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Condi Drops a Watermelon

Rob Lister said:
Having just looked up the word (and it remains a cool word in my opinion) I can only say that your post is a strong evidence that you do not really understand the conservative mindset.

I'd say 'republican' mindset, but since you also don't understand the difference between the two, I figure that too is no use explaining.
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I know you're all a bunch of reckless fruit tossers who don't care WHO the watermelon lands on.

I think the worst aspect of it is that she chose to launch this heinous and blatantly partisan melon from a Federal building.

But I suppose the Constitution means nothing to you people.

"Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
 
Dr Adequate said:
I know you're all a bunch of reckless fruit tossers who don't care WHO the watermelon lands on.

I think the worst aspect of it is that she chose to launch this heinous and blatantly partisan melon from a Federal building.

But I suppose the Constitution means nothing to you people.

"Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
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Rather chuck nectarines.

You can get a good game of squishycricket going with nectarines, too.
 
It's blatantly dishonest of you to draw a parallel between chucking nectarines and hurling a watermelon.

You're comparing apples and oranges.
 
Dr Adequate said:
It's blatantly dishonest of you to draw a parallel between chucking nectarines and hurling a watermelon.

You're comparing apples and oranges.
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Well, 'a tree is known by its fruit'. It could be considered more praising to be nutted by a nucipersica than conked by a citrullus... :confused:

And you can't play squishycricket with a watermelon. Too big to bowl. And I've yet to even hear of a successful squishysoccer game with a watermelon....

I mean, your foot would get stuck in it for a start. Beckham would be better with bananas than a watermelon...


:boxedin:
 
Kiless said:
Well, 'a tree is known by its fruit'. It could be considered more praising to be nutted by a nucipersica than conked by a citrullus... :confused:

And you can't play squishycricket with a watermelon. Too big to bowl. And I've yet to even hear of a successful squishysoccer game with a watermelon....

I mean, your foot would get stuck in it for a start. Beckham would be better with bananas than a watermelon...


:boxedin:
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Oh, yea of little faith.

Watermelons probably originated almost 5,000 years ago in the Kalahari Desert of Africa where botanists have found its wild ancestors still growing. Watermelons migrated north through Egypt, and during the Roman era they were cultivated and prized. Hieroglyphics on the walls of Egyptian buildings tell stories of their harvest. Watermelons were buried in the tombs of kings to nourish them in the afterlife. Melons spread across the European continent and particularly flourished in the warmer Mediterranean areas. Watermelons were documented in 1629 in Massachusetts. During the Civil War, the Confederate Army boiled watermelon to make molasses for cooking. It is in the Southern states such as the Carolinas and Georgia where watermelons flourish as commercial crops. Numerous varieties were developed, and variations of flesh color surfaced. By the late 1800s, the W. Atlee Burpee & Co. was developing its own varieties and selling seeds.
 
Joshua Korosi said:
Claus, many of the more racist white people in this country regularly continue to use the fried chicken/watermelon stereotype against African Americans. Where the stereotype originated, how accurate it is, and how stupid stereotypes in general are makes no difference. It's a stereotype that everyone here is familiar with, and I'm not sure you understand just how offensive it is. It's not something obscure or archaic.
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This seems to be an accurate statement about the situation to me.

I suspect that in some situations a lot of blacks find the whole watermelon thing kind of funny. In this situation however, where the intent of the question's author is difficult to determine, it is a reasonable assumption that some kind of racial insult was intended. Almost all adult Americans would understand how the watermelon reference might be interpretted and would therefore avoid the use of it unless a negative racial reference was what they intended.

Still, I am not completely convinced that the reference wasn't an innocent joke for which the author didn't fully understand the implications.
 
Rob Lister said:
Oh, yea of little faith.

Watermelons probably originated almost 5,000 years ago in the Kalahari Desert of Africa where botanists have found its wild ancestors still growing. Watermelons migrated north through Egypt, and during the Roman era they were cultivated and prized. Hieroglyphics on the walls of Egyptian buildings tell stories of their harvest. Watermelons were buried in the tombs of kings to nourish them in the afterlife. Melons spread across the European continent and particularly flourished in the warmer Mediterranean areas. Watermelons were documented in 1629 in Massachusetts. During the Civil War, the Confederate Army boiled watermelon to make molasses for cooking. It is in the Southern states such as the Carolinas and Georgia where watermelons flourish as commercial crops. Numerous varieties were developed, and variations of flesh color surfaced. By the late 1800s, the W. Atlee Burpee & Co. was developing its own varieties and selling seeds.
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Yes, but are there hieroglyphs of squishysoccer with watermelons?
 
CFLarsen said:
Guess old prejudices die hard in some places.
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Yeah, we really can't get over the whole skin color thing here. Some folks apparently feel that they have to be a color or an ethnicity or a religion or whatnot before being a person. Some folks apparently feel that other people are a color or an ethnicity or a religion before being a person.

"People are people..."
 
LostAngeles said:
Yeah, we really can't get over the whole skin color thing here. Some folks apparently feel that they have to be a color or an ethnicity or a religion or whatnot before being a person. Some folks apparently feel that other people are a color or an ethnicity or a religion before being a person.

"People are people..."
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"but some are more people than others...."
 
CFLarsen said:
Perhaps it just shows the age difference...(and cultural sophistication) ;)
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Only if you said something like "...and some austrolapithicus are more austrolapithicus than others."

Cultural sophistication my ass.

But let's not have friendly banter on a serious thread. We may raise the tone of this section.
 
LostAngeles said:
Well, I was going for Depeche Mode, and not Animal Farm, but it's still entirely appropriate.

Mines more fabulously morose though.
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and also, Depeche Mode was predicted by Nostradamus, why did Eric Blair ever do? ;)
 
I don't care for political correctness and have argued against it many times in this forum. However I do conform to many politically correct norms. I don't think the question posed in the OP should be offensive to blacks. The point is that it IS racially offensive to blacks. Anyone who wants to make a point about it I suggest you go to South Central Los Angeles and refer to the locals as watermelon eaters. You could jokingly say, "hey you all are a bunch of watermelon eaters". Let me know before you do though so I can start a pool on your life expectancy.

What is and what should be are not always the same thing.
 
Political Correctness is a STUPID religion

It should be held to the same fire as all religions

Anyone "offended" by things other than sticks and stones should go move to a country without our first ammendment
 
pipelineaudio said:
Political Correctness is a STUPID religion

It should be held to the same fire as all religions

Anyone "offended" by things other than sticks and stones should go move to a country without our first ammendment
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I'm not sure I'm with you here... are people to pretend that they are emotionless in the face of words? Does the right to speak include isolation from the consequences of that speech?

Political Correctness is a beast with many names. On the one hand, it makes perfect sense to consider your audience, or the message you may send, when choosing your vocabulary. On the other extreme, we are firing people for the use of the term "niggardly". One is appropriate, the other is not, yet both can be labeled, "Political Correctness". It is also startling how often the extremes of the latter are invoked at any suggestion of the former. I personally think the term itself needs to die.
 
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