Harleys are not the only rude riders out there!

[Kham]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
And that is just flat out wrong.

I'm FAR from being racist, but you know what? I'm also not going to stop and say hello to a group of thug-looking teens in a neighborhood well known for gang violence.

That's just plain stupid.

yep!

[elaineo]

Originally posted by MissTwisties
I have one question...and really not trying to upset anyone. But what's wrong with the word portorican? It's people coming from Porto Rico? Like I come from Canada, and people will call me Canadian...or "quebecer" to be more precise in my case.

Well it's actually spelled "Puerto Rico" (and i'm gonna be there in a week! ) - and "portorican" is supposedly a derogatory term when it's spelled that way, as far as i know....

[MissTwisties]

sorry....didn't know....puerto rican...I'll try to remember next time, but can't promise, I'm so used to write it this way, it's only a typo from my part really, not meaning to be "derogatory" (searched in my dic. for that word...) lol

So what about people who only use the word "rican", is it also suppose to be dera...derogatory? (having a hard time with that word!)

[MissTwisties]

Damn...is it that bad? I have been called "cannuck" many times, along with other stuff, and didn't jump on or shoot anyone...lol I guess there is more "sensitive" people than me out there after all.

[elaineo]

Originally posted by MissTwisties
I guess there is more "sensitive" people than me out there after all.

Yeah, those tough gangbanger guys who go around shooting people, they are actually really soft and sensitive on the inside

[elaineo]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
HEY! What about Florida????

ahhhhhh.... looks like i'm gonna overshoot you by a few hundred miles... say hi to Mickey Mouse for me though!!

[bemused]

Originally posted by MissTwisties
sorry....didn't know....puerto rican...I'll try to remember next time, but can't promise, I'm so used to write it this way, it's only a typo from my part really, not meaning to be "derogatory" (searched in my dic. for that word...) lol

So what about people who only use the word "rican", is it also suppose to be dera...derogatory? (having a hard time with that word!)

yup, "rican" is usually considered derogatory.

and... calling any Latin American (Columbian, Dominican, Mexican, Venezuelan, Argentinian, Cuban, etc, etc) OTHER THAN a Puerto Rican a "rican" or a "Puerto Rican" can also be considered a slap... since there is a certain amount of ethnic pride amongst the different Latin American nationalities, they don't all like to be lumped together. to quite a few of the Latinos / Latinas I've known, they figger us whiteys only know Puerto Rican or Mexican... depending on what part of the country we're from...

[bigred875]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
And that is just flat out wrong.

I'm FAR from being racist, but you know what? I'm also not going to stop and say hello to a group of thug-looking teens in a neighborhood well known for gang violence.

That's just plain stupid.

agreed, my point was towards the generalization of a race.

I think my point got lost hear....I don't think(from what I have seen) that either you or Kham is racist. but when you label a race with a certain behavoir that is wrong.

i.e. in this post...there is a lot of talk about Puetro Ricans and "them" causing trouble.

My point is that it may very well be that the majority of the Puetro Rican population in the AREA are trouble makers but that doesn't mean that all Puerto Ricans are.... So to me that AREA sounds like a dangerous area not because there are Puerto Ricans there but because the area of town is dangerous...am I making any sense?

I mean if I am walking down the street and I see a bunch of white skater punks that appear that they are causeing trouble or whatever, I will more likely then not cross the street to try and aviod them. Do I beleive that al white kids that skate board are punk...no.

See what I'm sayin?

[Kham]

well that makes perfect sense to me and for that

[bigred875]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
Ok, I see see your point...!

However, although it is wrong (not your point ), there are certain stereotypes, that in all due honesty, have held true, in general, for people
of certain races/religious beliefs... And that's about as far as I'm going to go with that. Again, there is a reason a stereotype is a stereotype.

After all, you bump into a trucker from the south, chances are, somewhere on his pick up you will find a Confederate flag...

Agreed

[RedRider]

Illiterate Squids, who can't read anyways. F*ck 'em. We'll smoke those fools sooner or later and the Harley dudes too...

Just sad Miss Twisties didn't have a chance to throw the car squeegee into their front wheel!

[MissTwisties]

bwhahahaha!!! I just imagine that scene in my head! Me trowing a squeegee in his front wheel and he goes flying...hahaha!!!

[ftrain]

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
Considering the area you were describing, I wouldn't use "rican" either... Just stick to "Puerto Rican" and you'll be o.k.....

Actually, good thing you're squaring this away NOW, before you inadvertently say something like "porotorican" or "rican" at the wrong place at the wrong time...

Why do Puetro Ricans smell like an Italian sub?

[ftrain]

Originally posted by bigred875
agreed, my point was towards the generalization of a race.

I think they are a lazy race that likes to live off the US government.

[bigred875]

Originally posted by ftrain
I think they are a lazy race that likes to live off the US government.

i think you should let me play with your new tractor

[ftrain]

Originally posted by bigred875
i think you should let me play with your new tractor

Tractor is the ballz! I got it started last night after working on it for two days. Last night I retaped the block since the threads were stripped for the spark plugs. Put new wires, selnoid, plugs, gas, and rewried the igination and she started right up. My best house purchase so far. Paid $200 at the bedford dump for the tractor and spent another $100 or parts and the tools to retap the block.

What do you think about this sweaper to clean up after stonerstock?

[ftrain]

Think Bedford will mind the motorcroos track I am building in the Historic district?

[ftrain]

I do not need no stinken well I am going to tap my water off the town office.