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From: nmg@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Nancy M Gould)
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Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid
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Date: 29 Nov 88 14:31:09 GMT
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In article <390@thor.wright.EDU> rasar@wright.EDU (Ravin Asar) writes:
>Well, I don't know about the Italians, but you don't find anyone
>objecting to Russian jokes because :
>     
>   a) They're true
>   b) Humor is a capital crime in Russia, hence "jokes" are not
>         defined in their system
>   c) Crying is a heinous crime in Russia (second only to humor)
>   d) There aren't too many Russians on the net



I have another reason.  Most Russian Americans are in fact Jews.
They probably don't have time to object to Russian jokes because
they are too busy fighting the Jewish ones.  :-)





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Nancy M. Gould