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No Arabs on 'Star Trek?' (ROTFL!!!)
ChronWatch ^
| 29 September 2006
Posted on 09/28/2006 7:00:08 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
The Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations had just finished giving a speech, and walked out into the lobby where he met President Bush.
They shook hands, and as they walked the Iranian said, ''You know, I have just one question about what I have seen in America.''
President Bush said, "Well, anything I can do to help you, I will."
The Iranian whispered: ''My son watches this show 'Star Trek' and in it there is Chekhov who is Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, Uhura who is Black, and Sulu who is Chinese, but no Arabs. My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any Iranians, Syrians, or Iraqis on "Star Trek."
President Bush laughed, leaned toward the Iranian ambassador, and whispered: ''It's because it takes place in the future.''
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KEYWORDS: georgewbush; moozies; startrek
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To: unspun
Really, a joke about the annihilation of a race isn't funny.Your right. Wiping out infidels is no laughing matter.
To: Jet Jaguar
The new episodes have a cat named Bashir. (a doctor, not a redshirt)
Actually, I always thought the Cardassians as a race were intended to be quasi-arab. Just look at the DS9 story arc. They are fascist state run by an absolute dictator. They are oppressing and attempting to destroy a very spiritual, but fierce people, the Bajorans (think Israel). Their homeworld has many deserts and they prefer the heat. Their ships even have Egyptian-looking architecture in them.
So there are arabs on Star Trek, it's just that they're the badguys...
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posted on
09/28/2006 7:42:08 PM PDT
by
JamesP81
(The answer always lies with more freedom; not less)
To: Don Carlos
"Those old bombsight poopers are considered modern "plumbing" today."
Interesting that you know that, a Cornell study from almost 40 years ago said that the toilet should be about 9 inches or less off the floor, it also recommended urinals for homes.
Instead we went in the opposite direction and created even higher, handicapped toilets for public bathrooms.
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posted on
09/28/2006 7:44:07 PM PDT
by
ansel12
( sin holds a sway over their lives to the point where boldness begins to be craved.)
To: unspun
Really, a joke about the annihilation of a race isn't funny.
Oh, geez.
A murderous death cult has nothing to with race.
BTW, they're not Arabs.
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posted on
09/28/2006 7:46:29 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: Hugin
To: quantim
A murderous death cult has nothing to with race. It does have something to do with the races, since those of some adopt this death cult and identify it with being "Arab."
However, the above joke is about the anihillation of a race (or races). That is not something to humorously accept.
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posted on
09/28/2006 7:49:32 PM PDT
by
unspun
(What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
09/28/2006 7:54:49 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: Aussie Dasher
At the risk of outing myself as a Trekkie nerd....Sulu was Japanese, not Chinese.
But still funny.
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posted on
09/28/2006 7:59:34 PM PDT
by
Americanchild
(..and deliver us all from Islam! Amen!)
To: Americanchild
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:09:20 PM PDT
by
Checkers
To: Checkers
not that there's anything wrong with that
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:09:48 PM PDT
by
Checkers
To: Aussie Dasher
Maybe this dude need to have his son read, "A Canticle for Liebowitz". Great book about nuclear holocaust and mankinds revitalization after the Dark Ages that follow Global Nuclear War.
Of course there's the Wandering Jew and the Christian Monks who build the space ships when "Lucifer Rises!"
Maybe Ahab the Ayrab might not like the book.
Remember "The right stuff" and Scott Glenn doing the "Jose Jimenez" astronaut gig?
To: Tamar1973
Neither: it's an old classic joke that's been told with a variety of presidents and Arab countries ambassadors. I think I first heard it when Star Trek first released in syndication, but it may date to when it was first aired. I must admit, I've not heard the illiterate version with a Persian inquiring about the lack of Arabs.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:17:52 PM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: freedumb2003
"...may he burn in Hell forever between 2 pigs..."
What have the poor pigs done?
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:19:33 PM PDT
by
republican4ever
(Israel's fate determines the fate of the world, whether we believe and like it or not.)
To: Aussie Dasher
To: Aussie Dasher
Doctor Bashir - "Deep Space Nine"
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:22:09 PM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: republican4ever
What have the poor pigs done? Well, I have to assume they will be dead and not have to put up with the foul stench of muhammed.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:23:00 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Critical Thinking"="I don't understand it so it must be wrong.")
To: Americanchild
"...At the risk of outing myself as a Trekkie nerd....Sulu was Japanese, not Chinese..."
What's wrong with being a Trekkie? Those of us who are old enough to have seen the original series enjoyed it very much... most of us, anyway.
BTW, Sulu was gay? Never knew!
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:24:03 PM PDT
by
republican4ever
(Israel's fate determines the fate of the world, whether we believe and like it or not.)
To: Kuksool
Alexandder Siddig. He played Kalid Sheik Mohammed in "The Hamburg Cell", and Saladin's second in command in "Kingdom of Heaven". He was great on DS 9.
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posted on
09/28/2006 8:24:52 PM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Aussie Dasher
Sulu was a Japanese-American, not Chinese...
To: Aussie Dasher
Don't forget Indian (as in India). Lieutenant Ilia in the first Star Trek movie was played by Persis Khambatta.
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