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Old 10-03-2007, 11:52 AM
 
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Two things happened to me this week.
  1. I was traveling to Boston,MA from NY when a group of Caucasians hailed for a free ride. I stop and to my dismay my services were not needed because I am a Negro.
  2. One of my patients a 79 yrs old lady from Germany, who has lived in New York,NY for 70 yrs was just telling me how she can't even socialize with her neighbors because first she is Irish Caucasian and second married to a Mongolian of Chinese inheritage.


It's a shame some of us are still mentally retarded.:

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Old 10-03-2007, 11:55 AM
 
Location: SE Florida
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Why are you putting down the mentally retarded?!

EDIT: Okay, edit to respond to Torn's statement. I was saying that tongue-in-cheek...... I don't think the OP was putting down the metally retarded as a group, I think he meant people who had retarded mental development about those unlike ourselves- morons or idiots. Or stupid idiots!

Last edited by Magnolia Bloom; 10-03-2007 at 12:23 PM.. Reason: clarification
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:56 AM
 
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Yeah that really is an ignorant statement....Not very nice.....
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Old 10-03-2007, 11:59 AM
 
Location: beautiful North Carolina
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hummm.......
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Monterey Bay, California -- watching the sea lions, whales and otters! :D
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I agree, prejudice exists, however, I do think that America has at least assimilated so many nationalities, that people don't think that much about it.

I'm not sure about the hitchhikers. Personally, I don't ever pick up hitchikers and I see a lot of them give me dirty looks, but, hey, it's not a good policy -- especially for women. I also quit hitch hiking in the early 70s when a police officer stopped both me and the man I was with for hitch hiking -- and sternly warned us that it was a very bad policy to do that because often the ones who pick people up are not the trustworthy ones (I know it seems odd because one thinks of it as a kind act, but too many criminals have taken advantage of that).

I wouldn't worry about it -- there are too many crime stories on television and in the media, so people get weirded out.

As for the woman married to the Asian -- I'm assuming she no longer lives in NYC?? That just sounds plain odd to me because NYC is known as a melting pot, and I see people of all races, creeds, nationalities, etc. all mingling. Maybe she just has a problem with the neighbors for some idiosyncracy of her own. Or maybe she's just got weird neighbors! I don't know -- just guessing.

Not a good rule of thumb to pick up hitchikers either. I know in other countries it is much more common, but we have too many crazies on the loose here, so I think for personal safety, it's best not to hitch hike or pick up hitch hikers! Just IMHO.
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:05 PM
 
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I'm not sure I understand your meaning of "mentally retarded"...explain please
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:27 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, TN
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I'm not sure I understand your meaning of "mentally retarded"...explain please
I believe it's now called cognitively impaired
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:29 PM
 
Location: SE Florida
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Why can't we be more like those cute doggies?!

Wisteria-

I got a ticket for hitchiking in the 70s.....

But back to the OP, there are more good ones than bad ones out there.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w76/kshellyflorida/smallworld-1.jpg (broken link)
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:35 PM
 
Location: beautiful North Carolina
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Why can't we be more like those cute doggies?!


http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w76/kshellyflorida/smallworld-1.jpg (broken link)
Those doggies are very perceptive. They come out when things just don't seem right......
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Old 10-03-2007, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, TN
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HIF, where is that from? that is so cute
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