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Title: Eastwood thinks political correctness has made society humourless
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URL Source: http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/200902 ... inks-political-correctnes.html
Published: Feb 27, 2009
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Post Date: 2009-02-27 10:12:36 by christine
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London, February 27 (ANI): Acting legend Clint Eastwood , 79, apparently believes that political correctness has rendered modern society humourless, for he accuses younger generations of spending too much time trying to avoid being offensive. The Dirty Harry star insists that he should be able to tell harmless jokes about nationality without fearing that people may brand him "a racist". "People have lost their sense of humour. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. You can only tell them today with one hand over your mouth or you will be insulted as a racist," the Daily Express quoted him as saying. "I find that ridiculous. In those earlier days every friendly clique had a 'Sam the Jew' or 'Jose the Mexican' - but we didn't think anything of it or have a racist thought. It was just normal that we made jokes based on our nationality or ethnicity. That was never a problem. I don't want to be politically correct. We're all spending too much time and energy trying to be politically correct about everything," he added.
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#1. To: christine (#0)
A humorless nation of cowards.
I'm positive I have not lost mine nor have the PC white guilters gotten to me !
Who the Fuck is he to say that? What gives him the right being a troglodyte neanderthal, some washed up actor telling us to not be racist? Fuck him! It's a measure of the superiority of our modern Western mores that even when something is funny, we are big enough and right thinking enough not to laugh at it. It's easy to laugh, but to refrain from doing so in the face of provocation is what defines us as a people. Anyway, I hear he still smokes cigars. At his age? He shouldn't be so cavalier with his health.
"I find that ridiculous. In those earlier days every friendly clique had a 'Sam the Jew' or 'Jose the Mexican' - but we didn't think anything of it or have a racist thought. It was just normal that we made jokes based on our nationality or ethnicity. That was never a problem. I don't want to be politically correct. We're all spending too much time and energy trying to be politically correct about everything," he added. I agree with Clint Eastwood. Not only has PC thinking made us a humorless society, PC thought police have caused real animosity to grow between ethnic and religious groups and genders which otherwise would have had a release through humor.
Looks like Clint's taking aim at the ADL and La Raza.
I've already said too much.
#2. To: christine (#0)
quite the opposite
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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#4. To: christine (#0)
"People have lost their sense of humour. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. You can only tell them today with one hand over your mouth or you will be insulted as a racist," the Daily Express quoted him as saying.
#5. To: christine (#0)
In those earlier days every friendly clique had a 'Sam the Jew' or 'Jose the Mexican' - but we didn't think anything of it or have a racist thought.
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