<div dir="ltr">Marshall it was a joke at the expense of Pope Francis, not of gays. <div><br></div><div style>Herman</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 10:01 PM, W. J. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:synergi@yahoo.com" target="_blank">synergi@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:8pt"><div><font size="4">Instead of complaining about your poor taste in managing to offend a whole lot of sensitive people with one punch line, Jaime, I simply quote Little Richard's original lyrics (according to Wikipedia):</font></div>
<div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:23.99088478088379px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:23.99088478088379px">"Tutti Frutti, good booty</span></div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:23.99088478088379px">If it don't fit, don't force it</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:23.99088478088379px">You can grease it, make it easy"</span></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><font size="4"><br>
</font></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><font size="4">This lyric is culturally interesting, but I doubt it would significantly advance global human evolution to distract this listserv with jokes or commentary about these words. We can no longer afford to resort to stereotypes to joke about the imagined sexual activities of any minority groups. Little Richard was both black and gay. So if you have any understanding of how these two groups have suffered historically, you wouldn't resort to humor at their expense. I like watermelon, but I don't make watermelon jokes. Et cetera.</font></div>
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<div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><font size="4"><br></font><div><font face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> Jaime R Vergara <<a href="mailto:svesjaime@aol.com" target="_blank">svesjaime@aol.com</a>></span><br>
<b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> <a href="mailto:oe@wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@wedgeblade.net</a></span><br><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> Tue, May 7, 2013 5:14:51 PM</span><br>
<b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"> [Oe List ...] Pope Francis</span><br></font><br>
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<br style><span style>Here is the latest from our newly ordained Pope Francis. </span><span style>If you are Catholic, particularly a Filipino Catholic who takes controversial issues to the side of levity, you'll appreciate this.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>Pope Francis recently finished his sermon. He
ended it with the Latin phrase, "Tuti Homini" - Blessed be Mankind.</span><br style><br style><span style>A Woman's Rights Group approached the Pope the next day. They noticed that the Pope blessed all Mankind, but not Womankind.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>So the next day, after his sermon, the Pope concluded by saying, "Tuti Homini, et Tuti Femini" - Blessed be Mankind and Womankind.</span><br style><br style><span style>The day after, a Gay Rights Group approached the Pope. They said that they noticed that he blessed Mankind and Womankind and asked if he could also bless gay people.</span><br style>
<br style><span style>The Pope said, "Sure."</span><br style><br style><span style>The next day the Pope concluded his sermon with, "Tuti Homini, et Tuti Femini, et Tuti Fruiti."</span></font>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4">With apologies to those who might receive this as beyond the pale of hilarity.<br style><br>
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<div><i style><font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="4"><b>Yesterday, appreciate; tomorrow, anticipate; today, participate. In all, Celebrate!</b></font></i></div>
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