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Yesterday I posted the title of an old Vaudeville song that was a widely used march during the first and second world war, and has been repeated in motion pictures, animated cartoons, and television shows. I meant it as a quip towards the topic of the thread I posted it in, but clearly it was not a well enough known meme that it was recognized by the readers of the thread, and it was my mistake for not properly gauging that. I understand that the line is sexist, and so it was a poor judgment for me to post it without sufficient context or background information. Clearly the line could be - and was - interpreted only on the surface level of the content of the words and not the context of relating a meme of our culture to the topic at hand - e.g., the irony of considering the issue in our culture that has traditionally held very different views. My fault, and I sincerely apologize. When one is skirting the lines of an issue as important as sexism there is no room for one to be less than clear.
I leave you with a link to a scene from the television show "Mash" as an example, but will preface it with the warning "not to click" if you have concerns that you might find it offensive.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)...and we all know the line from 'Jaws.'
A sincere apology. Here's to hoping it is accepted.
:thumbs up:
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)Standard DU rules apply: By ignorantly replying to this OP, I'm probably inadvertently stepping in the middle of some giant shitstorm that I have no idea about.
PB
Rex
(65,616 posts)he would refer to something used as a gauge when drowning women to decide if they were witches or not.