Polish groups offended by "Back To You" character

David

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Nov 20, 2007, 3:34:23 PM11/20/07

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Polish Groups Protest Polish Jokes On Fox Sitcom

Polish groups are up in arms over a character in the Fox sitcom Back
to You and how he is treated by other characters.The Polish American
Congress has demanded a meeting with Fox owner Rupert Murdoch to
discuss the matter and has asked that the character, Gary Crezyzewski,
no longer be identified as Polish. "What we found so troubling is the
attribution of a Polish identity to a character portrayed as someone
less than competent," PAC Chairman Frank Milewski said in a letter to
Murdoch. "We believe any ethnic group would be offended by having Fox
portray it in such a derogatory manner." In reply, Fox defended its
treatment of the character but added, "We apologize to any viewers who
may have been offended."

Audie Murphy's Ghost

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Nov 20, 2007, 5:14:42 PM11/20/07

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In article <c5h6k3lpt9mlin2u8...@4ax.com>, David
<diml...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I haven't seen the show. Are they really doing Polish jokes? What is
this, 1969?

WQ

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Nov 20, 2007, 5:43:57 PM11/20/07

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--- I wish people like these would just crawl back into their mothers'
wombs. What are they trying to say, that Polish people have no one
among them that's incompetent? If you can't make the character
Polish, German, Italian or Bulgarian for fear of being targetted, then
what's left? English. And then some nutcase will complain about
making an English person look incompetent. Everybody's incompetent!
Especially this Gary Crzwesewsnsekie guy.

jack ak

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Nov 20, 2007, 5:49:57 PM11/20/07

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It is a case of over sensitivity.
Few characters working at WURG-9 are competent.

Perhaps the Polish groups would be satisfied if the Polish character
was fired for incompetence.

Polock

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Nov 20, 2007, 6:20:04 PM11/20/07

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Did you hear about the war between the polocks and the niggers?
The polocks was thowin firecrackers at the niggers, and the
niggers was pickin em up and lightin em and thowin em back.

Mason Barge

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Nov 21, 2007, 10:09:39 AM11/21/07

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"Polock" <jo...@jokes.jok> wrote in message
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> Did you hear about the war between the polocks and the niggers?
> The polocks was thowin firecrackers at the niggers, and the
> niggers was pickin em up and lightin em and thowin em back.
>

Bah, that's a crappy joke. No need to mess up a perfectly good Polack joke
with racist talk.

Now, a GOOD Polack joke goes more like:

Did you hear about the Polack vs. Italian football game in Brooklyn? When
they blew the first whistle, the Italians thought it was quitting time and
went home. Seven minutes later, the Polacks scored.

Anim8rFSK

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Nov 21, 2007, 4:57:29 PM11/21/07

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In article <Av-dnUup0-ip19na...@comcast.com>,
"Mason Barge" <mason...@comcast.net> wrote:

You know the difference between a Polish girl and a bowling ball?

If you really really really really REALLY had to . . .
you could eat a bowling ball.

--
Jitterbug phone works! (Third time's a charm!)
Except the first bill is $100 high. Heavy sigh.

Victor Velazquez

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Nov 21, 2007, 6:38:34 PM11/21/07

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"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> You know the difference between a Polish girl and a bowling ball?
>
> If you really really really really REALLY had to . . .
> you could eat a bowling ball.

You clearly haven't seen my housekeepers. Yowza!

Rick

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Nov 25, 2007, 1:00:42 PM11/25/07

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"WQ" <w...@email.com> wrote in message
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That's what happens when political correctness runs rampant.

Larry Bud

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Nov 25, 2007, 5:32:18 PM11/25/07

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So a Polack (or Italian) joke ISN'T racist??