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In article <11686@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@brahms.UUCP (Matthew P. Wiener) writes:
>In article <361@cisden.UUCP> john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley) writes:
... a bathroom joke, involving the lack of toilet paper in one
of the stalls

>>				Peace and Good!,
>>				      Fr. John Woolley
>
>I cannot *believe* this homophobic "joke".  What are we supposed to
>make of this gay bathroom prostitution?  I certainly fail to see any

Nothing in the original joke referred to gays, or
prostitution.  As I understand it, the man who spoke the punch
line was prepared to use a $1 bill instead of toilet paper,
but not a $10.

>humor, and find this propagating of hateful stereotypes extremely
>offensive.
>
>Please, if Catholics must go on bashing gays, do so in the privacy
>of your own churches, not on the net!

May I suggest "Don't get mad, get even"?  Tell a joke that
makes a Catholic look silly in a specifically Catholic way.
For example:
	An obviously drunk man reels into a Catholic church
and makes his wobbly way into a Confessional.  It isn't
normally manned at that hour, but a priest sees him, and
quietly slips into the priest's part of the stall.  After a
few minutes:
	"Hey, buddy."
	"Yes, my son?"
	"Got any toilet paper? There doesn't seem to be any in
this stall."
>
>Just two questions:
>(1) Do you understand that many of your readers are gay, or like gays, or 
>both, and for that reason regard those values with contempt?

We are all coming to understand how it is possible to take
offense that wasn't offered.

>(2) What was the "joke" doing in net.jokes? 

Giving mildly naughty amusement to many.

>(3) When do we get the difference-between-a-Jew-and-a-pizza "joke"?

As soon as you tell it to us.

Regards,
Chris

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