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Shack
Big Wall climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 28, 2005 - 02:04pm PT
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"I have to defend him when people stereotype him as being a Middle Eastern terrorist."
C'mon can't you people take a joke?
If he were Irish I would have implied he was a member of the IRA!
It's a JOKE!
But seriously...Raj...do you wear a turban?
(I'm just trying to annoy him the way his posts annoy me!)
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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Nov 28, 2005 - 02:36pm PT
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That's tasteful. Are you still molesting your daughter? (Hey, I'm just JOKING!!)
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Shack
Big Wall climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 28, 2005 - 03:08pm PT
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Hey Forrest...do you have a sense of humor or do you assume all posts are serious?
and Raj...don't get too riled up...I know your not a terrorist etc.
and I don't really care what country you or your family comes from...
so the rest of you...get over it.
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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Nov 28, 2005 - 03:28pm PT
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Hey Forrest...do you have a sense of humor or do you assume all posts are serious?
My point was to demonstrate that some things are inappropriate to joke about.
Perhaps accusing someone of being a terrorist because they appear to you to be middle eastern is one of these things. Judging from Rajmit's post above, he doesn't seem to think this is the case.
But I'm willing to bet that Sikhs or actual middle eastern arabs who've been treated badly because of this sort of preconception might feel differently.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 28, 2005 - 03:33pm PT
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Forrest, I had never seen either of them when I made that post...It was purely based on their names.
Also, I didn't accuse anyone of anything!!!
At least Raj has a sense of humor...I like him better already.
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elcapfool
Big Wall climber
hiding in plain sight
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Nov 28, 2005 - 03:47pm PT
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Osama Johnson, yup, he blends into the background now...
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short-rope penis-head
Trad climber
nor cal biiiaaaatch
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Nov 28, 2005 - 04:14pm PT
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holy crap you guys...this post started by talking sh#t about rajmit for acting like a child and now everyone is being stooopid. At least when I dont have anything better to do I post stuff about ninjas and beer. If your bored, don't attack people online and instead look at porno.
Kev
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Nov 28, 2005 - 04:22pm PT
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A few days after the 9/11 attacks, I was walking up Seventh Avenue and stopped into my local "cheap brand-name jeans, socks and stuff like that" store, which is owned and run by two guys who are middle eastern.
The windows had been hit with eggs, and one was cleaning them off. I said hello to him and commented about what a jerk the person who had done it must be, and when I looked into his eyes, I could see that he was fighting back tears.
These were guys who'd had this store for years; guys you'd see standing outside on a sunny day and say hello as you passed. Part of my community.
Any way, I asked how things had been going, to the other one and he said the business was suffering badly. People who used to stop in all the time were walking by with their heads averted. Strangers were lobbing nasty remarks as they passed by - stuff like that.
It's not right.
I would rather smile and say hello to a man who 3 seconds later blew himself(and me, obviously) to smithereeens than make accusations about someone simply because they "fit the profile."
It is so upsetting that middle eastern people are now going through the same thing in this country that asians delt with in WWII, and that black people have had to deal with. How on earth some of us can let our fears make us so stupid is very sad.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 28, 2005 - 07:38pm PT
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Your logic sucks dude...poor troll.
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WBraun
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2005 - 07:40pm PT
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Yes, terrible logic .....
Silly wabbit …. In the prison house of conditioned souls there will be always be opposites.
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Ouch!
climber
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Nov 28, 2005 - 07:42pm PT
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"The worst terrorists in the world are white Christian males"
LOL! Nice troll elcapfool. You reeled in a big angry one.
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WBraun
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2005 - 08:06pm PT
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why hit the streets?
These are the front line soldiers, .... man, I can't even believe you can be asking this question.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 28, 2005 - 08:19pm PT
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The thread drift here is getting almost as gay as the "Ninjas or Pirates?" thread...
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Shack
Big Wall climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 28, 2005 - 08:22pm PT
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Lovesgasoline...when you reach puberty or of legal drinking age, whichever is first, you might understand.
There are those who become LEO's for many good reasons...
Good pay...
Good bennies
respectable job
catch bad guys
save the world
support family
etc...
What's wrong with that?
I don't think most guys don't really consider the level of violence they'll be forced to deal with,
when they consider becoming a cop.
Dealing with the violent as#@&%es and scumbags is the price they pay to get the things on the list above.
Sure there are cops with axes to grind or predudices, or
violent tendancies, I've seen it myself, but I think it's the
exception...not the rule.
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WBraun
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2005 - 08:26pm PT
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Good grief gas man, I'm gona nuke the whole fckin thread.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
So. Cal.
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Nov 28, 2005 - 08:28pm PT
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NUKE IT!!! NUKE IT!!!
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Nov 28, 2005 - 08:33pm PT
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Werner can't believe you let it go this long. It has almost reached the century mark. Pretty soon you are going to be a peer of Juan and Raj. - Only kidding, but this silly thing got stupid - ugly. At least everyone now is playing nice. LOL.
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WBraun
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 28, 2005 - 08:38pm PT
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Lovegas
"One reason being is many prefer a vision of the world that is delusional."
You said it and your vision is definitely delusional.
And, .... I agree with Jody, you've been breathing gasoline fumes to long.
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dirtbag
climber
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Nov 28, 2005 - 10:51pm PT
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As much as it pains me to say this, Jody actually made a few sensible posts here. Don't let it go to your head, though. :-)
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dirtbag
climber
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Nov 28, 2005 - 11:00pm PT
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Say, isn't this thread supposed to be about whether Ramjit is an idiot, instead of whether Jody and Fatty have given culprits the ol' Rodney King treatment? Not that topic drift is a crime...
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