"rosenblatt, joseph" <[log in to unmask]> wrote

> < sermon
> I have been known to tell a few lawyer jokes myself. I do not
apologize for
> having done so nor do I swear off telling them in the future. I at
times
> even believe that people are terribly over-sensitive about silly
things like
> occupations. I do not necessarily believe in the concept of "political
> correctness." I do however, believe in manners.
>
> This list is a virtual meeting hall and therefore we are all standing
next
> to each other. If a person is standing in front of you and tells you
they
> are offended by lawyer jokes then good manners dictates that you stop
> telling them in that person's presence. You do not continue to tell
more
> lawyer jokes. That is just plain rude.
>
> The relative merits of lawyer jokes or for that matter the relative
merits
> is not in question. The first amendment gives you the right to be
offensive.
> That means it is your constitutional right not your legal obligation
to be
> offensive.
>
> World peace starts with everyone attempting not to offend everyone
else.
> This is a two pronged effort. On one hand try not to offend. On the
other
> hand try not to be offended.
> /sermon>

I couldn't disagree more.  With this logic, those who are "offended"
could eliminate *all* conversation.

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