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I occasionally receive e-mail from friends and relatives that offends me. I'm not easily offended, but I think I'm disturbed that they think either the e-mail is funny or that I'm as conservative as they are. Judging from some of the forwarded messages, prayers and affirmations I receive, I seem to have more conservative friends and relatives than I thought.
Usually I just bite my lip, groan and hit delete. It's not worth the headache to get in a pissing match over an occasional forwarded joke. But one I recently received from my aunt got me so angry I nearly fired back a nasty message telling her how offended I was and to ask that she remove me from her distribution list. I won't repeat the entire poem, but here is a snippet:
Welfare checks,
they make you wealthy,
Medicaid it keep
you healthy!
By and by,
I got plenty money,
Thanks to you,
American dummy.
Write to friends
in motherland,
Tell them 'come
fast as you can.'
They come in turbans
and Ford trucks,
I buy big house
with welfare bucks.
I'm surprised to find she feels this way and saddened she thinks this is amusing.
She's my favorite aunt; I love her dearly. But this one was incredibly hateful. I hope not all my relatives think like this, but I fear they do.
Current mood: Depressed
Replies: 1 shoutout
oh my god. that truly is horrible. and depressing.
Posted by tiff @ 06/24/2003 12:25 AM EST