KKK Vampires
Tim Bruening
it, but they were repeatedly burned by that cross.
Forge
GUFFAW!!!!!
So speaketh the Master
(no, not *that* Master)
Paradox
-Paradox
"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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Forge
wrote:
>What's a kkk ??????
Ku Klux Klan, an organization of white supremacists, and I'm just
tickled pink that there are people who haven't heard of it.
Justine
"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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> it, but they were repeatedly burned by that cross.
>
>
Muwahahaa!!!! I almost fell off my chair. Thanks Tim!
--
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Tim Bruening
Paradox wrote:
> What's a kkk ??????
Ku Kluks Klan.
Hunter
Klu Klux Klan, A violent American racist organization setup after the
American Civil War (1861-1865) reputedly by Confederate General Nathan
Bedford Forrest to to thwart reconstruction, to terrorize, deny the
voting franchise and maintain white supremacy over the newly freed
black slaves in the American South and later the US as a whole.
One of the rights of the KKK is cross burning. They erect a giant
cross and set it aflame to so call celebrate so-called white pride and
power. It is also used on a smaller scale to intimidate populations
they don't like (blacks, Jews, non-whites in general, whites who
reject their racism, perceived communist) by burning small ones on the
lawns of those targeted.
The Joke is that the vampires in life were KKK and they try to
continue on as they did in mortal life but of course botch it because
vampires are vunerable to both the image of the cross and to fire. :-)
----->Hunter
John Austin
It's not the "Klu Klux Klan" or the "Ku Kluks Klan".
Ku Klux Klan, as Forge said.
"Paradox" <parad...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Tim Bruening
Hunter wrote:
A Buffyverse vampire can't even get near the large crosses the KKK burns.
Elf Bard
>So speaketh the Master
>
>(no, not *that* Master)
ThE mAsTeR wOuLd NoT aPpRoVe Of ThAt...
Don Sample
<tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
Sure they can. A cross doesn't actually hurt a vampire unless it
touches it. A sufficiently motivated vampire can get as close as it
wants to a cross. The Master used to keep a big honking cross in his
layer in order to aclimatize himself to it.
--
Don Sample, dsa...@synapse.net
Visit the Buffy Body Count at http://www.synapse.net/~dsample/BBC
Quando omni flunkus moritati
Cybe R. Wizard
<elf...@iprimus.com.au> intoned:
>
>
>>So speaketh the Master
>>
>>(no, not *that* Master)
>
>ThE mAsTeR wOuLd NoT aPpRoVe Of ThAt...
>
Yes, I don't.
Cybe R. Wizard
--
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Original PORG Water Wizard, R.P.
Ship's "Other Wizard", Bad Ship "BetNoirian", A.C.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L
Tim Bruening
only work the graveyard shift.
Tim Bruening
pun...@wilmington.net wrote:
> Thus spoketh Don Sample:
>
> > Sure they can. A cross doesn't actually hurt a vampire
> unless
> > it touches it. A sufficiently motivated vampire can get
> as
> > close as it wants to a cross. The Master used to keep a
> big
> > honking cross in his layer in order to aclimatize himself
> to
> > it.
>
> Why would this Master person keep his vampire-thwarting
> cross in a chicken? One would think that he would keep his
> "big honking cross" in a goose. Yes, that's bloody correct
> .. I'd stake my reputation on it.
>
> Or did you mean to use the word 'lair'?
The Master was a very old vampire who wanted to open his big fat
Hellmouth and take a bite out of the world.
Vince Macek
Elf Bard wrote:
Ohhh, what *would* the Master approve of?
Geez, here we were enjoying a perfectly good joke, then the thread turns
to...to...M-M-M-ANOS! THE HANDS OF *FAAAATE*! HAUUUUGH!!!
VMacek
Gert Wallage
> It's not the "Klu Klux Klan" or the "Ku Kluks Klan".
It might be "Ku Kluks Klan" if we're talking about racist vampire chickens.
Gert
redbeard_nv
>Vampire lawyers will only work in the night court. Vampire workers will
>only work the graveyard shift.
Explains all the weirdos behind the counters at 7/11s and Circle Ks at
2 o'clock in the morning.
That, and tech support lines.
Dennis M. Hammes
Never trust a chicken wearing white...
--
>^,,^<
It is better to break ground and head into the wind
than to break wind and head into the ground.
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J. A. Mc.
<tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> found these unused words floating
about:
Then he'd have loved Eartha Kitt.
J. A. Mc.
<scraw...@qwest.net> found these unused words floating about:
>Gert Wallage wrote:
>>
>> > Ha!
>> > It's not the "Klu Klux Klan" or the "Ku Kluks Klan".
>>
>> It might be "Ku Kluks Klan" if we're talking about racist vampire chickens.
>>
>> Gert
>
>Never trust a chicken wearing white...
I see you rode "Iceland Red".
J. A. Mc.
(redbeard_nv) found these unused words floating about:
You have a tech-support line crypt open at 2 AM?
Dennis M. Hammes
He thought they did, but it turned out to be encrypted. So, coffin
quietly in embarrassment (i.e., taking his clothes off), he crypt off
to bed.
Dennis M. Hammes
Such strong colors aren't stylish. It was "Rosebud."
Tim Bruening
Gert Wallage wrote:
Or the "Ku Klutz Klan" for racist clumsy vampires, or the "Klu Klux Klan" for
racist vampire detectives.
Tim Bruening
ANIM8Rfsk
"SHIFT" - can you dig it?
Tim Bruening
your teeth into. My anticipation for next season is really Spiking
after the Glorious conclusion to this season.
Tim Bruening
Tim Bruening
Michael Kohrs
You have way too much free time on your hands, Tim.
Mnkohrz
Hunter
OK OK OK! Alright already!! :-D It was a typo! I knew it was KU Klux
Klan! By the way, Ku Klux is derived from the Greek "kuklos" words for
circle and cycle
Just a little trivia.
----->Hunter
J. A. Mc.
these unused words floating about:
>Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message news:<3B4A9079...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>...
Looks like the man had his own Ku clue.
J. A. Mc.
<scraw...@qwest.net> found these unused words floating about:
>"J. A. Mc." wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 06:59:11 GMT, redbe...@hotmail.com
>> (redbeard_nv) found these unused words floating about:
>>
>> >Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Vampire lawyers will only work in the night court. Vampire workers will
>> >>only work the graveyard shift.
>> >
>> >Explains all the weirdos behind the counters at 7/11s and Circle Ks at
>> >2 o'clock in the morning.
>> >
>> >That, and tech support lines.
>>
>> You have a tech-support line crypt open at 2 AM?
>
>He thought they did, but it turned out to be encrypted. So, coffin
>quietly in embarrassment (i.e., taking his clothes off), he crypt off
>to bed.
I've heard that many ISP's operate with a skeleton staff, but this is
(AD: Mausoleum for rent) too much.
J. A. Mc.
<tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> found these unused words floating
about:
>No vampire would be caught dead lying in the sun!
Hmmmm. Rather thought that's what and how they'd be.
Pun do, pun don't, latter!
J. A. Mc.
>IMHO, Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are shows you can really sink
>your teeth into. My anticipation for next season is really Spiking
>after the Glorious conclusion to this season.
Methinks you're becomeing a casket case.
ANIM8Rfsk
cycle >>
So the 'Circle of Life' in LION KING is celebrating the Klan????????
And what about Kuklos Klan and Ollie!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Don Kirkman
<2n8mkts4694unlo9l...@4ax.com>:
>On 10 Jul 2001 05:02:31 -0700, buffh...@my-deja.com (Hunter) found
>these unused words floating about:
>>Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message news:<3B4A9079...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>...
>>> Gert Wallage wrote:
>> Ha!
>>> > > It's not the "Klu Klux Klan" or the "Ku Kluks Klan".
>>> > It might be "Ku Kluks Klan" if we're talking about racist vampire chickens.
>>> Or the "Ku Klutz Klan" for racist clumsy vampires, or the "Klu Klux Klan" for
>>> racist vampire detectives.
>>OK OK OK! Alright already!! :-D It was a typo! I knew it was KU Klux
>>Klan! By the way, Ku Klux is derived from the Greek "kuklos" words for
>>circle and cycle
>Looks like the man had his own Ku clue.
Just him and his Frands and Ollie.
--
Don
don...@covad.net
Dennis M. Hammes
J. A. Mc.
found these unused words floating about:
>It seems to me I heard somewhere that J. A. Mc. wrote in article
><2n8mkts4694unlo9l...@4ax.com>:
>
>>On 10 Jul 2001 05:02:31 -0700, buffh...@my-deja.com (Hunter) found
>>these unused words floating about:
>>>Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message news:<3B4A9079...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>...
>>>> Gert Wallage wrote:
>>> Ha!
>>>> > > It's not the "Klu Klux Klan" or the "Ku Kluks Klan".
>>>> > It might be "Ku Kluks Klan" if we're talking about racist vampire chickens.
>>>> Or the "Ku Klutz Klan" for racist clumsy vampires, or the "Klu Klux Klan" for
>>>> racist vampire detectives.
>>>OK OK OK! Alright already!! :-D It was a typo! I knew it was KU Klux
>>>Klan! By the way, Ku Klux is derived from the Greek "kuklos" words for
>>>circle and cycle
>>Looks like the man had his own Ku clue.
>
>Just him and his Frands and Ollie.
Oops, we're dragon the bottom, A hem!
Elf Bard
>Methinks you're becomeing a casket case.
>
I hate to be mean but... Begining?
Elf Bard
>Vampire Klingons like to say "Tonight's a good night to die".
>
Vampiric Klingons? I like a good joke as much as the next person but you're
going a bit overboard...
cybyl
Sounds like you could Kahless, but
beware of Klingon vampire batliffs...
Mark Brown
news:coven-B2342A....@corp.supernews.com...
Bat'leths.
Don't mek('leth) me come over there.
Mark
"Considering the fanfic possibilities inspired by the vampire/sunlight
scenario in Pylea."
Tim Bruening
"Dr. Tormento" wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:02:58 -0700, cybyl <co...@technologistx.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Tim Bruening wrote:
> >
> >> Zombie workers will only work the graveyard shift.
> >
> >The more ambitious zombie workers will
> >quit if it turns out to be a dead end job
>
> This is not what we had in mind when we asked for jokes about
> stiffies...
The zombie union is falling apart, thanks to all the scabs brought in to
break the strike.
Tim Bruening
J. A. Mc.
<tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> found these unused words floating
about:
>
>
Did they scarab all the big bad zombies?
Harry Farkas
Did the zombies pick on the scabs?
--
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InnerArt
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Cover: http://innerart.com
My Columns: http://innerart.com/farkas/index.html
Dennis M. Hammes
>
> Tim Bruening wrote:
>
> > "Dr. Tormento" wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:02:58 -0700, cybyl <co...@technologistx.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Tim Bruening wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Zombie workers will only work the graveyard shift.
> > > >
> > > >The more ambitious zombie workers will
> > > >quit if it turns out to be a dead end job
> > >
> > > This is not what we had in mind when we asked for jokes about
> > > stiffies...
> >
> > The zombie union is falling apart, thanks to all the scabs brought in to
> > break the strike.
>
> Did the zombies pick on the scabs?
>
--
>^,,^<
He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
http://t-independent.com/scrawlmark-press/
J. A. Mc.
<scraw...@qwest.net> found these unused words floating about:
>Harry Farkas wrote:
>>
>> Tim Bruening wrote:
>>
>> > "Dr. Tormento" wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:02:58 -0700, cybyl <co...@technologistx.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >Tim Bruening wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> Zombie workers will only work the graveyard shift.
>> > > >
>> > > >The more ambitious zombie workers will
>> > > >quit if it turns out to be a dead end job
>> > >
>> > > This is not what we had in mind when we asked for jokes about
>> > > stiffies...
>> >
>> > The zombie union is falling apart, thanks to all the scabs brought in to
>> > break the strike.
>>
>> Did the zombies pick on the scabs?
>>
>Probably. If the boss lays you off and gets a scab, you picket.
Do we have band aid concerts for scabs?
Tim Bruening
Angel. I can hardly wait to see the Dawn of the next Buffy season!
Tim Bruening
would be likely to fall apart.
When vampires get married, are blood tests required?
Incubus
paulcs
uttered within an earshot of the group, as leaves us helpless and
forced to suffer the consequences of some very dubious choices made by
a few bad eggs.
Paul
Incubus
J. A. Mc.
found these unused words floating about:
>DOH
>
Bet he watches Buffy in the buffy ???
J. A. Mc.
found these unused words floating about:
>Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
>DOH
>
"Dead-on-Humor"?
Incubus
paulcs <pau...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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J. A. Mc.
found these unused words floating about:
>paulcs <pau...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>news:3b52afe7...@news.speakeasy.net...
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:35:49 -0700, Tim Bruening
>> <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>>
>> >Fangs to the WB for 5 great seasons of Buffy and 2 great seasons of
>> >Angel. I can hardly wait to see the Dawn of the next Buffy season!
>> >
>> Hush! I'm sure it would be the wish of most here that bad puns nto be
>> uttered within an earshot of the group, as leaves us helpless and
>> forced to suffer the consequences of some very dubious choices made by
>> a few bad eggs.
>>
>pad puns are worse than no puns but they do give us an excuse to go, " DOH"
>
Yes! WE *go* at the bottom of the thread, never pollute up-stream !
Incubus
J. A. Mc. <xx...@lvdi.net> wrote in message
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but i did go to the bottom of the erm stream
>
>
Cybe R. Wizard
<tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> intoned:
>When vampires get married, are blood tests required?
Yes. The question is, who'se gets tested?
Cybe R. Wizard
--
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Original PORG Water Wizard, R.P.
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Cybe R. Wizard
<cy...@cyberwizardztower.com> intoned:
>Sometime around Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:24:12 -0700, Tim Bruening
><tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> intoned:
>
>>When vampires get married, are blood tests required?
>
>Yes. The question is, who'se gets tested?
^^^^^^
Huh??
>
>Cybe
I was just feeling a little whosy.
J. A. Mc.
found these unused words floating about:
>
>J. A. Mc. <xx...@lvdi.net> wrote in message
>news:iat6ltocpic8h4n4p...@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:01:50 +0100, "Incubus" <inc...@hellfire.com>
>> found these unused words floating about:
>>
>> >paulcs <pau...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>> >news:3b52afe7...@news.speakeasy.net...
>> >> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:35:49 -0700, Tim Bruening
>> >> <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Fangs to the WB for 5 great seasons of Buffy and 2 great seasons of
>> >> >Angel. I can hardly wait to see the Dawn of the next Buffy season!
>> >> >
>> >> Hush! I'm sure it would be the wish of most here that bad puns nto be
>> >> uttered within an earshot of the group, as leaves us helpless and
>> >> forced to suffer the consequences of some very dubious choices made by
>> >> a few bad eggs.
>> >>
>> >pad puns are worse than no puns but they do give us an excuse to go, "
>DOH"
>> >
>> Yes! WE *go* at the bottom of the thread, never pollute up-stream !
>
>but i did go to the bottom of the erm stream
>>
Is that the water that flows from the erm mine?
J. A. Mc.
<cy...@cyberwizardztower.com> found these unused words floating about:
>Sometime around Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:18:55 +0000, Cybe R. Wizard
><cy...@cyberwizardztower.com> intoned:
>
>>Sometime around Sun, 15 Jul 2001 23:24:12 -0700, Tim Bruening
>><tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> intoned:
>>
>>>When vampires get married, are blood tests required?
>>
>>Yes. The question is, who'se gets tested?
> ^^^^^^
>Huh??
>>
>I was just feeling a little whosy.
>
You can get arrested for that. What sis did.
David M. Sueme
<cy...@cyberwizardztower.com> wrote:
^Andy <thisisnota...@email.com>
>
>Yes. The question is, who'se gets tested?
Human babies get positive or negative RH types. Did the "Annointed
One" get an RH type with an imaginary number?
Dave
Usenet threads are more like rats than snakes. There is no head to chop off - it's when you stop feeding it garbage that it dies.
Raven
"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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The fact that we've all made mistakes in no
way obligates us to tolerate them in others.
Raven
David M. Sueme
<tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>Be careful not to be married by a zombie officer of the piece
Peace of what, I wonder?
Tim Bruening
dead umpire and three baseball players. One of the players says "Yep,
there's a silver stake in his heart. It must've have been "Buffy The
Umpire Slayer"".
David M. Sueme
You could be right on this one. Is there a URL so that we can look at
the cartoon online?
Tim Bruening
"David M. Sueme" wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:07:27 -0700, Tim Bruening
> <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> >In today's Sacramento Bee, the Mother Goose And Grimm cartoon features a
> >dead umpire and three baseball players. One of the players says "Yep,
> >there's a silver stake in his heart. It must've have been "Buffy The
> >Umpire Slayer"".
>
> You could be right on this one. Is there a URL so that we can look at
> the cartoon online?
Try www.sacbee.com.
Amy B.
wrote:
>You could be right on this one. Is there a URL so that we can look at
>the cartoon online?
Pick comics from the menu - it's the one dated 07/25/2001.
Amy
Incubus
Mindeye
"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> escribió en el mensaje
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I downloaded some time ago from somewhere I don't remember an asf video file
with a parody in English where Buffy's sacred duty was to slay the evil
umpires, whose existence predates History (according to "Giles"). I had to
delete it, but it was quite funny
Mindeye
Allan MAc Donald
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iirc that was from mad tv a few years ago.
>
Bill
http://www.comicspage.com/grimmy/index.html
Look for 7/25/2001....
"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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Vince Macek
Tim Bruening wrote:
Aww, bugger. I drew up a similar cartoon a while back - Giles running up to
Buffy at home plate shouting "No, no! You're a *vampire* slayer!" a little
too late.
I hate when that happens - did a Buffy Halloween cartoon which essentially
showed up the next day in the paper.
VMacek
A. J. Taia
<jausti...@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>Ha!
>It's not the "Klu Klux Klan" or the "Ku Kluks Klan".
>Ku Klux Klan, as Forge said.
You're talking about a bunch of rednecks and you're worried
about spelling? After looking at one of their pamphlets I'm surprised
that they are even capable of walking erect. They spell Clan with a K
for goodness sake!
--
=== You're reading the words of Toni Taia ===
We shall see to which one the Olympian grants the glory.
Email: ta...@NOSPAMxtra.co.nz (sub the NOSPAM for guess what? :)
Tim Bruening
like though their unlives.
Tim Bruening
though their unlives.
BerniE
tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us posted:
>
>Many vampire workers are stuck in undead end jobs, trudging people-like
>though their unlives.
At least they're gainfully unemployed.
Tim Bruening
Tim Bruening
proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
RogerM
>
> Are you proud to be an American? If you aren't an American, are you
> proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
No, because my citizenship is a result of where I was born, not any
personal achievement. I didn't do anything to earn it.
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Please do not attempt to disprove them with isolated exceptions.
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Andy
"RogerM" <rog...@sprint.ca> wrote in message
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> Tim Bruening wrote:
> >
> > Are you proud to be an American? If you aren't an American, are you
> > proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
>
> No, because my citizenship is a result of where I was born, not any
> personal achievement. I didn't do anything to earn it.
I'm British rather than American but...
You're100% spot on. No one can be "proud" about a billion to one
sperm/egg/country combination. That's just luck. It would be a false and
unwarranted pride.
I prefer to think of myself as "lucky" to be British/Western. I don't mean
that in a "I'm better than someone from <x country>" but in a "I'm damned
lucky to have been given the chances and privaleges that others haven't"
way.
I could have been born in a country ravaged by disease or famine, where your
children die before they're 1 year old, 4 times out of five. Or a war torn
country, or there's no education or health care, or work.
We're by no means perfect, and I can claim no credit for the things the UK
do/have done, that are good (any more than I can take the blame for
something it's done thats wrong) but I know I have chances that others in
some nations will never be lucky enough to have.
I would certainly never use my good fortune as a way to claim I'm better
than someone who hasn't had my good fortune.
Andy
Vikash Shah ('Vik')
> Are you proud to be an American? If you aren't an American, are you
> proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
I'm British but am neither proud or otherwise. I have no need for pride in
this kind of thing, I get to live my life in relative peace and without fear
of poverty. I have opportunities, and I am grateful, as many people don't
enjoy such liberty. I have no overwhelming desire to change my nationality.
I have lived my life as a Briton and can identify with its cultures and
values, but I am not overcome with emotion at declaring myself as British.
Zan
> "RogerM" <rog...@sprint.ca> wrote in message
> news:3BAEF5F9...@sprint.ca...
> > Tim Bruening wrote:
> > >
> > > Are you proud to be an American? If you aren't an American, are you
> > > proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
> >
> > No, because my citizenship is a result of where I was born, not any
> > personal achievement. I didn't do anything to earn it.
>
> I'm British rather than American but...
>
> You're100% spot on. No one can be "proud" about a billion to one
> sperm/egg/country combination. That's just luck. It would be a false and
> unwarranted pride.
These statements, while politically correct, are hardly anything to be
proud of.
Yes, it is a matter of luck where one is born. But society is not
something that should be experienced passively. One contributes to
their society, for good or for ill. One hopes to promote what is good
in one's society, and hopes to fight what is bad about one's society.
What one does with one's life, how one works to improve society, is
not a matter of luck.
Yes, I am proud to be an American because of its ideals - because it
does have some very worthy beliefs. I am proud of the way that we
have come together in this latest crisis, I am proud that we believe
in basic freedoms of humanity, and that we have enshrined those
freedoms into law. I am proud of that which is good in the United
States.
There are times when I am less proud of America, times when our
ignorance gets the better of us, when we turn our heads away from the
violence in society, times when some Americans are stupid. But it is
my pride in my country that makes me want to address those problems,
to become the "more perfect union" the Founding Fathers set out to
make.
So, yes, I am proud to be an American. That doesn't mean that I think
that America is perfect, but it does mean I want to do everything to
make it a better place.
-- Suzanne
RogerM
>
> "RogerM" <rog...@sprint.ca> wrote in message
> news:3BAEF5F9...@sprint.ca...
> > Tim Bruening wrote:
> > >
> > > Are you proud to be an American? If you aren't an American, are you
> > > proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
> >
> > No, because my citizenship is a result of where I was born, not any
> > personal achievement. I didn't do anything to earn it.
>
> I'm British rather than American but...
>
BTW, I'm Canadian.
> You're100% spot on. No one can be "proud" about a billion to one
> sperm/egg/country combination. That's just luck. It would be a false and
> unwarranted pride.
>
> I prefer to think of myself as "lucky" to be British/Western. I don't mean
> that in a "I'm better than someone from <x country>" but in a "I'm damned
> lucky to have been given the chances and privaleges that others haven't"
> way.
>
Exactly.
> I could have been born in a country ravaged by disease or famine, where your
> children die before they're 1 year old, 4 times out of five. Or a war torn
> country, or there's no education or health care, or work.
>
> We're by no means perfect, and I can claim no credit for the things the UK
> do/have done, that are good (any more than I can take the blame for
> something it's done thats wrong) but I know I have chances that others in
> some nations will never be lucky enough to have.
>
> I would certainly never use my good fortune as a way to claim I'm better
> than someone who hasn't had my good fortune.
>
> Andy
Very well put.
Joe_S
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> proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
As a Brit, I am proud I have always defended America whenever someone
started bitching about her. America *is* a better nation than virtually
every other country on the planet. It makes me cranky when European
countries get all snooty about their far less free societies.
Oh .... and America gave the world BUFFY! God bless the USA.
Joe
Joe_S
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> but I am not overcome with emotion at declaring myself as British.
You are truly a Brit then :-)
The Babaloughesian
Tim Bruening wrote:
> Are you proud to be an American? If you aren't an American, are you
> proud to be a citizen of whatever nation you are a citizen of?
I dunno. I didn't really have to put any effort into it. I mean, all I
did was be born, and considering that it's the United States, it's
probably a lot easier to make it to term here, right?
random
soceity) over the *relative* decisions is something that you can take pride
in. What I mean is, if your country, for instance, was leading in preventing
war in third world countries or something, just an example, and if this was
a direct result of a vote that had been taken in your country, which you had
been a part of, then you could feel proud of the people, proud of your part
in it, and, IMO, proud of your country.
IMHO, obviously, although, this doesn't actually mean that I disagree with
what you said, I guess I'm actually making a kinda differnt point.
-Brad-
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>
Cybrchndriac
country and what it stands for and what it's achieved over the
centuries.
and yes, I'm proud to be an American, with perhaps one reservation: what
was done to the American Indians.
(As for slavery, the whole western world can share the blame there,
including Africa itself - some tribes warred on and captured other
tribes and sold them to the dutch who in turn sold them to America. etc.
etc.)
--
.....................
Cybrchndriac
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Cybe R. Wizard
alt.humor.puns. It is OFF TOPIC there.
PLEASE watch your headers if responding to Tim as he doesn't seem to
be able to get the point of Usenet.
And please trim your headers to delete alt.humor.puns IF your post
does not contain a pun.
Also, could some of you talk some sense into Bruening before someone
complains to his ISP and gets him tossed?
Thanks so much and I wish I could get UPN in my area. I hate to have
lost the Buffster.
(the one I /really/ miss is Willow)
Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds", A.H.P.
Original PORG Water Wizard, R.P.
Ship's "Other Wizard", Bad Ship "BetNoirian", A.C.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L
Tim Bruening
Cybrchndriac wrote:
> I think you miss the point. Not proud personally, but proud of your
> country and what it stands for and what it's achieved over the
> centuries.
> and yes, I'm proud to be an American, with perhaps one reservation: what
> was done to the American Indians.
I am proud to be an American, except for our dropping atomic bombs on Japan,
and supporting all sorts of right-wing dictators.
Nichole Fausey
> No, because my citizenship is a result of where I was born, not any
> personal achievement. I didn't do anything to earn it.
I second that.
Nichole--in Montana (who usually just reads here and steals the puns... hee
hee hee)
Tim Bruening
Pumpkin: Lifting your relatives up and down for exercise.
Witches love spell checking programs.
When vampires and zombies get sick, they take coffin medicine.
Be careful not to be married by a zombie officer of the piece, since
your union would be likely to fall apart.
Zombie cops are officers of the piece. Zombie soldiers seek to keep the
piece. However, piece treaties signed by zombie diplomats have a rotten
habit of falling apart.
When vampires get married, are blood tests required?
Vampires are bare footed and are bad singers. In other words, they are
sole less and without soul.
A vampire baseball player was suspended for eating a spectator. Buffy
was suspended for staking an opposing player.
A vampire baseball game was called on account of lightness.
Buffy is continuing to stake her claim to fame.
Charmed is turning a new Paige.
I am haunting for more spooky, goulash, halloween puns.
Tim Bruening
Favorite clothing of vampires: Blood Ties.
Vampire cops suck.
The stupid vampires bled the blood bank dry.
Demon hunters get horny.
nemo
If this were a chamber instead of a message it would indeed be a hall o'
ween puns - very ween puns indeed!
>
squodge
win by submitting ten puns. However, no pun in ten did.
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squodge
standing just outside the foyer and you could hear all these chess
enthusiasts bragging about their superior skills in chess-playing. One
observer walked past and commented - "Look, chess nuts boasting in an open
foyer".
nemo <ne...@naughtylass.wet> wrote in message
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J. A. Mc.
and wrote:
Hair's to Squodge ... "Bottom's up!"