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around
saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,
great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America
and nowhere else.
VERY good point! Agreed.
And now I have found a way to cut this and other posts so my LJ front page looks nicer. :3
Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:
I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
AGREE. 'Nuff said.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
Agreed.
I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?
Kay, I Googled Martha here and didn't find much. But it seems to me she's in the class of the gal who spilt hot coffee on herself and sued McDonalds for it. And of course, I agree - thus why they're called the BOY scouts and not just the Scouts.
I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it
is an opinion.
Agreed - to a point. When you hate someone just because they're gay, THEN it is a phobia. And you need treatment.
I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are
different, weird, or tick me off.
1.To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit. 2.To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others). 3.To put up with; endure. (from www.dictionary.com ) Uh, yeah, you'd better tolerate 'em. It's that or start a fight, buddy. Well, or walk away.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70%
of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law
of Probability.
Wow. Common sense. Agreed.
I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes,
a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of
fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak
English!
Uh, yesplz. Agreed.
My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
Agreed.
I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if
you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand
the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.
Attack, yes. Threaten, no. Maybe pull a gun on ya to reinforce the words, but no. No preemptive strikes.
I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are
qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans
or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket
store, or any other business.
Agreed. It's reverse nationalism.
We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives
in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come
over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to
their interpretations.
Hehe. Take that all you foreign peoples! xD He's right, but we can't stop them from trying, either.
I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.
If they put themselves there, no, I don't pity the poor. If they had no control on circumstances... yeah, I got a soft spot for 'em. But I'd rather give them food than money.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That
doesn't stop you from watching them.
Agreed. It's still stupid as hell, though.
I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next
operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.
AGREED!
It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take
a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when
necessary, and say "NO!"
Agreed. My butt's still sore, though. =(
I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't
pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until
that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected
mouth as you serve me French fries!
EW. Ok, yeah, I take his point! =x
I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and
not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be
"African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around
saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,
great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America
and nowhere else.
VERY good point! Agreed.
And now I have found a way to cut this and other posts so my LJ front page looks nicer. :3