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Posted 18 October 2006 - 09:45 PM

A buddy of mine forwarded me this Andy Rooney piece from 60 minutes. Of course I don't watch 60 minutes, but it's comforting to know somebody there thinks this way. Of course he's a befuddled old man who's obviously going senile, right? rolleyes.gif

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Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except
numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are
things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black
Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America.
Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine,
White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what
happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can
kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you
from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason that is why there
are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING
MARTHA BURKE?

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is
an opinion.

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are
different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of
the population is black, that is not racial profiling it is the Law of Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a
newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact,
if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you
threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the
word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are
qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans
or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store,
or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives
in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come
over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to
their interpretations.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I know pro wrestling is fake but so are movies and television. That
doesn't stop you from watching them.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next
operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a
parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when
necessary, and say "NO!"

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't
pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that
new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as
you serve me French fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and
not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be
"African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around
saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,
great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America
and nowhere else

And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

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THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
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Posted 18 October 2006 - 11:36 PM

http://www.snopes.co...box/rooney4.asp
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 12:04 AM

QUOTE (civilian_number_two @ Oct 18 2006, 11:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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Of course I don't watch 60 minutes, but it's comforting to know somebody there thinks this way.


I stand corrected.
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 04:33 AM

If something like that came out of my mouth I'd claim someone else said it too. I do love the "speak english or die" bit, that's a good one.

"Attention Immigrants! You are in America now, and even though we reserve the right to call you racial slurs, claim that you are dirty or poor, and use you for cheep labor, we still insist that you speak our language and buy a pair of nikes to emulate your
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 08:27 AM

QUOTE (J m HofMarN @ Oct 19 2006, 04:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If something like that came out of my mouth I'd claim someone else said it too. I do love the "speak english or die" bit, that's a good one.

"Attention Immigrants! You are in America now, and even though we reserve the right to call you racial slurs, claim that you are dirty or poor, and use you for cheep labor, we still insist that you speak our language and buy a pair of nikes to emulate your
betters."


That's not what it said and you know it. Attention Mexican Nationals you mean.
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 10:03 AM

Ignorant reactionary statements FTW!

And technically, it stated that if you migrate here, it's your own fault if you can't make it economically, and should just deal with it instead of getting help.

That is all.
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 10:23 AM

I've underlined my comments.

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Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except
numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are
things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black
Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America.
Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine,
White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what
happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can
kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you
from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason that is why there
are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING
MARTHA BURKE?Well... It does make sense... Why not have an umbrella organization just called "The Scouts", that's what I want to know.

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is
an opinion.Although I have no problem with homosexuality, I HAVE always wondered why it's considered a phobia when racism isn't blackaphobia.

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are
different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of
the population is black, that is not racial profiling it is the Law of Probability.
I think the problem comes when the people who are innocent are arrested and the guilty go free is when its profiling

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a
newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact,
if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English!
But we don't have a national language, and this IS a land of immigrants, after all.

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.
But your great great great grandfather just might have.

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you
threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the
word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines. Threatening and not understanding are different things.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are
qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans
or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store,
or any other business. But we ARE the land of opportunity, aren't we?

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives
in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come
over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to
their interpretations. Speaking of living documents... Geneva.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.I pity the poor, but I don't hate the rich.

I know pro wrestling is fake but so are movies and television. That
doesn't stop you from watching them.
Gimme a "Hell Yeah!"

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next
operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a
parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when
necessary, and say "NO!"

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't
pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that
new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as
you serve me French fries! Well, they're a political statement if they make a statement, but not if they're just, say, barbed wire, or Pac-Man, or somethin'. Also, yeah, those who work in food service shouldn't have unhealed piercing for safety reasons. They might drop the ring in the food.

I am sick of "Political Correctness." I know a lot of black people, and
not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be
"African-Americans"? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around
saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,
great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America
and nowhere else Well, it's AFRICAN Americans because they're not quite sure what country it actually is, see.

And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO
THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! There seems to be a rock on your shift key... And how does pledging allegiance prove a point?


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Posted 19 October 2006 - 06:55 PM

I think girls in boyscouts is a damn shame. Unless they're hot. Which they probably are not, so ya.
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Posted 19 October 2006 - 11:54 PM

Jordan, I think it's about time that this apartheid shit ceased. You and me and Slade should all go and apply to be allowed to hang out in the locker room of the college volleyball team of our choice!

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Posted 20 October 2006 - 12:09 AM

I saw that same rant once attributed to Ted Nugent.

However yes, I agree that there is nothing wrong with organizations that exclude people based on race or gender. Girls have no place in the boy scouts, just as I don't belong in a Chinese Student Society. I don't think this particular bit of conservativism makes me a redneck, but some may disagree.
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Posted 20 October 2006 - 12:26 AM

I agree, but at the same time, I feel like there's a bit of a double standard. There's no "White Student Society," because they will automatically be slapped with the label of "racist skinheads," etc. And when there's no alternative, like there's no women's football teams, I think they should either make an alternative or let a chick play with the guys, if she can actually handle it and is serious about it and as good as the guys.

And Girl Scouts just plain sucks. I do wish I could have been a Boy Scout. But no, I sat around making lanyards all day in my stupid little green vest and beanie while all my guy friends were out whitewater rafting and rapelling and hiking and stuff...
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Posted 21 October 2006 - 10:03 AM

Well agreed. Girl Scouts suck. I am glad I am not a girl.

A White Students Society of course would be stupid, since white students are in the majority. The point of race societies in that context is to bring together students of similar backgrounds. Hence I see the continued relevance for a Polish Students Society, or a Scottish Students Society, etc. But I don't see any continued need for a Chinese Students Society, at least not at any school in Vancouver. And I think too that the idea of a Women's Centre, being a place where women can get together and discuss what it is like to compete as women in a male-dominated university, is ludicrous. I don't know about anywhere else, but at UBC gals only went to the Women's Centre because it had a microwave.
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Posted 21 October 2006 - 08:19 PM

Women out number men in every school across Canada. Thats why College kicks ass.

Some of my firends wanted to start a white male society in UBC. They never got around to doing it but they always wanted too. We have an equal mix of white and Asian. The commerce student body is easily over 80% asian. EASILY~

IF any chi's want to touch basis on campus all they need to do is stretch out their arm and touch one. Same with white people. But there are two kinds of Asians in Vancouver, civ. Asians with Canadians accents and Asians with Asian accents. 2nd generation and up don't apply to these clubs. Asian kids who like speaking in manadaran or cantonese are the ones the join. THe ones that don't understand our humor and who still listen to jung joy jung fung, azn pop superstar!, (fake name) tend to only chill amongst themselves and often in those clubs.

Canadian born chinese aren't even chinese. They call themselves bannanas. I bet they'd feel really stuck in the middle if it weren't for their large number here.

I think we are so afraid of being called sexist or biggoted that clubs like Boy Scouts sort of get 'bullied' into allowing girls to join.

Girls have girl guides, Boys have Boy Scouts. I mean things made sense.
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Posted 21 October 2006 - 11:43 PM

Well, with girls in the boy scouts, scoutmasters will have a harder time hitting on the boys, I guess.
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Posted 22 October 2006 - 12:47 PM

Spoon- I didn't know the girl scouts were so different, having never been one and all. But it occurs to me that the activities might be a little bit different. And knowing that I'd have to change my view on that subject. Though at present the only solution I can see would be admitting this person to the boy scouts, I think the best thing to do would be to change the way the girl scouts work to accomodate girls who want to grow up to be more than home makers or baby factories.

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