PURGE 2008: A month of posting behaviour evaluated - Page 3

On March 04 2008 08:27 Rayzorblade wrote:
To Whom it May Concern:

I've gone back and read this letter several times over the past day, trying to figure out just what was "racist" about it that got so many panties in a bunch. Indeed, the most fetching thing for me, while writing the letter, was the opportunity to use so much off-color (could this classify as a pun, albeit lamely?!) humor while still adhering to the truth.

To be scrupulously fair, perhaps the "go figure" comment was a little too harsh for some of you, but everything else that follows it is merely a presentation of the facts (although I think what he actually uses is called "Sportin' Waves," as opposed to the Dax product, which is of the same variety). Sure, I could’ve left out a few things (miscellaneous trash, DVDs, trash bags) or added a few more (doo rags, hot sauce, cocoa butter lotion), but unless you are an especially stupid fellow, you should've realized when reading the title of the post that it was going to be a racially toned one (why else would I include his race in the title?).

I live in a racially dynamic house. I'm Mexican, my roommate is black, and the other one is white. To suggest that any of us are prejudicial or racist would be right on target -- only because, unlike most people, we can admit to these dark parts of our selves. We’ve all learned to accept that we all grew up with preconceived notions about the other person and the thing that really makes it okay for us is that we can joke and laugh about it and, in our own way, accept each other (to varying degrees of tolerance; they will just never understand why I have a Virgin Mary candle!). I don't think my letter is any different from the same kind of humor used by the Dave Chapelle Show and, although I may not be able to pull it off as well, I had a lot of fun writing it and venting my anger.

I've known my roommate for almost four years and have lived with him for one. We are great friends, no matter how much we slang racial epitaphs at one another and make jokes and argue about what kind of food to buy. Despite our racial differences, I know that he's one of the few friends I have who would literally take a bullet for me (but most likely probably just start shooting back in a jiffy). He would be the first one to tell you that he’s "a real nigga sometimes" and he fully embraces the "stereotypes" that classify him as such, because he will be the first to tell you that they’re all pretty much true.




p.s. he is coming back on Friday and I sent him an e-mail to tell him that he should definitely bring his Kobe Bryant jersey with him when we drive down to Orlando, heh-heh-heh.

On March 10 2008 14:43 mjh wrote:
One thing I never understood about atheism is that you don't believe in "god." What exactly is the "god" that you deny exists? As some people here "believe in science" instead, couldn't the logic and order of the atoms be some sort of "god" itself?

To put another way, and to put it very simply, you certainly exist, and so does each and every one of us, isn't it reasonable, given our human limitations, that we exist from something? "Atheism" as I usually see it used, seems like a reaction to those that believe in "god" as a white bearded old man and/or those that fight for a literal belief. Just because people have microscopes and telescopes nowadays...to me it still sounds like a belief in some sort of natural order of things, things which, at the level of understanding scientists wish to have, aren't any better explained either.

On July 04 2008 04:46 GeneralStan wrote:


1/5 for this stupid comment.