KTVU News station ****ed up

[CelticPredator]

Pak Ma Plan Tu-Soon

Hau Yu Lan Dis Ting.

 

[devilof76]

So Ang Lee... talk about untapped talent right here.

I'm a big fan of humor that mocks people taking race seriously. You have a gift.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

I've joked around with an Asian friend of mine about his race plenty of times. In this situation though it just doesn't seem right. Add the fact that the names are directly referencing the crash.

I don't see this as some kind-hearted guy trying to laugh his pain away. He's obviously some douche who thought making a funny and getting attention was more important than showing a bit of respect to the victims of the crash.

 

[toylion]

I've joked around with an Asian friend of mine about his race plenty of times. In this situation though it just doesn't seem right. Add the fact that the names are directly referencing the crash.

I don't see this as some kind-hearted guy trying to laugh his pain away. He's obviously some douche who thought making a funny and getting attention was more important than showing a bit of respect to the victims of the crash.

I don't think you get it. The funny part isn't the joke, it's that a professional News Station and it's staff even let this get aired. And then everyone starts pointing fingers, "it's his fault".

 

[wyattroa]

I don't think you get it. The funny part isn't the joke, it's that a professional News Station and it's staff even let this get aired. And then everyone starts pointing fingers, "it's his fault".

Ding ding ding... We have a winner..you can lead a horse to water but you make them drink from it.

 

[crows]

this is kind of funny (funny but silly)

https://imgur.com/gallery/35C01

 

[wyattroa]

this is kind of funny (but silly)

https://imgur.com/gallery/35C01

I laughed, but then figured it better then the Chicago public schools..

 

[crows]

I laughed, but then figured it better then the Chicago public schools..

that's similar to what some people were saying in the comments lol

 

[The Ween]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XtpYGHJ34w

That's great!

 

[Darkmatter]

This Asian is suggesting that you lighten up. Yu No Fun!

if i started using asian or any other culture's name in this forum as the butt of a joke in the aftermath of an incident where people died, i'd be perma-banned. yet this dis to your nationality and culture is not upsetting to you? my mistake.

 

[Darkmatter]

Ding ding ding... We have a winner..you can lead a horse to water but you make them drink from it.

the issue is two pronged. a joke spawned from a tragedy so that in itself is in extremely bad taste. but to include the asian culture, or any culture for that matter in bigoted copy that actually went out on the airwaves is pathetic, disheartening and tragic in it's own right because of the lack of compassion and respect for those departed.

america has some sick people. i myself have laughed at poor taste jokes about tragic circumstances. but this one involves innocent children who had an entire life ahead of them but no more. to me, that's just plain sad no matter how you look at it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Get over it.

 

[Eli26]

The PC crowd seem to operate by the same 'broken window' theory that was so successfully applied in a law-enforcement/criminality context a few decades ago - that is, attending to the broken windows in a building prevents broader social and criminal problems from taking root.

In reacting so sensitively to these kinds of jokes, the PC brigade are basically saying that all humour associated with various ethnic groups or minorities is racist, and only serves to make racist attitudes more prevalent. Stop the jokes and deeper problems with racism can be eradicated from society, apparently.

Bollocks in my opinion. Reacting in this way to these kinds of jokes and stereotyping is actually distracting attention away from the real and more sinister incidences of racism that have no evident causal relationship to casual quips and remarks. Such as people with particular surnames being consistently denied a job interview or the like; or the use of more subtle and nuanced language by some groups to create divisions along ethnic lines in a community; or the harassment suffered by ethnic minorities going about their business in public.

But thanks for all y'all white folk speaking out behalf of all Asians. It's appreciated, but imo misguided and unnecessary. When I saw the clip I definitely was not So Ang Lee.

So Ang Lee... talk about untapped talent right here.

You rock.. seriously you're one of my favorite people on here. You just get it on many topics.

 

[Solidus]

I think being over sensitive to race issues is just as bad as racism.

Some Caucasians can be really bad. They are so fearful of people judging them or thinking they are racist they have something to prove, so they get on anyone for jokes or anything that most people from other cultures laugh at. Like telling my Indian friends they have a nice tan or making fun of my friends accents. They make fun back. We should just accept the fact we're equals. Who cares where we came from.

The PC crowd seem to operate by the same 'broken window' theory that was so successfully applied in a law-enforcement/criminality context a few decades ago - that is, attending to the broken windows in a building prevents broader social and criminal problems from taking root.

In reacting so sensitively to these kinds of jokes, the PC brigade are basically saying that all humour associated with various ethnic groups or minorities is racist, and only serves to make racist attitudes more prevalent. Stop the jokes and deeper problems with racism can be eradicated from society, apparently.

Bollocks in my opinion. Reacting in this way to these kinds of jokes and stereotyping is actually distracting attention away from the real and more sinister incidences of racism that have no evident causal relationship to casual quips and remarks. Such as people with particular surnames being consistently denied a job interview or the like; or the use of more subtle and nuanced language by some groups to create divisions along ethnic lines in a community; or the harassment suffered by ethnic minorities going about their business in public.

But thanks for all y'all white folk speaking out behalf of all Asians. It's appreciated, but imo misguided and unnecessary. When I saw the clip I definitely was not So Ang Lee.

So Ang Lee... talk about untapped talent right here.

Eli and LeJuan deserve medals for those posts. Brilliantly stated, gentlemen

 

[The Ween]

Eli and LeJuan deserve medals for those posts. Brilliantly stated, gentlemen

Here's Eli's medal

 

[Eli26]

Here's Eli's medal

Look, it's Ween's beaver!!!

 

[toylion]

Look, it's Ween's beaver!!!

Nope, this is Ween's Beaver. I've seen it.

 

[Shai]

Asians


[ame]https://youtu.be/YpvEXEdxVF4[/ame]

 

[The Ween]

Look, it's Ween's beaver!!!

Nope, this is Ween's Beaver. I've seen it.

And a very nice beaver it is too.

And she looks so much like my Mom when she was younger.

 

[toylion]

And a very nice beaver it is too.

Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.