A friend of mine is in the middle of a class, I believe on the Islamic religion. Half the people in there are Arabic; he is caucasian. Soon after 9/11, he was cracking jokes about the Arabic members hijacking the classroom and flying it into the English building.
Since then I've heard a dozen jokes from him about flying planes into things. It still bothers me to hear that--and I'm someone who normally is NEVER offended by the most off-color humor, being an avid reader of
The Onion--but I'd say my natural grief period has quieted into a dull pain for the time being. Humor probably isn't TOO far behind, but it's still too early right now.
On a side note, I wonder if any Cellar readers understand the irony of someone nicknamed "Vegeta" posting comments like these.
09-21-2001, 02:49 PM
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