Saiyanman Benjita
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From the song "White Christmas" I came up with a couple of questions that I'm looking for answers to.
#1. If we in America and England and such are dreaming of a "White" Christmas, what are people in the southern hemisphere thinking of? I mean they couldn't possibly want snow in the middle of summer, do they?
#2. Isn't White quite the politically incorrect term? I mean what about the people of different races? Isn't White another phrase for Caucasian-American? Or should we be dreaming of a diverse Christmas, where the people hold hands like back in the day? A little help here would be well appreciated.
------------------ Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.
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Perhaps this would recieve more help in the Officer's Lounge.
And, uh, white is referring to Snow, not skin color. I don't know how the hell you got any racism out of that song, but you either need to not try so hard, or chill out and get a life.
[This message has been edited by Ultra Magnus (edited December 17, 1999).]
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Well, you'll notice that he referred to snow in his first point. That would make the racism think a joke, based on so many people's fascination w/ political correctness.
But I think you're right about this belonging in the OL. *moves it*
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scuse me but I have to agree with ultra magnus, how the $%^&*^ did you come up with snow being white is racism? God created snow, and snow is white, therefore since God created it, and see us all as equals, which we are, all equall, skin color means jack shit. Snow is not racist, the song is about a guy wishing it would snow!!!! some people need to stop reading to much into things. the word is "chill"
-FTM
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It's called a joke, you see. An anecdote with a humorous climax. Have we become so gray that we have to remove the Forum's funnybone? I hope not.
------------------ "The demon was an idea, the demon is awake. Scratch mark left across the surface of your mind. This hour now upon us, the hour has now arrived." -- Soul Coughing
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I suppose that in the southern hemisphere, those that consider Christmas at all, dream of a white Christmas, but don't miss the cold weather, since their Christmas feast is probably more like a good barbecue party with plenty of beer and lots of cool, semi-frozen drinks with rum in them (parasols omitted -- you could put an eye out that way! ).
In conclusion, for the southern hemisphere, dreaming of a white Christmas is a fantasy. For the northern hemisphere, dreaming of a white Christmas allows us to romanticize weather that ordinarily makes us seriously consider migrating to a warmer climate. I can't ever recall having to shovel the rain out of the driveway so I could get to work.
As far as Saiyanman Benjita's second question, I believe he was obliquely pointing out one of the things that irritate the hell out of me with "political correctness": Absolutely nothing humorous is allowed since any humor hinges upon difference, as opposed to diversity. He was humor to point out the fact that PC is utterly humorless, and hates those who are not.
When I was young, we used to joke that the KKK's favorite Christmas song was "White Christmas". How can you denigrate a song that allows you to make fun of racists?
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Snow creates itself, temperature is only a stimulant.
And I referred to African-American holes way back, and everybody got it. Or is it that Americans have to be explicitly told that a joke is a joke or else they get confused?
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