Racism

One common thing that John Lee likes to repeat, is talking about "white people". To him it seems, all white people are trailer trash. Yet, when "white people" talk about Asians, using an outdated but non-offensive term, he gets upset. He criticized XJBanker for using the term Oriental at Expo:

So whenever our famiy goes anywhere and a bus of Orential tourists show up they always surround my almost three year old daughter. When we took her to delicate arch in Moab she posed for about twenty different cameras and the people just glanced at the arch. When we went to Toronto and niagara falls people kept stopping us and asking if they could take her picture with o e o them holding her. Today we went to our local air force museum and again a bus of Japanese people showed up, were looking at planes and then saw Gabby and started swarming her way. They got out their video cameras and started filming her. None of them spoke English and then two of the older ladies took her hands and led her away off to more of the group. I went with them and more people started pointing and taking her photo.

Now I know I am her dad and I think that she is cute, but have they never seen a blonde hair blue eyed white girl before. I just think that it is funny that it happens everytime. I even said when they got off the bus today that they were going to come and talk to her. Is it a cultural thing or am I missing something. I really don't mind and think it is nice that they think she is beautiful but I don't think I would stop an oriental family on my trip to film there children.


You know what John, what goes around comes around.

Not to be outdone, Jack recently posted this gem:

Tom is in Romania right now for work. He says that if someone presents you with two hookers as a sign of hospitality it's rude not to strangle one of them. Also, if you hit a gypsy with your Jimny, they are liable for any damages.
Just a few traveling tips.


So from this we conclude that Jack must think:

1)In Romania, prostitution is common.
2)It's OK to kill prostitutes.
3)Landless people have no rights.

JSQ On: ExPo

If you read my posts on ExPo they are nothing like the posts I write on Discoweb.
I thought ExPo might be a worthwhile place to chit chat about fourwheeling because that something I still care to talk about and it's not really the discussion focus on other boards. To that end, I contributed in the manner they seemed to want even though I knew it wouldn't be nearly as productive.
But I was a chump to think the "ExPo guidlines" were about civility or family values or playing nice or whatever other bullshit you want to call it. It's not about any of that high road attitude at all. It's merely a crutch for the weak. It's come one, come all and every loser gets their voice. The "civility argument" is merely a way for those who lack the intelligence, experience and understanding to defend the positions they take to have someone else fight their battles.
It's very chummy too. These losers are crying in secret to their pal moderators who swoop in and serendipitously right the wrongs they've been subjected to.

Nice Scarf

There really isn't much to be said about this. I just. Wow. This is what an internet toughguy looks like in person. Hey Jack, where's you purse?

John Lee On: Sportsmobile

Going to Overland Expo and seeing the various vehicles in person and seeing their owners clarified some things for me. One of things clarified was my opinion of the Sportsmobile.

I used to hate it. Whenever some customer drove up to the shop in his Sportsmobile, my reaction was something like, "man, get that pile of shit out of here before someone else sees it."

I don't feel that way any longer. I now see the Sportsmobile as a legit vehicle. Several things changed my perspective on the Sportsmobile, including:

(1) I don't recall ever seeing a Sportsmobile stickered up with "endsoftheearth.com" or "globalexpedition2010.com" or "overlandsavethechildren.com" or what have you. The Sportsmobile owners don't seem to be like that.

(2) The Sportsmobile is what it is. It's just a 4x4 van. It's not some hyper extreme Xpedition vehicle. It's not marketed as such and it's not used as such by its owners. It seems to me Sportsmobile owners know what they and don't try to be what they're not. They just drive around their Sportsmobile on realistic trips and such. They don't tell you about their 1,000 range that they've never used.

(3) The owners of Sportsmobiles actually use them. Do a Google image search for Sportsmobiles or check out the Sportsmobile forum and you'll see that the owners use them. They may camp on a beach. They may go the desert. But the owners use them. Do another Google image search for the land yachts and you'll see stock photos. It's a stark contrast.

(4) The land yacht factor isn't there on the Sportsmobiles. Sure, the Sportsmobile has more amenities than a Land Rover, but I don't get the feeling that the owners are trying to show off their kitchen sinks or beds or air conditioning systems. The "I got the biggest and baddest Xtreme Xpedition Vehicle" factor just doesn't seem to be there with Sportsmobiles.

I want to hate the Sportsmobile, but I can't. I wouldn't be caught dead in a Sportsmobile. And I certainly wouldn't wheel with a Sportsmobile. But I can't hate the Sportsmobile. It's too legit.