Kick a Ginger Day
AP reports:
CALABASAS, California — Authorities say there were at least five attacks on red-haired students at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced “Kick a Ginger Day.”
However, nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made.
How very stupid. They should know not to actually kick Gingas in case they catch Gingervitis.
Investigators say the Facebook message may have been inspired by a South Park TV episode that satirised racial prejudice by portraying a campaign against red-haired, fair-skinned “ginger” people.
Good grief. That episode aired in 2005. And back then it was also blamed.
In that episode, Cartman organises all the gingas to start killing non-gingas as they are not members of the master race. So will someone also blame Southpark for any murders of brunettes?
November 26th, 2009 at 9:18 am
From my experience, anyone who picks on a ginga is likely to come off second best. Ginger comes from a Viking gene, they reckon.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Jack half of Europe has Viking genes.
You really want to go down the “warrior gene” trail again?
November 26th, 2009 at 9:33 am
God bless the internet – helping people figure out who they hate since nineteen whenever.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Re Murray at 9.26…
I’m not sure about any “warrior gene”…
But I was thinking of the berserkers, and from experiences in fracas long ago with drunken Swedes, a berserker gene would well explain ginga feistyness. I reckon eight, or even six, drunk Scandinavians would give a really tough workout to any All Black pack.
You seem sceptical about genetic (or perhaps other ways passed on) influence on temperament and personality. I recommend on this as relevant and interesting Malcolm Gladwell’s fairly recent book, Outliers. He has a chapter on the descendants of Scots-Irish (lowland Scots, border country English, and Ulster Protestants) who (in Gladwell’s opinion) provide the shoot-em-up culture of the US “backcountry” states from the Pennsylvania border south and west through Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and the northern end of Alabama and Georgia.
November 26th, 2009 at 9:56 am
I was talking to a ginger the other day and he said “isn’t it funny how people talk about ginger in a nice way even commenting on stories like this one, but it is really another way of taking the piss out of us”.
I didn’t understand it but just reading this post I was thinking about when do we do this for blacks, gays etc in the same way?
We don’t , we condemn those reports but not gingers.
another form of abuse and micky taking perhaps?
November 26th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Jack the heighest population of redheads is Scotland. Scansinavians are actually known for their tendancy towards blonde.
Every single living person is descended from people who were warriors, historically people with no warrior tendancies don’t have descendants.
“Viking” is also and activity, not a race.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Can someone remind me what day it is so I can put it in my calendar, sounds like fun.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Murray: make up your mind:
9.26 – half of Europe has Viking genes.
9.58: – Viking is an activity, not a race (therefore no Viking gene).
November 26th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Forget the Vikings! Here’s some wackos who think gingas are descended from aliens!
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message105646/pg3
Also, perhaps this is the origiin of the gingas are Vikings rumour:
http://forums.skadi.net/archive/index.php/t-22375.html
November 26th, 2009 at 10:19 am
They have the genes of the people who undertook viking.
I was simplifying for the simple.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Rearrange the letters of “ginger” (hint – starts with n) and then wonder whether “kick a ……” would be acceptable language … not that I’m defending Darren Hughes and Chris Hipkins!!!
November 26th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Murray at 10.19: “…I was simplifying for the simple.”
Thank you, fucking Aristotle! And I thought you were just quoting Wikipedia.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:48 am
I didn’t pay 20 thousand fucking dollars to look up wiki Jack.
My specialty is Rome and pre-gunpowder artillery, feel free to buy a copy of my book in Feb to get some of it back.
November 26th, 2009 at 10:56 am
What’s the $20,000? A degree?
Remind us about the book in Feb. Ballistas etc are interesting.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Thats just the basic degree. The nightmare of books continues along with the postgrad which is why I started my masters early and in book form.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:14 am
In our house we have to be very careful about contact with the Ginger kid – avoiding Gingervitis is a daily chore – we never kick her (can’t since Sue Bradford mucked around with the law) nut we do make sure that she resides mainly in her room and away from the family. it is strange but she has many friends and we encourage her to spend as much time as possible with her friends (who seem to have no fear of Gingervitis).
For the most part she is well integrated into school and society (as much as a ginger kid could be) and she refuses to let this disability stop her from being a normal kid. Her brother and sister seem to cope well with having a ginga sister, and know not to annoy her too much (or kick her) for fear of the 10 on the richter scale explosion.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Monty, you would enjoy visiting this web site for red heads then (link below). Can’t resist lifting two jokes from it (posted one of them the last time DPF opened a red thread):
What’s a redhead’s idea of the shortest way to a man’s heart?
Through the breastbone.
What’s the difference between a terrorist and a redhead?
… you can negotiate with a terrorist.
The link:
http://www.dougbarber.com/red/index.html
November 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Investigators say the Facebook message may have been inspired by a South Park TV episode that satirised racial prejudice by portraying a campaign against red-haired, fair-skinned “ginger” people.
Riiight, so some obscure unnamed investigator has a suspicion, and thats enough to spread an unsubstantiated smear against an entire TV series…
November 26th, 2009 at 11:53 am
F**k you all! Nyaarrrr! [flies into stereotypical ginga rage]
November 26th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Better dead
than red in the head
like the dick of a dog.
November 26th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Youtube: Tim Minchin “Prejudice” or “Taboo”. You’ll see why soon.
November 26th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Bevan I wondered that as well… right behind wondering why this outbreak was so localised. Seems the rest of us missed the subliminal message portion of the show.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Dimebag
You’re fucked
November 27th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Look out, Espiner! We’re after you!