tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post4669711179772723585..comments2024-02-26T15:58:56.816+00:00Comments on The 3Rs - Reading, Ranting & Recipes: herschelianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17414522582684680371noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-28317554903985550032007-10-30T12:21:00.000+00:002007-10-30T12:21:00.000+00:00How on earth do you tell a joke that offends NOBOD...How on earth do you tell a joke that offends NOBODY??! Isn't that thie point of a joke - that somebody has to be the butt of the joke? And as jokes go, I've seen much more offensive... <BR/><BR/>I agree with you on the racism thing. The stuff that gets called racism over here belittles what people across the world have had to suffer. It may be that telling a joke about Muslims or the Irish or the French is on the same continuum as ethnic cleansing and denying people the vote because of their colour - but it is the very opposite end of that spectrum.<BR/><BR/>Have these guys heard of the de minimis rule?! ;-)Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-47751994608930966792007-09-21T14:40:00.000+01:002007-09-21T14:40:00.000+01:00Aphra, I am slightly bemused as to how one could b...Aphra, I am slightly bemused as to how one could be racist about stupidity, which seems to me to be a trait spread fairly evenly throughout humankind. As for the move, well its as much as I can do to keep the blog functioning at the moment, and if I never see another brown cardboard box it will be too soon!<BR/><BR/>Lotus: Glad you've been prompted to read this (apart from anything else, it is so good to reduce one's TBR mountain). Hope you enjoy it. I'll be visiting your blog to see what you made of it - once I've moved house that is!herschelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414522582684680371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-82946747092448426042007-09-18T12:28:00.000+01:002007-09-18T12:28:00.000+01:00Hello!I have had Moore's "One Last Look" sitting o...Hello!<BR/><BR/>I have had Moore's "One Last Look" sitting on my bookshelf for the longest time (at one time I had more than one copy, don't ask me how), so I was glad to see a review. I like that she has drawn on the diaries and letters of real women in the British Raj. Your review has prompted me to take this book down from my shelf, thanks!Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-62768398875973272012007-09-16T22:34:00.000+01:002007-09-16T22:34:00.000+01:00I remember the Emily Eden as fascinating and very ...I remember the Emily Eden as fascinating and very readable too, though it is years since I read it. Virago re-published it in the 80s, I think. Well recommended.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I did think the joke was racist, but racist about terrorism rather than racist about stupidity. That probably says more about just how jumpy I am in the world these days, not to mention my own views on the long history of England and all the Celtic nations, than it does about anything else. That's not to say that I think it's a joke that's not worth telling. In fact, I think we probably <I>should</I> be telling jokes about terrorism, but that's just another set of personal neuroses. <BR/><BR/>How's the moving going?<BR/><BR/>AphraAphra Behnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18103052049661158844noreply@blogger.com