History Buff Wrote:
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> Dan Blather Wrote:
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> > History Buff Wrote:
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> > > Olsen Johnson Wrote:
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> > > > L”Look, we will take the Niggers and the
> > > > Chinks....but we DON’T want the
> > Irish!!!!....”
> > >
> > > Is that language really necessary? Yeah,
> maybe
> > > you are just quoting how you think
> railroaders
> > > talked about racial and ethnic minorities,
> but
> > it
> > > many others could take your quote out of
> > context
> > > and, understandably, opt to avoid the railfan
> > > hobby and railfans.
> >
> > You get that upset at an actual quote from the
> > Mel Brooks movie BLAZING SADDLES?
> >
> > You need to come out of Mom's basement once in
> a
> > while.
>
> Hey cupcake, you need to dial it back it bit.
>
> Until about 2 or 3 years ago, I went to movies all
> of the time... everything from "Wayne's World" to
> "Schindler's List." I certainly do not remember
> all of the lines from all movies I've watched and
> certainly not "Blazing Saddles" which came out
> over 40 years ago.
>
> Did it ever occur to you that there are some AP
> users who weren't even born when "Blazing Saddles"
> was shown in the movie theaters and may have never
> seen, let alone heard of the movie?
>
> Speaking of movies, ever see "Color of a Brisk and
> Leaping Day?" It has an incredible amount of
> railroad content. Never heard of it? Then maybe
> you should have gotten out more.
>
> As a white dude, whether I'm upset or not is
> irrelevant. What matters is what under 40 Asians
> and African Americans who have no familiarity with
> the movie think. At a time when minorities are
> making up a greater percentage of the population,
> it does not serve the future railfan hobby for
> anyone to make such racially charged comments,
> especially when no context is provided.
>
> Have you ever had a Latino roommate, when out on
> dates with African American women or worked for a
> year in a African American urban neighborhoods? I
> have. If you haven't then you should not tell be
> saying "You need to come out of Mom's basement
> once in a while."
>
> Wise up, pal.

Although I do agree with you. I can’t help but think how many resources we would have in Kali if all the Illegal Asians, Canadiens,And Latinos. And their Anchor Babies got sent home. Rent would get cheaper, wages would go up. And water in the resovoirs would’nt run out as fast.


Hell then maybe the homeless could afford to move off the street s