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{{quote|''With those who follow a different Way it is useless to take counsel.''|'''[[Confucius]]'''}} |
{{quote|''With those who follow a different Way it is useless to take counsel.''|'''[[Confucius]]'''}} |
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{{quote|''And she kept calling the Indians niggers for some reason, so I said "No, no, no, it's the ''West'' Indians who are niggers. These people are '''Wogs'''''.|'''[[Fawlty Towers|Major Gowen]]''', who didn't have [[N |
{{quote|''And she kept calling the Indians niggers for some reason, so I said "No, no, no, it's the ''West'' Indians who are niggers. These people are '''Wogs'''''.|'''[[Fawlty Towers|Major Gowen]]''', who didn't have [[N-Word Privileges]], on taking a girl to watch cricket.}} |
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{{quote|''It's funny to think how we listen to [[Yellow Submarine]] in kindergarten, when in reality all four of the Beatles [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs|were high as shit when they wrote it.]] But that's ok, because unlike now, drugs weren't used to be cool, but to expand your mind (aka [[Grateful Dead|Jerry Garcia.]])''|'''[[Urban Dictionary]]''' on [[The Beatles]]}} |
{{quote|''It's funny to think how we listen to [[Yellow Submarine]] in kindergarten, when in reality all four of the Beatles [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|were high as shit when they wrote it.]] But that's ok, because unlike now, drugs weren't used to be cool, but to expand your mind (aka [[Grateful Dead|Jerry Garcia.]])''|'''[[Urban Dictionary]]''' on [[The Beatles]]}} |
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{{quote|'''[[Fish Out of Temporal Water|Ivan Dobsky]]''': Look out, Mr. Drummond! It's Nelson Bonjela, the most feared terrorist in all of South Africa!<br /> |
{{quote|'''[[Fish Out of Temporal Water|Ivan Dobsky]]''': Look out, Mr. Drummond! It's Nelson Bonjela, the most feared terrorist in all of South Africa!<br /> |
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And she kept calling the Indians niggers for some reason, so I said "No, no, no, it's the West Indians who are niggers. These people are Wogs.
—Major Gowen, who didn't have N-Word Privileges, on taking a girl to watch cricket.
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It's funny to think how we listen to Yellow Submarine in kindergarten, when in reality all four of the Beatles were high as shit when they wrote it. But that's ok, because unlike now, drugs weren't used to be cool, but to expand your mind (aka Jerry Garcia.)
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Ivan Dobsky: Look out, Mr. Drummond! It's Nelson Bonjela, the most feared terrorist in all of South Africa! |
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"I hope that, like Mark Twain, people one day look back at my work and say, 'Wow, that is actually pretty racist.'"
—Tina Fey, in her acceptance speech for the Mark Twain award
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"It is different, yeah. It's a different morality, get used to it, or go home."
—The Ninth Doctor, Doctor Who
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It is interesting that every country seems to have its own, most often irrational, opinion which type of behavior is a big no-no and which isn’t. In Germany prostitution is completely legal, but proving yourself to be an idiot by saying that the holocaust didn’t happen can land you in prison.
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