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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're part of the Catholic Mafia, happiness is:
1.  Putting a Catholic HS bumper sticker on your car;
2.  Sending your son/daughter to any college (doesn't really matter as long as you have that Catholic HS bumper sticker);
3.  Making sure you find a job for him/her in DC; and
4.  Securing a junior country club membership for him/her at Congressional or Columbia.[/quote]
this would have been taken down if it had been said about Jews or Muslims. [/quote]
Really? There is a rich history of humor based on stereotypes of how families operate across many cultures.  Think about the many humorous stories about Jewish mothers pushing daughters to marry Jewish doctors, have lots of babies, and attend particular synagogues.  I can easily recall similar humor stories about Presbyterian families, Mormon families, southern families, African American families, and Asian families.  I suspect every culture has similar humor.  Most are not particularly mean-spirited, although I suppose they're all slightly offensive to the extent they suggest a stereotype of everyone in the culture.  So I empathize with your annoyance, but I think you're overreacting if you say Catholics have some particular cross to bear in this respect that the rest of us don't.  (Pun intended!)[/quote]

Nutty![/quote]

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