<Public> Yinnea says, "omgwtfbbq"
<Public> Corwin says, "BBQ?"
<Public> Corwin says, "What BBQ?"
<Public> Corwin sees no burning meat! >_>_
<Public> Corwin says, "YOU LIE."
<Public> Yinnea says, "stfu u communazi jew (Go back to Canada)"
<Public> Darius says, "Now that was uncalled for"
<Public> Yinnea says, "Apparently Darius not see the inherent ironies and thus he doesn't see the point."
<Public> Corwin says, "Eh."
<Public> Corwin shrugs. "Some subjects are sensitive, even in humour."
<Public> Corwin 9_9 "Humanity. Sad creature."
<Public> Darius says, "It's still uncalled for and borders on being extremely racist"
<Public> Yinnea says, "Against -whom-?"
<Public> Yinnea says, "If anything, I'm offending nazis the most out of that!"
<Public> Corwin says, "It's thumbing your nose at the philosophy, really. It's like how when I was in Egypt, I nearly died laughing, 'cause the gift shop had this absolutely huge statue of Saddam Hussein. On a toilet."
<Public> Darius says, "It's still uncalled for and it shouldn't have been put over the public channel"
<Public> Darius says, "There's something called pages for that"
<Public> Corwin says, "Darius, chill."
<Public> Darius says, "No, I happen to be Jewish and that statement seriously offended me"
<Public> Corwin quirks an eyebrow. "And I've had people ask me how it's like living in a China when I tell them which country I'm from."
<Public> Corwin says, "Er. Living in China."
<Public> Yinnea says, "...I'm -french-."
<Public> Yinnea says, "We're like, the second-most maligned european country -ever-."
<Public> Darius says, "It's... still... offensive"
<Public> Corwin says, "It was a joke. Said, made, in full knowledge that it -was- a joke. It was deliberately slanted to not be taken seriously. If it -was- to be taken seriously, it wouldn't be a joke. Else why'd we laugh at it? I'd be far more disturbed by -offhand- comments that show casual bigotry."
<Public> Darius says, "Joking about that is NOT funny, if you said that out-loud in a workplace you would be slapped up on harrassment charges so fast you'd be out on your ass in 10 seconds."
<Public> Darius says, "There are some things you just can't joke about"
<Public> Yinnea says, "WELCOME TO TEH INTARWEB"
<Public> Corwin says, "No I wouldn't."
<Public> Yinnea says, "And as George Carlin said: Anything can be made into a joke. It's all about what the exaggeration is."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Take rape. Rape isn't normally a funny concept, right?"
<Public> Corwin says, "We're not as litigation-happy over here. u_U"
<Public> Darius says, "This conversation is now being logged to be sent to staff"
<Public> Yinnea says, "...Hey, Corwin. In case I get banned for this, got an IM service so I can send you the image? I'm trying to track it down."
<Public> Darius says, "It's not something to be put over public channels, it's offensive, even if it's only a joke"
You paged Corwin with 'http://www.libertarianthought.com/images/communazi.gif'
<Public> Yinnea says, "By the way, Darius."
<Public> Corwin shrugs. "So it's okay to express such views over private channels?"
<Public> Yinnea says, "-I'm Canadian-."
<Public> Yinnea says, "I have lots of Jewish friends. One of them linked me to the damned image."
<Public> Yinnea says, "If you're that worried about it, I'm not the one that's the problem here."
<Public> Darius says, "Yinnea, I'm offended by it, even a couple of people who are sitting next to me in class are offended, period"
<Public> Darius says, "I had them read that statement and what proceeded it to be sure I wasn't overreacting"
<Public> Yinnea says, "The point -is- that it's over the top bigotry. To the point of comedy, because one, quite simply, -cannot be a communist nazi jew-"
<Public> Darius says, "How do you know?"
<Public> Yinnea says, "Because the nazis hated jews, and -really- hated communism."
<Public> Yinnea says, "That is the -entire point-."
<Public> Corwin breathes a sigh. "The philosophies are mutually incompatable."
<Public> Yinnea says, "It's like calling somebody a satanic christian bastard. It -doesn't work-."
<Public> Darius says, "That's not the point"
<Public> Yinnea says, "That's -exactly the point-."
<Public> Yinnea says, "That's why the joke is funny, because the concepts are mutually exclusive."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Like calling somebody a squared circly triangle."
<Public> Darius says, "The point is, it's offensive regardless of it having mutually exclusive philosophies because you are saying a jew is a nazi and a communist regardless whether it works or not, it's Anti-Semetic"
<Public> Corwin says, "What? -Wait, wait-."
<Public> Yinnea says, "..."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Or, I'm saying a -nazi- is a jew and a communist."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Which is impossible to the point of being ridiculous, which is the -entire point-."
<Public> Darius says, "That's not how it came out as"
<Public> Yinnea says, "http://www.libertarianthought.com/images/communazi.gif"
<Public> Yinnea says, "Look at the damn image. o_o"
<Public> Yinnea says, "It's supposed to be a counter for racist statements on forums. That's how I've seen it used."
<Public> Corwin steeples his fingers. "And -read the print at the bottom-."
<Public> Corwin says, "The kicker is 'And go back to Canada'."
<Public> Corwin says, "It's intended to undermine itself."
<Public> Darius says, "I say again, it's offensive to me, regardless"
<Public> Yinnea says, "So, what you're saying is"
<Public> Yinnea says, "I should have asked 'Would anyone be offended if I said 'stfu u communazi jew (go back to canada' BEFOREHAND?"
<Public> Darius says, "Do you understand that this is the main public channel?"
<Public> Corwin says, "Which occasionally has breakouts of profanity and statements a more religious person than I would consider blasphemy."
<Public> Corwin says, "It's a matter of yardstick, really."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Realistically, people become equally froth-mouthed at the mention of the word 'Goddamn'."
<Public> Corwin says, "At what point does it become offensive to enough people to warrent being off the channel?"
<Public> Yinnea says, "I cannot realistically strive to not offend anybody."

<Public> Corwin says, "There's no universal rule of thumb. If Yinnea had -known- it'd offend you, she wouldn't have said it."
<Public> Corwin says, "She didn't."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Since I have Jewish friends that linked me the image, I am inclined towards the belief it does not offend jews."
<Public> Darius says, "No, you're right about that, but some subjects just shouldn't be joked about, at the very least it's in poor taste and at worst it's extremely offensive."
<Public> Yinnea says, "See, once again. It's what the exaggeration is."
<Public> Darius says, "Well it does me and I'm Jewish, and more then a few people sitting beside were offended as well."
You paged Corwin with 'I remember once I called somebody a commie, and I got a 3 hour lecture on how the communists mistreated the jews. So I said 'Um, that was the nazis' at the end. It was funny.'
<Public> Yinnea says, "See, I had -no way of knowing this previously.-"
<Public> Yinnea says, "I would apologize if you weren't making this out to be some intentional hatred towards Jews on my part."
From afar, Corwin (CW) cackles. Well. The Communists were fairly harsh on Jews too, actually - but they were so on -every- religion, frankly, except, after a point, the Russian Orthadox Church. Because it went in bed with the Communist Party.
Corwin (CW) pages: But, that's not the point. =D
<Public> Yinnea says, "The communists, nazis, and jews all severely dislike each other. Therefore, I cannot say that statement and intend to insult one group, as it insults all three, and, rather, the conflict between them."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Since you are -not- a communist nazi jew, I cannot be attempting to offend you."
<Public> Yinnea says, "In fact, I am insulting a group that -does not exist-."
<Public> Yinnea says, "So if you're going to get me banned for insulting the purple people eater race, go right ahead."
<Public> Corwin says, "In any case, the joke makes a point, and a very valid one. It's a statement, about how humans can be so very irrational. It pokes fun at extremist viewpoints. As Yin said...Hell, I think it's more than a mere insult, such as it is."
<Public> Darius says, "You don't know that, there maybe someone who is, I admit he maybe screwed up in the head, but that doesn't mean there isn't someone who at least thinks he is"
<Public> Yinnea says, "It's obviously not an insult. Anyone using that as an actual non-sarcastic insult is an -idiot-."
<Public> Corwin says, "You will note the site this picture is from. http://www.libertarianthought.com/"
<Public> Yinnea says, "Okay, Darius."
<Public> Corwin says, "/Libertarianthought.com/."
<Public> Yinnea says, "YOU FIND ME A COMMUNIST NAZI JEW AND I WILL ACCEPT YOUR POINT."
<Public> Corwin >_> at Yin.
<Public> Yinnea says, "Because that's like looking for a four-sided triangle or a devil-worshipping Christian."
<Public> Darius says, "If you hadn't put jew at all in it, I wouldn't have cared"
<Public> Corwin squints at Darius.
<Public> Corwin says, "Well, then."
<Public> Yinnea says, "We've established a cultural bias!"
<Public> Yinnea says, "Thank you, you have now lost your crusade. Please insert a coin and try again."
<Public> Yinnea says, "Either way, I have to go now. Enjoy trying to ban me for insulting the tooth fairy."
<Public> Corwin shrugs his shoulders. "There's a character over on another MUSH I'm considering apping at named Kamikaze. I shall campaign for him to change his name because it offends me."
<Public> Corwin says, "He glorifies the Japanese military of WWII."
<Public> Corwin says, "Those bastards conquered my country. Killed tens of thousands."
<Public> Darius says, "That's up to the staff, not me, if they decide I'm overeacting they're quite free to laugh at me"
<Public> Corwin says, "Nearly killed my Grandfather."
<Public> Wooster says, "what did?"
<Public> Corwin says, "The Japanese. I'm Singaporean. =D"
<Public> Wooster says, "Ah"
<Public> Corwin u_u
<Public> Wooster says, "Well, the germans, russians, french, italians, and basically everyone almost killed my grandfathers :P"
<Public> Corwin says, "Now, obviously, I don't care."
<Public> Corwin snickers.
<Public> Corwin says, "Yeah, well."
<Public> Corwin says, "I think it's quite remarkable, really. There's very little anti-Japanese sentiment here, even from the older generation, people who still remember the war. Japan took over Singapore both because we were a major British naval base, and the people here kept sending money to China's war effort. They really tore the f**k out of us."
<Public> Corwin says, "Mass graves, gas in the cinemas, the works."
<Public> Wooster says, "Well, just because my immediate family has lost 5 members to Russians doesn't mean I dislike russians."
<Public> Corwin says, "The Chinese were particularly badly hit."
<Public> Corwin nods. Exactly, that's what I'm saying.
<Public> Corwin says, "By and large, though, there's no deep resentment here."
<Public> Corwin says, "But China and Japan still annoy the f**k out of each other on a regular basis."

From here it seems to not be about the good stuff :(