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I can't and don't take jokes like that seriously as a barometre for racism. Maybe because I've heard everyone and their grandfather tell a racist joke in some way or another. A friend of mine, an Indigenous Australian once told me this joke "What is the difference between an Aboriginal and a park bench?" "A park bench can support a family". We drank, we laughed and it was all in humour. Why be so mad all the time?

heard the one about the Englishman .the Scotsman ,, the Irishman and the Welshman ...... Which one there are THOUSANDS

once there were jokes about Rabbis and Catholic priests

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I think that is grasping at straws a little. Surely people who accepted the holocaust would have already been prejudiced against Jews, I highly doubt a few jokes would lead to the acceptance of genocide.

Not what I said. Studies have shown acceptance of racist jokes leads to tolerance of persecution.

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I think that is grasping at straws a little. Surely people who accepted the holocaust would have already been prejudiced against Jews, I highly doubt a few jokes would lead to the acceptance of genocide.

LIght hearted or not, it's still the same thing with a different degree of severity.

Giving someone a slap and punching their teeth in , is the same kind of thing with different severity. One you can get away with depending on the situation, the other is never going to be acceptable and you should be punished. (I don't know what point you guys are making , this is just my take)

Racist jokes are best avoided imo, as it can cause problems too easily

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Giving someone a slap and punching their teeth in , is the same kind of thing with different severity. One you can get away with depending on the situation, the other is never going to be acceptable and you should be punished. (I don't know what point you guys are making , this is just my take)

Racist jokes are best avoided imo, as it can cause problems too easily

I understand what you are stating but I don't believe physical violence and racist jokes is a very good comparison. Don't forget that a slap can still knocksomeone out.

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I understand what you are stating but I don't believe physical violence and racist jokes is a very good comparison. Don't forget that a slap can still knocksomeone out.

A racist joke can be taken the wrong way and escalate things quickly.

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I understand what you are stating but I don't believe physical violence and racist jokes is a very good comparison. Don't forget that a slap can still knocksomeone out.

A racist joke can be taken the wrong way and escalate things quickly.

Yea, it's best kept in-house if anything. If someone were to walk past, while another was telling a racist joke, they would see it in the context of a joke.. I'm not saying racist jokes perpetuate actual racism. But if there is sensitivity on the issue for others, then it's best to avoid that situation.

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I understand what you are stating but I don't believe physical violence and racist jokes is a very good comparison. Don't forget that a slap can still knocksomeone out.

the same way a small joke , could cause big distress to a sensitive person.

You can't predict everyone s reaction.

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The CIA inhumanly, and even sexually, torturing people even though they know that these methods "do not make the country safer"? I am shocked!

They've even cited Israeli laws to attempt to legally justify the torturing: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.630823

Bless them, the students have become the masters :')

Now, just sit back and watch no one go to jail for this criminal operation that breaks international and human rights laws...

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The CIA inhumanly, and even sexually, torturing people even though they know that these methods "do not make the country safer"? I am shocked!

They've even cited Israeli laws to attempt to legally justify the torturing: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.630823

Bless them, the students have become the masters :')

Now, just sit back and watch no one go to jail for this criminal operation that breaks international and human rights laws...

What is interesting is they feel confident enough to release this., knowing it will cause more blowback

But when you think about it, thats what they want- it will create more ''terrorism'', justify the next bombing of a country with brown people, and is fantastic for the arms trade and shareholders. Win win win !

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What is interesting is they feel confident enough to release this., knowing it will cause more blowback

But when you think about it, thats what they want- it will create more ''terrorism'', justify the next bombing of a country with brown people, and is fantastic for the arms trade and shareholders. Win win win !

And what is scary is that this only the tip of the iceberg. They've declassified about 500 pages of the original 6000 pages report. If this what they are comfortable admitting to, I don't even want to think about what they are hiding!

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The CIA inhumanly, and even sexually, torturing people even though they know that these methods "do not make the country safer"? I am shocked!

They've even cited Israeli laws to attempt to legally justify the torturing: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.630823

Bless them, the students have become the masters :')

Now, just sit back and watch no one go to jail for this criminal operation that breaks international and human rights laws...

CIA rapes men anally but stop selling loose cigarettes or I'll kill you.
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Very interesting interview in the Guardian with one of the leaders of ISIS on how the militia and a lot of the development of modern 'Islamism' all started started in US prisons in Iraq: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/-sp-isis-the-inside-story

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