heh..hehe.hhehehe ...he said "Home-o".
Posted on 05/12/2006 11:40:39 AM PDT by VRWCtaz
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The company that developed the lyrics for a ringtone about deportation apologized Thursday after Cingular Wireless LLC pulled it for being offensive.
Barrio Mobile said the ringtone "La Migra" — a slang term for Border Patrol agent — was satire and shouldn't be taken seriously.
Mexican-American comic Paul Saucido wrote the ringtone that features a male voice, acting as a Border Patrol agent with a Southern drawl, saying, "I repeat-o, put the oranges down and step away from the telephone-o. I'm deporting you back home-o."
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The ringtone's humor is clearly from the viewpoint of a Mexican mocking a stereotypical "Texas redneck", in the same way that Eddie Murphy did the sendup of a racist "goomba" calling him racial slurs.
intended as a revenue generator that backfired
The illegals think they own the whole southwest anyway. I thought the lyrics were right on.
heh..hehe.hhehehe ...he said "Home-o".
There's a long list of comedians who have effectively (and very humorously) used racial slurs in their acts without offending anyone. Ever caught an episode of The Mind of Mencia?
He he he yeah yeah....to lake Titicaca
He is hilarious. I watch him on the comedy channel every chance I get.
If the ringtone was in english, who exactly was offended?
I walk through the construction part of our neighborhood often muttering (loud, sometimes) LA Migras....LOL....it's full of Mexicans....
Apparently the use of "redneck Spanish's" has offended some Hispanic groups and they have complained to the cell phone companies.
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