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this ''innocent chuckle'' is just a sample of how ingrained certain prejudices remain, and continue to be spread by "innocent" story tellers. using a jew as a character who steals money and is rich due to borrowing aandd not repaying is not offensive ??? , i laugh at myself, and at other people politically corrrect which is the decent way. ---------- From: Gerry & Brig Haines <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: chuckle Date: Saturday, November 14, 1998 5:01 PM Thank you Bruce, I like you, need someone to explain all these supposedly offending situations to me. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at. Our political correctness has risen to such a peak, you are afraid to say anything to anyone, I for one, think this whole business has gone too far. If you say something to deliberately hurt someone, that's different, and I have no use for that kind of dialogue, but innocent jokes are another thing. Maybe we need to post a warning on our humor, could be offensive to overly sensitive people. You and I bantered about men and their feelings, and it was fun, big deal!!! My husband could have left me over that comment, he didn't, actually he knows he'll never find anybody who treats him as well as I do. Of course, he would be the first one to disagree, but he wouldn't dare!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Off my soap box now. Gerry