Again WHAT >>DuH? Carolyn Can you write a simple sentence.
Carolyn Tyjewski wrote:
> The only thing they'll have to "wrestle with" is whether or not your wife is in
> the room. Like ethnic jokes, people who tell them tend to check the room for
> "those people" -- because "they're just too sensitive" -- and then, if "those
> people" aren't in the room, the joke gets told.
>
> This does not mean one should not say something when an offensive/off-color joke
> gets told. It only means that one should recognize that the only thing one has
> done is sent the behavior underground (for lack of a better term) and it won't be
> done in one's presence again -- at least not for a time. And, chances are, if
> one makes a comment, one should also recognize that the next "joke" will be about
> one's self -- the minute one leaves the vicinity -- as a way to reaffirm societal
> standards of behavior by the individual/group telling the "jokes."
>
> Henry Cullihall wrote:
>
> > Q. How are men and parking lots similar?
> > A. Most of the good ones are taken. Only the handicapped ones are left.
> >
> > This was a joke my wife heard at work around a luncheon. My wife courageously
> > stood up and said, "I really don't appreciate those kinds of jokes." "My
> > husband is disabled" She described how many came to her after and apologized.
> >
> > My point. Attitudes do not change.
> > My wife's point. Attitudes can be changed. She argues that her stance "sows
> > seeds for change" in that when the same people plan to tell these jokes again
> > they will remember her and be forced to wrestle with their conscience.
> >
> > What do you think? Anyone?
> >
> > Henry
>
> --
> Carolyn
> check out, "Passing, Invisibility and Other Psychotic Stuff" at
> http://www.tell-us-your-story.com/_disc68r/00000003.htm
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