My Knee Jerked and I Had to Apply Icy Hot
Patrick at Velvet Knife asked, "Until Asians came in to it, it was vaguely amusing, wasn't it?" He is talking about the whole "Gay or Asian" mess. I previously wrote on the subject here and on Accordian City. So, I just want to answer Patrick.
No, it wasn't. A bunch of stereotypes masquerading as humor. But we all have different ideas about humor. You may not like mine either.
Here's another comment from Patrick's post: "If this sort of thing isn't funny, then people should've spoken up right from the beginning! How dare you kneejerk liberals sit on your asses until it concerns you!"
Well, damn, as a card carrying Kneejerk Liberal™ I can speak to that. First, we're so busy digging Up the Bush we had to move staff out of the Magazine Scan Department. We're months behind; just the other day I finally had the chance to read the May 2003 issue of Reader's Digest. I wrote a three page letter to the editor to protest the lead story in that mouthpiece of the Totalitarian Front™.
That's why we couldn't get on the "Gay or" problem until Joey brought Details to my attention. I contacted MSD immediately and had them get our staff right on the problem. We'll be coming down on them hard.
Details will soon hear from Guys Undertaking Involvement Discussions Online, Friends of Monty Python, The Lisa Birnbach Memorial Society, Magicians Local 517, John Kerry's Mother, and Jesus' Father. (We couldn't find anyone to speak on short notice for the socialite husbands, but we have a letter on their behalf from a member of the Homeless Coalition.)
I hope Patrick can understand our old arthritic knees still jerk; albeit more slowly.
(Update May 2: I forgot the link to Velvet Knife. It's there now.)
