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  -Is this a racist comment? recoveringrepublican  May-26-06 01:35 AM   #0 
  - If instead of aces one were to say a certain suit, I could see that  JVS   May-26-06 01:37 AM   #1 
  - it's not...  drhilarius   May-26-06 01:37 AM   #2 
  - Not a forum, I belong to a local activist group  recoveringrepublican   May-26-06 02:23 AM   #8 
     - Maybe it's a local expression rather than regional or general. n/t  DRoseDARs   May-26-06 02:40 AM   #9 
     - It can be, yes...  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:26 AM   #11 
     - Pink Pistols needs to go National!  William769   May-26-06 07:17 AM   #15 
     - Sounds more like a threat than a  BlackVelvet04   May-26-06 08:02 PM   #76 
  - I always thought the saying was...  Dunvegan   May-26-06 01:40 AM   #3 
  - I verify.  yellerpup   May-26-06 08:12 PM   #77 
  - It means "a 357 magnum beats 4 aces" I don't understand racists...  seriousstan   May-26-06 01:40 AM   #4 
  - Nope. It's poker. A gun beats four aces, simple as that...  radwriter0555   May-26-06 01:45 AM   #5 
  - maybe it depends. are you playing cards? n/t  orleans   May-26-06 01:46 AM   #6 
  - I have never heard of such a silly thing...  DRoseDARs   May-26-06 01:46 AM   #7 
  - Maybe...  deFaultLine   May-26-06 02:42 AM   #10 
  - Just because they are silly to you--  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:31 AM   #12 
     - But they're inanimate objects! Last time I checked, a gun was...  DRoseDARs   May-26-06 04:59 AM   #13 
     - ....so if it isn't on google, it doesn't exist?  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 06:58 AM   #14 
        - "Black as the Ace of spades" is a racial slur. "Four aces" is not.  Tesha   May-26-06 07:22 AM   #16 
        - Anytime you put the words MAGNUM and ACES  goclark   May-26-06 10:25 AM   #30 
           - Okay, I'm black and I still don't get it...  Kaylee   May-26-06 10:45 AM   #35 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   May-26-06 11:34 AM   #36 
              - Wow! Nice insult there.......since I didn't pass your blackness test  Kaylee   May-26-06 11:56 AM   #41 
                 - But you've still got your membership card, right?  ContraBass Black   May-26-06 05:02 PM   #59 
           - you have GOT to be kidding!  NorthernSpy   May-26-06 06:34 PM   #65 
              - I take it you've never heard Native Americans called  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 07:07 PM   #69 
                 - so you think the two red aces have to be Native Americans?  NorthernSpy   May-26-06 07:13 PM   #70 
                 - Given I didn't write the e-mail the original poster spoke of  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 07:26 PM   #74 
                 - oh, and your reply makes me wonder whether you read my post at all  NorthernSpy   May-26-06 07:18 PM   #72 
                    - I apologize for the misunderstanding...  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 07:22 PM   #73 
        - I checked several search engines, nada. And as someone already pointed out  DRoseDARs   May-26-06 08:00 AM   #17 
        - ...You missed the point.  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 08:20 AM   #19 
           - Perhaps..  sendero   May-26-06 09:18 AM   #27 
           - Me thinks THOU doth protest too much....  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:12 PM   #46 
              - The implication is there..  sendero   May-26-06 04:16 PM   #48 
                 - Maybe you'd like to share your wonderful crystal ball  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:18 PM   #49 
                    - It's a free...  sendero   May-26-06 04:21 PM   #50 
                       - Ignore works both ways--  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:31 PM   #51 
                          - Hon...  sendero   May-26-06 08:27 PM   #79 
                             - Thank you,  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 09:06 PM   #82 
           - Bliss you have so much understanding in your heart  goclark   May-26-06 11:36 AM   #37 
              - Thank you, friend....  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:15 PM   #47 
        - please change your name  anewdeal   May-27-06 02:22 AM   #83 
     - But with 6 billion people on the planet,  Spinoza   May-26-06 12:18 PM   #42 
  - No...  sendero   May-26-06 08:08 AM   #18 
  - Apparently So  ProfessorGAC   May-26-06 08:48 AM   #24 
     - It would be easier to address statements  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 08:54 AM   #26 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   May-26-06 09:39 AM   #29 
           - Ooooooh....  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 04:07 PM   #45 
  - That saying has to do with cheating at poker. Wild West and all that.  Connie_Corleone   May-26-06 08:30 AM   #20 
  - No racism there  Kelvin Mace   May-26-06 08:35 AM   #21 
  - See posts by original poster--  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 08:38 AM   #22 
  - I heard once a smith and wesson (sp?)  snooper2   May-26-06 10:29 AM   #31 
  - I'm not sure if that is the only comment, just the only one I was given  recoveringrepublican   May-26-06 10:42 AM   #34 
  - If you need to disect and have a 30 post thread on it  Freedom_Aflaim   May-26-06 08:46 AM   #23 
  - LOL--That's a good point.  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 08:49 AM   #25 
     - Bingo Bliss  goclark   May-26-06 11:44 AM   #38 
  - Ask yourself: "Against which race?"  rpgamerd00d   May-26-06 09:19 AM   #28 
  - It's anti-African-American AND anti-American Indian AND anti-fighter pilot  Bucky   May-26-06 04:34 PM   #53 
  - crap, didn't mean to start anything  recoveringrepublican   May-26-06 10:35 AM   #32 
  - Never heard that one before  proud2Blib   May-26-06 10:36 AM   #33 
  - I lived in the Midwest  goclark   May-26-06 11:52 AM   #40 
  - doesn't that mean that if you have a gun, you win.  progressivebydesign   May-26-06 11:45 AM   #39 
  - I'd say the person saying this too you is racist. They are confusing  izzybeans   May-26-06 12:30 PM   #43 
  - I always thought the expression was "A Smith and Wesson beats four aces."  theboss   May-26-06 12:34 PM   #44 
  - no , its only racist to those who use that comment for their cause  Ksec   May-26-06 04:33 PM   #52 
  - Not Racist In The Slightest. 100% Not.  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   May-26-06 04:38 PM   #54 
  - it's racist against non-magnums  NorthernSpy   May-26-06 06:58 PM   #68 
  - I know every racist comment there is....  fishnfla   May-26-06 04:42 PM   #55 
  - Oh, I bet I know what they are talking about. Maybe it was...  Up2Late   May-26-06 04:47 PM   #56 
  - How many pinheads can dance on the head of an angel?  Throd   May-26-06 04:49 PM   #57 
  - Nothing whatsoever to do with race  slackmaster   May-26-06 04:50 PM   #58 
  - Excellent way of explaining it--thank you. ...as such  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 05:57 PM   #60 
     - Break it down and make it plain Bliss!  goclark   May-26-06 06:09 PM   #62 
        - ....!  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 06:17 PM   #63 
           - Bliss, that is exactly why the CONS "won" in 02 and o4 and will  goclark   May-26-06 06:43 PM   #67 
              - If you try hard enough to view it that way  slackmaster   May-26-06 08:23 PM   #78 
                 - Wish everything could be about Making PEACE not WAR  goclark   May-26-06 08:38 PM   #80 
                 - What in society today is not...?  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 08:51 PM   #81 
  - How old were they? I don't get it at all  Truth Hurts A Lot   May-26-06 06:06 PM   #61 
  - Good point, Truth Hurts...  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 06:20 PM   #64 
  - now, if you'd said a magnum beats four queens...  NorthernSpy   May-26-06 06:43 PM   #66 
  - It isn't always literal...  bliss_eternal   May-26-06 07:18 PM   #71 
  - Never heard of it... unless of course,  HypnoToad   May-26-06 07:27 PM   #75 
  - There is no way in hell that could be considered racist.  Starbucks Anarchist   May-27-06 02:39 AM   #84 
 

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