Hypersensitivity...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Better watch yourself mister. Talk like that will get you shunned by the pre-school parent crowd.

Is that a promise?

[Alex]

I had no idea that "ching chong" in reference to Chinese talking is as bad as saying the n-word (I would have typed out that word but since I'm sending this from work I don't need it setting off any triggers).

I'll have to tell my Chinese co-worker who said it this morning. (Making fun of an argument her mom had with a storeclerk.)

[Ghoulish Delight]

"I think by allowing Rosie O'Donnell's cheap jabs at Chinese Americans to go unchecked, then the network is essentially condoning racial and ethnic slurs," Lincoln Michel told the AP in a phone interview.

I didn't know that many Chinese Americans are employed as news readers in China.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Chinese Americans.

I wonder in China if they call us American Chinese?

From now on I wish to be refered to as an Un-hypersensative American.

[Disneyphile]

Another thing that disgusts me - giving a present to a sibling on their brother or sister's birthday!

We had a family friend who did this - she'd always take a present for the sibling(s) also, because "they shouldn't feel left out".

Um, people need to learn as kids that you don't get something for someone else's birthday. It's their chance for the spotlight, not yours. I think this causes some people to have the "it's all about me!" mentality.

[Alex]

I go the other way. To teach them that there is nothing special about the fact that they were born (so were the vast majority of everybody else) I don't give them anything for their birthday.

If they whine, I give their parents a commiseration present instead.

[Gn2Dlnd]

I have to point out (wet blanket that I am) that the Rabbi didn't threaten to sue because there were Christmas trees displayed, he threatened to sue to be allowed to display a menorah. The airport over reacted by taking down the trees because they were afraid they'd have to honor every culture's holiday observances. By the way, the trees are back. The Rabbi was as dismayed as anyone that the airport took them down.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I have to point out (wet blanket that I am) that the Rabbi didn't threaten to sue because there were Christmas trees displayed, he threatened to sue to be allowed to display a menorah. The airport over reacted by taking down the trees because they were afraid they'd have to honor every culture's holiday observances. By the way, the trees are back. The Rabbi was as dismayed as anyone that the airport took them down.

I don't blame the airport for taking the trees down. They did what they had to do to mitigate the threat of lawsuit. As I mentioned elsewhere, I think the Rabbi was out of line. If I had my druthers, Christmas displays by publicly funded institutions would go away (but, like Alex's pledge example, I don't find it a big enough deal to take action on, just a "since the question was asked" stance). But the solution is NOT to go the other way and start suing to include menorahs in everything. 1989's County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union decision, which stops just short of calling a menorah a secular symbol right along with the Christmas tree, makes me shudder enough. I don't appreciate rabbis going around trying to finish the job.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

But the solution is NOT to go the other way and start suing to include menorahs in everything.

Point taken. It would just be nice if people who put up decorations in public places had a general sense of respect and acknowlegement for cultures other than their own. I think that's why I like Small World Holiday so much.

Oh, Chappy Chanukkah!

(and a Merry Hristmas, too!)

[blueerica]

I agree with a lot of the sentiments in here. By the same token, remember that kid in the claw machine. Most of my friends said they should have given the boy a toy. I say no. Kids shouldn't get rewarded for behavior that needs to be ceased.