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Posted: 7/22/2006 10:41:41 PM | Just feel sorry for her because of all the really great meals she will be missing! | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 1:28:12 AM | its not a "bigoted statement".. just her own personal prefernce.. we ALL have `em.. i rarely look at profiles.. just 2 damn many of them!..
and does it really matter mike if that person is reading this thread or not?.. find someone who likes italians.. its that simple.. u shouldn`t let 1 person get 2 u like that..
wait.. a horsehead in bed??.. ok ummmmm thats alil 2 much 4 me 2 know.. i really don`t wanna know y there`s a horsehead in bed w/anyone.. kinda c-r-e-e-p-y!.. wait a min!.. what happened 2 the rest of the horse`s body??.. oh gawd.. i think its bedtime 4 me..  | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 2:33:06 AM | | After sitting through that benul adaptation of "Under The Tuscan Sun" a couple of years back with my then girlfriend, it dawned on me how absolutely PROUD I am to be a Polock!! Too bad there's not a market for THAT ethnicity.......... | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 6:37:06 AM | I beg to differ Piano! I have dated a couple of guys that were of polish descent (we won't count my ex husband). They were all really great guys. I'll take another one!
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Posted: 7/23/2006 7:38:26 AM | very very close minded...she should read the star bellied sneetches(dr seuss)might be her level so shed GET th eidea better... one bad italian does not all italians make...some are suave and cute and funny and sweet others are boisterous and self absorbed then theres the very homey family type Ohhhh wait aminute...that couldbe ANY ethnicity ..couldnt it:) I tend to think they re among the MOST romantic out there next to latin men ...an dsom eirish guys...and ..well you get the picture heehhee | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 7:40:41 AM | She just had past history with an Italian who can't cook....
OOOWW..OUCh...OUCHIEEE..I know I am going to get beaten up on this one...
Hey I like lasagna better than anybody...hold the linguini though | |
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Joined: 11/13/2005
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Posted: 7/23/2006 7:51:44 AM | | Maybe she was just being sarcastic? Maybe it was in jest? I know my friends and I have a running joke that if we dated and had bad experiences with at least two guys with the same first name, if we meet someone interested in us with that name we all hum the psycho music in each others ears joking around. But it's all in jest. Sometimes you have to take things with a grain of salt...ya know? | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 8:02:47 AM | This could be one of the dumbest threads I have seen yet.
Funny Girl, your guy may be Italian but that isn't what makes him a good guy. He just happens to be Italian.
As far as whoever stated "smokers come is all sizes too, etc..." Yes, but smoking is a choice. Your ethnic heritage is not.
Whoever had the profile that made the original statement needs serious therapy.
"Maybe she was just being sarcastic? Maybe it was in jest?"
A comment in a forum, I might buy that. Not on the profile.
What else do we have?
Jews are cheap.
Blacks have rhythm.
Polaks are stupid.
Irish are drunks.
Scots are cheap.
White guys can't jump.
Okay, sometimes it works...... | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 8:26:48 AM | This could be one of the dumbest threads I have seen yet. Inn, I have to disagree. I think the thread is an example of different views and thoughts about selection and whether or not that makes us narrow minded or not. There were some wonderful posts, like TEE, who was married to an abusive man who was Italian and did her best not to generalize about all Italians because of a bad experience with one. Yes, there were some really stupid posts like someone who equated my not wanting to date a smoker with this person's choice to avoid Italians. As one other poster pointed out, smoking is a behavior vs your ethnicity is how you are born. Smoking is specific and the reason I feel this way is I'm allergic to cigarette smoke, I've never met someone allergic to another person's ethnicity. Then there is the guy early on who seems to think I was playing the "race" card (Italian is an ethnicity not a race) and goes on to write all kinds of generalizations like, "All Italians are mama's boys and the sisters are meddlers etc." A post like this (and the responses to it) exposes people and makes you realize that prejudice may not be as overt as it once was but it still exists in so many minds. I liked what you wrote re: generalizations that people have of the different ethnicities. Sad, but true in the minds of so many.
Finally for all those who think that the comment got under my skin, it didn't. It takes a great deal more than anything written on any of these boards to do that. I wrote I was "TAKEN ABACK" translation: was surprised that someone (IMO) could write such an ignorant thing and was curious to reactions from people on the boards. The post definitely led to some spirited thoughts/divergent opinions and, for me, that is the purpose of the forums. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 8:35:50 AM | I was pretty upset with this thread yesterday, but if she walked into one of my best friends bakery........I'd still treat her to a CANNOLI filled pastry and espresso! | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 8:36:29 AM | And after all that....i am proud of my heritage...and basically...its her loss to have tunnel vision. (and every italian guys gain it seems) hehe | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 9:00:42 AM |
Her team probally lost to Italia
And she got head butted in the process..... | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 9:17:59 AM | It figures that Italian gets upset by someone saying "no persons of x descent"
After all, ALL Italians:
are fiery personalities
eat pizza
watch soccer 24/7
parade in the streets with flags
say "Momma Mia" at least 3 times a day
think the Roman Empire should return to power
Who can blame her or being close minded.
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Posted: 7/23/2006 10:18:14 AM | After all, ALL Italians:
are fiery personalities
eat pizza
watch soccer 24/7
parade in the streets with flags
say "Momma Mia" at least 3 times a day
think the Roman Empire should return to power
You missed
ALL work in the landscaping or concrete industry....
Belong to the mafia
Wear pointy shoes
Slick their hair down with Crisco
I mean if we are gonna slam an entire nation of people based on one bitter, vindictive woman being ignorant after she got dumped by an Italian man, .... let's DO IT!!!!! | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 10:22:04 AM | | I didn't say primate . .. but overall they can be hairy. Not my thing. | |
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Posted: 7/23/2006 12:28:49 PM | I think she was rude in using the word "apply" toward any man who might express and interest in getting to know her. It implies a superiority I find offensive. I know a lot of people have that in their profile and are probably very nice, but it sounds high handed TO ME.
As for the Italian men...never met one I didn't like. Those I have known have been polite, charming, chivalrous, and very respectful. And quite a few have been devilishly handsome. Love them, just LOVE them, especially the AZZURRI. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2006 10:23:44 PM | | well i guess its her lose i was married to an italian for 18 years my kids are 1/4 italian we cant change ppl and what thye do or say we can just try to educate our kids | |
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Joined: 9/4/2005
Msg: 70 | |
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Posted: 7/25/2006 8:31:30 AM | Freedom of choice. People who try to find fault with others because of different preferences usually need to look at themselves. Usually they are unhappy with themselves.
We all have the right to be Individuals. An individual is defined by having a unique opinon.
The problem with cultures in which Male pride and domination is a cultural value, is that it puts undue pressure on males who feel rejected and they try to oppress women to maintain what is culturally expected of them, often they themselves don't want to do this, but they feel pressured to be a dominant Male.
Everybody has the right to define themselves. Those who seek to oppress individuals are unhappy with themselves. | |
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Joined: 5/7/2006
Msg: 72 | |
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Posted: 7/25/2006 8:40:59 AM | carpaccio wrote,
"Maybe just maybe people who have such narrow parameters are single because of that. Just a thought... "
So you're happily married, and here just for the forum? | |
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Posted: 7/25/2006 11:18:08 AM | So one woman doesn't want you because you're Italian.....big deal.....
Try being Asian in this big pond.
"NO ASIANS" seems to be a default setting for all the womens' profiles here.... | |
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