I just got back from court, and I gotta say I'm a bit disappointed. Neither of the gents involved are anywhere near being racists, and the remarks clearly were meant in jest. Our concern in moderating was to insure folks weren't hurt unintentionally. Having grown up on a steady diet of Don Rickles and Red Foxx, I don't look at these things as they might affect me if I was a member of a victimized class...my hide's a bit too thick from years of being on the bottom rung of the ladder growing up (everyone picked on the Armos...even the damn Meesicuns gave us sh!t).
I've known about Scotts' marital union for several years since we both talked (in the Lounge if I recall correctly) about "difficulties" with family in marrying outside the tribe (I myself married an "odar"...a white chic). I was supposed to marry a nice hand-picked young lady from another "....ian" clan down the road with a nice vineyard. Luckily I didn't...her moustache is only surpassed by her uni-brow.
Freddie? A curiously funny and intelligent commentator on the human condition, and far beyond the reach of mundane things that trouble lessor beings, such as being politically correct. We usually catch him after the first or second fart in church.
The over the top backlash from some of you finger-wagging folks is, in my mind, just as hurtful as what some folks felt the original remarks were. Now, I'm sure y'all are going to say that you didn't mean to suggest they were racists, but then again...y'all aren't always interested in knowing what folks meant before you throw the rope over a low branch, are you.
Damn good lesson learned by everyone, me hopes. Time for recess.
