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[infamous]

Originally Posted by Tormod

I read it as irony.

Ironic, because some appear to choose a position of agreement by introducing the words of others while laughing under their breath.

[Skippy]

Originally Posted by C1ay

posts? I only see one in this thread.

Yes, it is assinine that they put a spanish warning on water and no other languages. It actually kind of implies that they are too dumb to know that water can kill them so they need a special warning that speakers of other languages do not need.

I too took UncleAl's comment as racist (I'm not Hispanic)... but I do have to admit that it is the Spanish speaking people who tend to demand that we make allowances for them more often than other non-English speaking peoples... or maybe its just that the countries the others come from teach English to their children because they know how important English is to success in this world?

[Fishteacher73]

If you have to live in such a padded world as to not be able to see sarcasm and satire, perhaps a bit of critical thinking is beyond your grasp.

[Boerseun]

Really, people - anybody who took offence in Uncle Al's comments need to read it again - this time concentrating on the sarcasm, hyperbole and irony that was obviously missed in the first reading.

Go, UA!

[infamous]

What may be beyond the grasp of a few is that sarcasm and satire are often used as vehicles of disrespect.

[Dark Mind]

Originally Posted by C1ay

posts? I only see one in this thread.

Posts 2 & 5

Originally Posted by C1ay

Yes, it is assinine that they put a spanish warning on water and no other languages. It actually kind of implies that they are too dumb to know that water can kill them so they need a special warning that speakers of other languages do not need.

I don't even know how UncleAl managed to start this one up....

Anyway, I believe that the warning is only in spanish probably due to statistics (More hispanics are killed by buckets than bullets ), but it could also be that most native born English speakers are able to recognize a warning label based on color, punctuation ( ! ), and homonyms (Aviso! = Attention/Advisory!). Whereas hispanics that don't know English may need it literally spelled out for them the "danger" of buckets... This is just what I think the US government is thinking

[Dark Mind]

Originally Posted by UncleAl

The labels are in Spanish without simultaneous translation. Whom do you suppose they are targeting? (Other than Uncle Al's first guess)

http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/bucket.htm

Nice ...

Cynical as ever .

infamous, I think you should read this, it may calm you down and show you where he's coming from .

[infamous]

Originally Posted by Dark Mind

Nice ...

Cynical as ever .

infamous, I think you should read this, it may calm you down and show you where he's coming from .

Quite right Dark Mind, now I'm looking for a bucket to put over my head to hide my face. Quess I'm always a little too quick to take-up for the oppressed. Now how am I going to make my peace with Uncle????????????

If you can hear me Uncle, Sorry, maybe you could loan me one of those buckets???

[Dark Mind]

Don't be so hard on yourself infamous.

Mistakes are an essential learning process of life and 99.999% unavoidable .

At least you were able to admit you erred and that, my friend, is divine .

[Guadalupe]

Originally Posted by infamous

Quite right Dark Mind, now I'm looking for a bucket to put over my head to hide my face. Quess I'm always a little too quick to take-up for the oppressed. Now how am I going to make my peace with Uncle????????????

If you can hear me Uncle, Sorry, maybe you could loan me one of those buckets???

"¡Aviso! Niños pueden caer adentro de el balde y ahogarse. Retire los niños delos baldes aunque solamente tengan un poco de agua."

infamous, you have nothing to be sorry about. The label, in spanish, is there for a very good reason. UncleAl’s comments were indeed lacking facts but was quick to judge.