Well, we all have different thresholds for taking offense. I'm pretty happy with the threshold for DVD Talk as it is.

I can see where some might find the Gallagher joke offensive but the Ghost dog comment was pretty tame. Everyone here is a wannabe comedian. There are things that offensive said every day in the otter. Just because its not funny to you doesn't make it racist.

I think the jokes are too subtle, we need more blatant racism.

Asian people eat a shitload of rice. Cubans are black beaners. How the hell is a racial group's preferred diet a negative stereotype?

It has been brought to my attention that all black rappers have gold teeth.

and are "pointless ghetto thugs who will be dead in three years". ;)

Racial stereotypes are not made up. There is a certain degree of truth to all of them, which is what makes them funny to point out. I do not find this to be racist, by any means.

For example, I am Asian, and a very bad driver. I also eats lots of rice and have slanted eyes and bad teeth. I have no problem with said stereotypes, since for me, all are true. Maybe I just have thicker skin then most. More then likely, though, it's because I just don't give a crap. I love Don Rickles comedy routine. 'nuff said.

so because it doesn't bother you, it shouldn't bother anyone else. that makes a lot of sense. -ohbfrank-

You mean there are people out there that are actually sensitive to this stuff? I never knew. I thought I was speaking for everyone. -ohbfrank-

Nowhere in my post did I imply I was speaking for anyone other then myself. I thought the second paragraph made that clear. Apparantly not.

When people are using it negatively to imply inferiority/make fun of other racial groups.

I'm not that sensitive to those kind of "diet" jokes, but some are.

:drool: Rice + black beans :drool:

Ok dammit now Im just plain hungry and not going to be able to have any of these :mad:

I thought you did imply it in your post. I guess not. Me so sorry! :D

Let's keep DVDTalk as PC-free as we can please. :)

Would love nothing more, but unfortunately, people's sensitivities aren't what they used to be.

How will we log on w/o a PC? :shrug: Oh, you want DVDTalk to be Mac-only :)

:D

I'm sure there are other forums on the internet that aren't full of racists like DVDTALK. Why don't you try to find them?

I didn't know DVD TALK was full of racists?!?!? Is someone having a case of the Mondays again? I swear I'm not one of these so called DVD TALK racists; I've slept with every woman I could regardless of ethnic background. So there's no way I could be one!

That my friend would be racial profiling! All PCs to the back of the broadband; all Macs up front!

boy... :sarcasm: that's subtle

"Young people" - so what? I really don't want to live in a Disney cartoon. Bring on the edgy humor.

As far as the Forest Whittaker thread, it was pretty damn funny and not a bit racist. I was about to nominate it for the archive since I was laughing for a full 5 minutes. For those who missed it, it went something like this:

What the heck is racist about that? Every use of the n-word is not necessarily racist. If anything it is a commentary on how today's PC environment can blow a simple joke way out of proportion and make people uncomfortable.

Flamer is a race? :hscratch:

Damn, I laughed at the Forrest Whittaker response the first time...and now I laughed again rotfl

People really need to lighten up.

Everyone head over to the Adult Forum for the "Oriental Girl" thread.

That would if funny if it was not true.