"I insist that you explain why you though it was funny that 63 million Americans would be ordering Chinese Food using this hardline to China, is that what you really think of the Chinese people? Are you a bunch of racist cowards?"
As BestSnowman already said, the joke was "stupid," yes, but hardly "racist/prejudice." It's a commentary on ignorance rather than the Chinese "race." Regardless, the joke is gone... the world is once again safe.
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Gabe,
Duuuuuude...
"I insist that you explain why you though it was funny that 63 million Americans would be ordering Chinese Food using this hardline to China, is that what you really think of the Chinese people? Are you a bunch of racist cowards?"
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/23/olpc-goes-after-deep-pocketed-donors/comments/8298828/
As BestSnowman already said, the joke was "stupid," yes, but hardly "racist/prejudice." It's a commentary on ignorance rather than the Chinese "race." Regardless, the joke is gone... the world is once again safe.
Thomas