(June 9, 2011 at 2:57 pm)Chido-Wan Kenobi Wrote: Listen, I can take a joke as well as anyone. I found this particular comment disgustingly offensive, because of the negative stereotyping involved.
( a ) I was born in Mexico,
( b ) In my extensive experience all over that Country, I never perceived bestiality to be ignored, let alone tolerated or encouraged.
( c ) The odds are that there are at least as many bestiality enthusiasts in the U.S. as there are in Mexico (remember, Mexico has about a third of the population of the U.S., and it is also a more socially conservative Country), and
( d ) It shocked me, because I had assumed that participants in an Atheist forum would be among the least likely to harbor these kinds of xenophobic attitudes. How would you feel if somebody in this forum made a joke about "how greedy Jews are", or "how lazy are the Blacks" ? Are those also permissible "jokes"?
Perhaps I shouldn't have lashed out quite that hard, but surely you can see my point.
You shouldn't take offense to anything said on this forum matey. I used to get miffed when I started out, but at the end of the day people can say whatever they like on here. Sure you can respond if you disagree, but don't take it personally.
