Collis, Randall (EUGENE, OR)

Not as stupid as the people who have no sense of humor.



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Let's just all play nice. At least we can all agree that Norwegians are

stupid, right?



Craig



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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:02 AM

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It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's

 amazing how quickly people feel the need to whine about being "P.C" or

 whatever. With all the crap that's going on I'd rather open a post

that made me laugh as opposed to reading about another cyclists killed

 by a car.

                  Brian

And so are the ones with punchlines about being mentally retarded or

Mexican. The point is that stererotype humor that may be funny to you

may be the

most offensive thing in the world to others.   Just be

aware that not everyone views the world as you do.

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Hey...



 Let's just all play nice. At least we can all agree that Norwegians are

stupid, right?



Craig

Ted Tinney

NOW THAT IS FUNNY!



Craig Austin <aust-@exponent.com> wrote:Let's just all play nice. At least we can all agree that Norwegians are

stupid, right?



Craig



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It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's

 amazing how quickly people feel the need to whine about being "P.C" or

 whatever. With all the crap that's going on I'd rather open a post

that made me laugh as opposed to reading about another cyclists killed

 by a car.

Brian

And so are the ones with punchlines about being mentally retarded or

Mexican. The point is that stererotype humor that may be funny to you

may be the

most offensive thing in the world to others. Just be

aware that not everyone views the world as you do.

--another Brian







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stupid, right?



Craig



-----Original Message-----

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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:02 AM

To: ob-@topica.com

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Lance Article





It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's

 amazing how quickly people feel the need to whine about being "P.C" or

 whatever. With all the crap that's going on I'd rather open a post

that made me laugh as opposed to reading about another cyclists killed

 by a car.

                  Brian

And so are the ones with punchlines about being mentally retarded or

Mexican. The point is that stererotype humor that may be funny to you

may be the

most offensive thing in the world to others.   Just be

aware that not everyone views the world as you do.

--another Brian







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Brian Baumann

It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's

 amazing how quickly people feel the need to whine

about being "P.C" or whatever. With all the crap

that's going on I'd rather open a post that made me

laugh as opposed to reading about another cyclists

killed by a car.

                  Brian

And so are the ones with punchlines about being

mentally retarded or Mexican. The point is that

stererotype humor that may be funny to you may be the

most offensive thing in the world to others.   Just be

aware that not everyone views the world as you do.

--another Brian







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 It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's

amazing how quickly people feel the need to whine

about being "P.C" or whatever. With all the crap

that's going on I'd rather open a post that made me

laugh as opposed to reading about another cyclists

killed by a car.

                  Brian

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Exactly Lisa! Best post on the topic yet.



Assuming that a State represents its people is not a mistake made much outside of the U.S.A. That is why foreign persons are still kind to Americans despite the actions of our State.



State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it tells lies too; and this lie crawls out of its mouth: "I, the State, am the people."

-- Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra



Lisa Mellinger <lisaj-@hotmail.com> wrote:

OK! I got a laugh out of this "article" and having been fortunate enough to

visit France on two occasions I decided to add my two cents here. Yes, the

French are a proud people, and no, they haven't been very supportive of our

involvement in the Middle East BUT you CANNOT judge an entire nation on it's

politicians, journalists or the like! I met many wonderful people who

actually do NOT hate all Americans and the only truly rude person I met was

a customs official on my first trip.



France is a beautiful country, as anyone who has watched the Tour should

realize...so enough with this!



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Subject: [OBRA Chat] Lance Article



It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's amazing how quickly

people feel the need to whine about being "P.C" or whatever. With all

the crap that's going on I'd rather open a post that made me laugh as

opposed to reading about another cyclists killed by a car.

                 Brian





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It's a frickin' joke people. Lighten up. It's amazing how quickly people feel the need to whine about being "P.C" or whatever. With all the crap that's going on I'd rather open a post that made me laugh as opposed to reading about another cyclists killed by a car.

                 Brian





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Good suggestion!

"...Cornwallis was then besieged by a Franco-American force of 16,000 troops. The surrender of Yorktown ended the fighting in the War for American Independence (American Revolution)...



Losses on both sides were light: British and Hessian 156 killed and 326 wounded; French, 52 killed and 134 wounded; American, 20 killed and 56 wounded."



FANTASTIC CONTRIBUTION FOR WHICH WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AS A NATION; IT TURNED THE TIDE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND SAVED MANY AMERICAN LIVES.



Contrast:

OMAHA BEACH ALONE; D-Day Normandy - 2,200 Americans killed; FOR WHICH THE FRENCH ARGUABLY OWE THEIR EXISTENCE AS A NATION



And now, in the face of one of the worst, if not the worst natural disaster in American history, our French ally contributes less in resources to our recovery than the local Kiwanis club.



Go figure.













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Perhaps we should rename the Tour as "Le Tour de Freedom" to spite those

Frenchies, while were at it we could invade and rename France "Freedom

Land", just as soon as the national guard is no longer needed in New

Orleans. Just a thought*.

-Matthew

*Opinions expressed are not necessarily mine.



On 9/13/05, RCJoh-@attglobal.net <RCJoh-@attglobal.net> wrote:

 

Since this is getting so heated I'd like to ask everyone to Google

"Battle of Yorktown" and brush up on your Revolutionary War history...

Then please continue.

Every American - alive or dead - has good reason to respect France.



Rick





Ted Tinney wrote:

 Actually, I think you MUST judge the nation on its politicians,

government, and political system, however, you MUST NOT judge the people

of a nation by the same standards.



In other words, the people of Communist North Korea may be great, but I

believe their nation leaves something to be desired, as does France.





Lisa Mellinger <lisaj-@hotmail.com> wrote:

OK! I got a laugh out of this "article" and having been fortunate enough

to

visit France on two occasions I decided to add my two cents here. Yes,

the

French are a proud people, and no, they haven't been very supportive of

our

involvement in the Middle East BUT you CANNOT judge an entire nation on

it's

politicians, journalists or the like! I met many wonderful people who

actually do NOT hate all Americans and the only truly rude person I met

was

a customs official on my first trip.



France is a beautiful country, as anyone who has watched the Tour should



realize...so enough with this!



Au revoir!



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Since this is getting so heated I'd like to ask everyone to Google

"Battle of Yorktown" and brush up on your Revolutionary War history...

Then please continue.

Every American - alive or dead - has good reason to respect France.



Rick





Ted Tinney wrote:

 Actually, I think you MUST judge the nation on its politicians,

government, and political system, however, you MUST NOT judge the people

of a nation by the same standards.



In other words, the people of Communist North Korea may be great, but I

believe their nation leaves something to be desired, as does France.





Lisa Mellinger <lisaj-@hotmail.com> wrote:

OK! I got a laugh out of this "article" and having been fortunate enough

to

visit France on two occasions I decided to add my two cents here. Yes,

the

French are a proud people, and no, they haven't been very supportive of

our

involvement in the Middle East BUT you CANNOT judge an entire nation on

it's

politicians, journalists or the like! I met many wonderful people who

actually do NOT hate all Americans and the only truly rude person I met

was

a customs official on my first trip.



France is a beautiful country, as anyone who has watched the Tour should



realize...so enough with this!



Au revoir!



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Actually, I think you MUST judge the nation on its politicians, government, and political system, however, you MUST NOT judge the people of a nation by the same standards.



In other words, the people of Communist North Korea may be great, but I believe their nation leaves something to be desired, as does France.





Lisa Mellinger <lisaj-@hotmail.com> wrote:

OK! I got a laugh out of this "article" and having been fortunate enough to

visit France on two occasions I decided to add my two cents here. Yes, the

French are a proud people, and no, they haven't been very supportive of our

involvement in the Middle East BUT you CANNOT judge an entire nation on it's

politicians, journalists or the like! I met many wonderful people who

actually do NOT hate all Americans and the only truly rude person I met was

a customs official on my first trip.



France is a beautiful country, as anyone who has watched the Tour should

realize...so enough with this!



Au revoir!



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To many reactionaries to leave the insults out.



Tre Hendricks <hendr-@gorge.net> wrote:And no opinions about the L'Equipe dispute, or anything else for that

matter. But feel free to insult each other (insert sarcastic tone).

 



---- Original Message ----

From: gary.m-@gmail.com

To: randall-@ml.com

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Lance Article

Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:10:41 -0700



 Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe leaving

the

 politics out of the OBRA chat...



France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own

rudder.

 Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule

that

 beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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OK! I got a laugh out of this "article" and having been fortunate enough to

visit France on two occasions I decided to add my two cents here. Yes, the

French are a proud people, and no, they haven't been very supportive of our

involvement in the Middle East BUT you CANNOT judge an entire nation on it's

politicians, journalists or the like! I met many wonderful people who

actually do NOT hate all Americans and the only truly rude person I met was

a customs official on my first trip.



France is a beautiful country, as anyone who has watched the Tour should

realize...so enough with this!



Au revoir!

Ted Tinney

I think generalizations about people could be construed as racism, however, generalizations about a nation (the government) from one's personal observations are certainly not racist.



"Pollock, EuanX A" <euanx.a.-@intel.com> wrote:

Light hearted articles about certain situations that, taken in context, can produce smiles are one thing! Sweeping generalizations that are really nothing more than racist slurs are quite another. Be it the French, or otherwise, that are on the receiving end , there is no place for racism or sweeping derogatory comments in cycling or the wider community.







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The French people are proud, however, as a nation, France leaves a lot to be desired, to include a backbone



gary.m-@gmail.com wrote: Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe leaving the politics out of the OBRA chat...



France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own rudder. Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule that beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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And no opinions about the L'Equipe dispute, or anything else for that

matter. But feel free to insult each other (insert sarcastic tone).

 



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From: gary.m-@gmail.com

To: randall-@ml.com

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Lance Article

Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:10:41 -0700



 Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe leaving

the

 politics out of the OBRA chat...



France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own

rudder.

 Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule

that

 beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





Gary Malcolm

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Ted Tinney <tinne-@yahoo.com> wrote:

The French people are proud, however, as a nation, France leaves a lot to be desired, to include a backbone



gary.m-@gmail.com wrote: Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe leaving the politics out of the OBRA chat...



France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own rudder. Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule that beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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I thought the French Navy ramming the Greenpeace ship as it tried to protest

the French nuclear tests in the Pacific was a wonderful display of backbone!

;)



Flame on! :)



-K

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I ma not sure that it demonstrates a lack of backbone because they do not

rush into every situation with guns blazing before they have all the facts.

Enough politics though, and the joke is very old and stale.







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The French people are proud, however, as a nation, France leaves a lot to

be desired, to include a backbone



gary.m-@gmail.com wrote:

    Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe leaving the

politics out of the OBRA chat...



    France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own

rudder. Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule

that beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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I ma not sure that it demonstrates a lack of backbone because they do

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gary.m-@gmail.com wrote:



Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe

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Light hearted articles about certain situations that, taken in context,

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French, or otherwise, that are on the receiving end , there is no place

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The French people are proud, however, as a nation, France leaves a lot

to be desired, to include a backbone



gary.m-@gmail.com wrote:



Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe

leaving the politics out of the OBRA chat...



France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her

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ridicule that beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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The French people are proud, however, as a nation, France leaves a lot to be desired, to include a backbone



gary.m-@gmail.com wrote:Let's stick with the dispute between Armstrong and L'Equipe leaving the politics out of the OBRA chat...



France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own rudder. Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule that beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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France is a wonderful and justly proud nation who steers by her own rudder.

Your derogatory remarks tend to demean you more than they ridicule that

beautiful country and her outstanding citizens.





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I think this one has been going around for a while, in slightly different

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<p><font face="Times New Roman">PARIS, France -- Lance Armstrong's record

setting seventh Tour</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">de France victory, along with his entire

Tour de France legacy,</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">may be tarnished by what could turn out to

be one of the</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">greatest sports scandals of all time.

Armstrong is being</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">quizzed by French police after three banned

substances were</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">found in his South France hotel room while

on vacation after</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">winning the 2005 Tour de France. The three

substances found</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">were toothpaste, deodorant, and soap which

have been banned by</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">French authorities for over 75 years.

Armstrong's girlfriend,</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">American rocker Sheryl Crowe, is quoted as

saying "We use them</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">every day in America, so we naturally

thought they'd be ok</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">throughout Europe." Along with these

three banned substances,</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">French authorities also physically searched

Armstrong and found</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">several other interesting items that they

had never seen</font>



<br><font face="Times New Roman">before, including a backbone and a

testicle.</font><font color="#0000FF" size=2 face=Arial></font>

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Collis, Randall (EUGENE, OR)

PARIS, France -- Lance Armstrong's record setting seventh Tour

de France victory, along with his entire Tour de France legacy,

may be tarnished by what could turn out to be one of the

greatest sports scandals of all time. Armstrong is being

quizzed by French police after three banned substances were

found in his South France hotel room while on vacation after

winning the 2005 Tour de France. The three substances found

were toothpaste, deodorant, and soap which have been banned by

French authorities for over 75 years. Armstrong's girlfriend,

American rocker Sheryl Crowe, is quoted as saying "We use them

every day in America, so we naturally thought they'd be ok

throughout Europe." Along with these three banned substances,

French authorities also physically searched Armstrong and found

several other interesting items that they had never seen

before, including a backbone and a testicle.

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Rob Burkhart

Usually I wouldn't recommend that anyone read USA Today, but there's an

article in today's edition (front page) on Lance Armstrong. Check it out

at: http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20020522/4130800s.htm



-Rob



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