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Article #1245Re: Offensive humor
From: Ed Gould
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1986 18:28
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1986 18:28
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In article <132@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:
>Try listening to George Carlin or Robin Williams some time. Lots of humor
>with no one hurt. ("Flammable, inflammable, non-inflammable -- why are
>there three? Seems like two words could cover that concept pretty well."
>-- G. Carlin).
Carlin, maybe, but not Williams. While I like much of his humor, a lot
of the rest is *very* racist - usually at the expense of Asians.
--
Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!bullwinkle!rochester!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.women Subject: Re: Offensive humor Message-ID: <523@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 13:28:13 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.523 Posted: Thu Feb 6 13:28:13 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Feb-86 06:50:59 EST References: <428@mmm.UUCP> <9096@amdcad.UUCP> <1726@jhunix.UUCP> <132@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Distribution: net Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 14