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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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dmbfan

Joined: 09 Mar 2006
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
This is all over the national news in the US. |
Yeah, not a proud moment. |
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Paddycakes
Joined: 05 May 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: |
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It's kinda mean to make fun of someone's blunder like this you know.
It sounds like she had all these pre-scripted, canned answers memorized, but got thrown for a pretty bad loop and the canned answers got all mixed up. |
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doggyji

Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaN6Rx8X6_I
Foreign engineers got represented!
According to him or his stats, we have so many relatively extremely well-informed Americans right on this board, haha. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Paddycakes wrote: |
It's kinda mean to make fun of someone's blunder like this you know. |
I know. Personally, I was outraged when I saw this picture:
It was just a simple mistake. People just HAD to capitalize on it. Assholes. |
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Damulgun

Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Holy... Americans are getting dumb and dumber.  |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: |
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Would it be socially acceptable to react the same way if instead of a white girl messing up her lines it was a black girl? Would there have been "dumb black" instead of "dumb blonde" jokes? |
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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: |
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Yes, it would. |
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Matman
Joined: 02 Jun 2006
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: |
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In your world maybe but the media would never run the story because it would be deemed racist. |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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Qinella wrote: |
I know. Personally, I was outraged when I saw this picture:
It was just a simple mistake. People just HAD to capitalize on it. Assholes. |
I have to admit, I laughed out loud at the picture. Thank you, Q. |
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tiger fancini

Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Matman wrote: |
Would it be socially acceptable to react the same way if instead of a white girl messing up her lines it was a black girl? Would there have been "dumb black" instead of "dumb blonde" jokes? |
Her skin colour was never referred to though. Dumb is dumb, whatever your ethnicity is. |
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just another day

Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Location: Living with the Alaskan Inuits!!
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Damulgun wrote: |
Holy... Americans are getting dumb and dumber.  |
she needs super sperm.  |
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garykasparov
Joined: 27 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Matman wrote: |
Would it be socially acceptable to react the same way if instead of a white girl messing up her lines it was a black girl? Would there have been "dumb black" instead of "dumb blonde" jokes? |
Matman it's time to give Harry Edwards (Professor Emeritus) from UC Berkley a call on the phone. |
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Thunndarr

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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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The look on Mario Lopez's face was hilarious. You could tell he wanted to laugh so badly. |
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