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Barry A.
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Thanks Diane----------but I still am not sure what the "offensive" part is-----------if Spooky is a black cat, then I guess I see what Shari meant
(??), and fail to find anything offensive about that---------I am pretty sure that the Nation has moved on about the subject of our new President
being "black", and it is now a non-issue---------we as a Nation voted, and now we have a new President-------period-------------black, yellow, red,
white, brown, etc. is behind us now, hopefully never to be an "issue" again-------at least for me and my friends it won't be.
I doubt that there was ANYTHING derogatory that Shari intended, but of course I really can't know what is in her head-----------she seems like a very
sweet person to me, from her many posts. I thought is was funny-----sounds like something Jay Leno would say, and Jay is one of the "good guys", to
me.
Just my "take".
Thanks for your view on the subject, tho.
Barry
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shari
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OMG...sorry sorry sorry...certainly wasnt meant to be offensive...guess I've been living in mexico too long...her name Spooky (not spook) wasnt given
to her because she's black...it's because she's well....spooky as in scary halloween cat type spooky and she's so weird...NOT BLACK...well ummm...yes
she happens to be black but I didn't even THINK of it in THOSE terms....wow, this is soooo weird...all those U2U's flying back and forth and jaws
dropping over for a misunderstanding...REALLY folks...i was just thinking of her being black...and didnt even relate the work spooky to some
derogatory name. So I have deleted the thread...NOW would you all please do the same in your quote boxes so I'm not linched!...oooops, guess I
shouldnt use that word either then....so I am not burned at the nomad stake...(ooops, sorry all you witches out there...or is wicca people more
politically correct these days).....honest to goddess...it was in jest...and fully supportive of your new president.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
Barry, the black cat's name is the same racial repugnant derogatory slang term used frequently in reference to blacks...referring to that black cat as
a brother to the president of the USA, or to any black person would be in poor taste to me. And obviously to the others who U2u'd me
to look at the post. I'm disappointed they chose not to speak up themselves, but that's their right.
It's possible that it's a term that's never been used in your presence, but to me, it's just as offensive as other derogatory terms/racial slur used
against Asians, Italians, Japanese or any other nationality or group of people.
Edited brother in place of erroneously having said cousin in original response
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Whoaaaaaaaaa!!!!! You guys are MUCH to sensitive, it seems to me------------"spooky" ????? 
It has never occurred to me to be insulted by the word "honky", "gringo", "white trash", etc. so I guess that is why I never made the connection with
"spooky"
This is really getting pretty funny-------------
Barry
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Oh my golly....I also had no idea that the word brother was unacceptable to some of you too....my oh my...listen up...I was raised with african
canadians, dated some, had ALOT of fun with lots of my african canadian pals...hug with Jamacans all through university and the word brother and
sister have been used all the time in a positive sense....it was just a joke about our cat being comfortable in the USA....I apologize a billion
trillion times and it was NOT meant to be offensive to african americans or whatever I am supposed to call people of color (brownish) there....geesh
dianne, I thought you knew me better than that.
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What I find really offensive
is a bunch of old Potheads & Booze Hounds acting so indignant over nothing.
\"take what you can, give nothing back!\"
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the
American people.\'
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
We can have no \"50-50\" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Shari,
No worries, some folks have nothing better to do than try and find fault with anything someone else says that "might" be taken the wrong way by some
way out of line person......and what's wrong, Baja jack with old pot heads?? they can't remember what was said anyway!!!! I feel offended by people
with long legs and they should quit bragging about they length of their appendages......
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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Obviously, you don't have a cat
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Spooky was not impressed with your brother.  |
Spooky WAS impressed----------Spooky looked into his one eye and knew right off that he is "the man" (no matter what you believe).
Spooky and "the man" have to be together, it seems to me.
[Edited on 1-25-2009 by Barry A.] |
Cats aren't impressed with anything or anyone, ever.
BTW, Pack, have you ever looked into someone's eyes? Don't care if they have two, six or twelve it's always one at a time.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lillian
I for one have jumped the gun and made a mistake on this board but this is too much.Yes we have a new president but to link this is foolishness like I
have never seen before.
I thought this would start to happen when the kool-aid drinkers got their guy into the whitehouse(oppssorryDiane)
but I am afraid this is what we should expect from now on from this crowd.Thank god (oppssorryDiane) that the mid term elections in 2010 will put the
balance back into this crazy country of ours. Just two years of this PC crap to put up with.
Lillian |
Easy, easy---someone sure has you in a knot--phew. Political correctness has nothing to do with it nor does politics. Get a grip.
Some people, and more than have posted here, found the way that post was worded to be in bad taste and others found it to be nothing----just a matter
of opinion. No one accused anyone of being anything.
As I said in before, I was sure it was meant to be humorous. Would it be better to not confront the issue openly and just let many think it was meant
to be offensive?
Interesting, as to how when someone has an opinion with which someone else disagrees, the name calling begins and it keeps getting back to
politics----really quite absurd, IMHO.
Never to be taken seriously.
Diane
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajajack
What I find really offensive
is a bunch of old Potheads & Booze Hounds acting so indignant over nothing. |
Bajajack, assumptions & a dime will get you what it's worth everytime. You
obviously don't know ME nor anyone that does know me. I get razzed all the time for showing up at social functions with my own "to-go" glass of
Squirt!
But before I get labeled as a teetotaler, I do drink...lightly & infrequently. And despite having been a child of the 60's, I never did drugs.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Terry28
Shari,
No worries, some folks have nothing better to do than try and find fault with anything someone else says that "might" be taken the wrong way by some
way out of line person......and what's wrong, Baja jack with old pot heads?? they can't remember what was said anyway!!!! I feel offended by people
with long legs and they should quit bragging about they length of their appendages...... |
Not bragging,
simply an irrefutable statement of fact. Sorry Terry28, that your parents apparently created you to be height-challenged. Feel free to contact me if
you ever need help changing a light bulb. Different people obviously have
different level of sensitivities & we each march to our own drummer!
I DO have something better to do & I'm now heading back to the nightstand I'm refinishing. Color me gone!
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Spooky was not impressed with your brother. |
Spooky WAS impressed----------Spooky looked into his one eye and knew right off that he is "the man" (no matter what you believe).
Spooky and "the man" have to be together, it seems to me.
[Edited on 1-25-2009 by Barry A.] |
Cats aren't impressed with anything or anyone, ever.
BTW, Pack, have you ever looked into someone's eyes? Don't care if they have two, six or twelve it's always one at a time.
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Dave------Obviously you have NEVER had a Siamese kitty-------very expressive of their love and devotion to you, in a LOUD manner. We had a bluepoint
that we called "your grayness" (tho that offended older people, we know)
Barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Spooky was not impressed with your brother. |
Spooky WAS impressed----------Spooky looked into his one eye and knew right off that he is "the man" (no matter what you believe).
Spooky and "the man" have to be together, it seems to me.
[Edited on 1-25-2009 by Barry A.] |
Cats aren't impressed with anything or anyone, ever.
BTW, Pack, have you ever looked into someone's eyes? Don't care if they have two, six or twelve it's always one at a time.
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Oh, I see where you were going with this. All is cool. My two cats, however, wait for me to pull in with my truck. Surprisingly, this happens even
when their food dispenser isn't empty. My cats do seem to show love to me as they sit in their respective places on my recliner.
Oh yeah, please excuse me as I briefly interrupt the above conversations to ask again on my brother's behalf if anybody headed north via Asuncion
could bring the kitty with you? It's a lot to ask, and I'd be very pleasantly surprised if it comes to fruition, but nothing ventured nothing gained
they say. Thanks.
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Obama is exactly as white as he is black. Now if I had a cat named "snowball", would I not be able to talk about it? If that doesn't make sense,
neither does the second half of this thread. In defense of my SISTER Shari; she has a heart as big as all outdoors, seemed to me to be as
"colorblind" as anyone I've met lately, and she speaks her truth without fear. Even so, after this, I imagine she'll be a bit more careful about
calling "a spade a spade".
Back on topic...Spooky actually loved ME the most, and the feeling was mutual.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Amen Perry....
Zac
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Obama is exactly as white as he is black. Now if I had a cat named "snowball", would I not be able to talk about it? If that doesn't make sense,
neither does the second half of this thread. In defense of my SISTER Shari; she has a heart as big as all outdoors, seemed to me to be as
"colorblind" as anyone I've met lately, and she speaks her truth without fear. Even so, after this, I imagine she'll be a bit more careful about
calling "a spade a spade".
Back on topic...Spooky actually loved ME the most, and the feeling was mutual.
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Amen Perry....some people just take themselves a bit too serious. There are plenty of things and people around here that offend me but I don't go
around talking about it or talking about how many u2us I received regarding the matter. It's easier just to move forward...
Zac |
Yes Zac, it would have been the easy way to go, to just let many people think that the comment was meant in an offensive way. That would have been
the easy way.
But perhaps it was better to put it out in the open instead of keeping it in the shadows. If people don't know what is being said and how something
reads to many because it is the easy way to go, they don't have a chance to reply.
For anyone interesting in bringing the cat back, there is a petstore in Vizcaino that sells crates---at least they did before. It is located at the
south end of town on the west side of the street---near the tomato place.
Diane
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WHOA.......
All this over someone asking for a favor on Nomads.
Shari, for what it's worth, I had to re-read your post several times to figure out what had so many's panties in a wad, my mind also went to
Halloween, and it reminded of a cat I had, his name was Slick because my son said he looked like an oil slick. I'm a huge cat lover (this might
offend some, sorry) and I still got a big kick out of the book "101 uses for dead cats" seems the PC are on overdrive.
Mean people suck!
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Geez, youz guyzzzz
aren't we above all this litterbox nonsense?
I know someone who named her (black) puppydog Barack Hussein Obama. I also know somebody who calls his cat Sh*thead--- oops! can i say sh*thead on
BajaNomad??? They both love their animals... and their new President.
Actually, I thought Shari's turn-of-phrase sort of clever, and definately NOT OFFENSIVE.
Back to the Thread: Can anybody help get this precious pussy (oh, Lawdy!! here we goez a'gin!) outta Baja???
[Edited on 1-26-2009 by BajaNomad]
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Ok, so whats happening with the cat? That is what this thread was about right? Anyway for what its worth, I think spooky is a great name for a black
cat as it does remind people of a Halloween cat.
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WOW!!!
There is so much I could say about this but my sista Shari would shoot me
Pack...git er dun...Theres gotta be someone to bring that cat north.
BUT...Barb has her eye on spook(no presidential inference)
so like I said ...git er dun...When Barb wants it...she gets it
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shari
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"None was being accused of anything?????" riiiiiight
hello all you kitty lovers...(or not) just back from a day at the beach and my word...what a caffufle(sp) over a cat's name and a sisterly "brother"
comment.
hmmm sure seems like some of you were inferring i am a bigot! laughable indeed...my daddy always said, if someone is accusing you of something you
didn't do...it's because they are actually guilty of it themselves....is he right?
[Edited on 1-26-2009 by shari]
[Edited on 1-26-2009 by shari]
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I had and brought to the states several cats during my stay in Baja Sur;
Spreckels is buried in my back yard here in Texas, Baggottee age 13 sleeps at my foot each nite{Taken in front of the Tienda in Loreto} and then there
was "Spook" delivered to me on Halloween so many years ago by my friend Mundo. She was so named because it was the Day of the "Spooks'.
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