Once again you prefer the dismissive response rather than dealing with the issue. I’d need to know if I’m wasting my time discussing anything with you.

No Bock. Because that would be retarded.

Excellent news. You seem to be saying a bunch of us could become African if we wanted. Personally, I’d like to try being Japanaese for a while.

You seem to be confusing race with nationality, or did I misunderstsand you?

Catherine – For one who has apparently not commented before [and you are very welcome, by the way], you are so eloquent!! I get the feeling that you are all slightly more rattled than I am, and I’m not rattled at all. Sure, ’tis all in a day’s fun!

E Mum – Did I apologise? Where? I would take it back if I could find it.

Grandad I’d say this: there was only one thing wrong with your post, and that’s that you ended up bloody well apologising to those poor loves that were offended. Frankly, I think you’re lovely and if they’re offended by your clever, ironic and entertaining waffle, then they’re crazy ape bonkers with nuts and cheese.

Talk about a storm in a tea cup. I think what Jenny and a few others need to do is to take a step back and maybe take a deep breath. Let me go out on a limb here:

Grandad owns this blog and as such has the right to write about anything he so chooses. You on the otherhand, all have the right to not read him. Quite simple, no?

While you all took offense at what I took as as an amusing look into the realm of what’s political correct, I think that the people who have been the most rude and outrageous are not Grandad or his “cronies” but you guys.

You have a right to disagree, but do you have to be rude and nasty? Jenny used her own blog to publically rebuke and demonize a man she has never met. And since she has never met him, has no idea as to who he is or what he represents, but had she taken just five minutes to read back a few weeks, would have come to realize that this blog reflects hiw own unique writing style and yes, sense of humor.

A sense of humor. As in a joke. As in satire. As in telling you to go “f” yourself at the end was. I don’t know any of you personally, nor do I know Grandad, but I must say that I commend him for his restraint over the last few days as person after person has decided that they are superior human beings who have the right to sit in judgement.

And finally, I really resent the fact that you people are trying to split this along gender lines. In case you haven’t noticed, my name is female, and I actually got the idea behind this whole issue.

No one, especially Grandad, has attacked anyone else upon race, creed, religion, or gender….oh, wait, except for the responders. No one is saying being polite isn’t important, what we are all saying is that being polite should come natural and most of us don’t need overblown rules to tell us how to treat our fellow human beings.

What I am saying is, wish me a Merry Christmas, as my Jewish co-workers do. I wish them a Happy Hannukah. I am saying its okay to call me a Catholic, or Irish, or whatever you want to classify me as, as long as you treat me with respect and remember that I’m a human being.

A New York Liberal Irish Catholic Female Divorcee with a sense of humor. And Grandpa, is also a human being, who happens to own this blog. So what if he’s Irish? He doesn’t represent Ireland, nor do you, last time I checked.

And finally, trying to gain notarity on his coattails is just so not PC.

-Catherine