PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

You guys need to worry.

Somewhere someone is angry.  Someone with a toehold on logic. Someone with
Net access. Someone....

Dave has the most to worry about.  Angry clueless white guys are too
clueless.

Angry dead people are zombies.

JL

P.S.: "Guy" really means "freaky-looking weirdo or or sucker."  This word is
sexist and must be chopped from the language.  There's something about
"zombie" I don't like either.
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Ann Burlingham <ann at burlinghambooks.com>wrote:

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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
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> > If a dead person tells you that he is offended, please let the rest of
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> > > Recently, I made reference to dying as going to the "happy hunting
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> > > Is this, on the PC-unPC dichotomy, being insensitive?  I worry.
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> If I talk about Clueless WhiteGuy behavior, is it insensitive? I worry.
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