Comments on: Sacrebleu! Is That App Racist? https://techcitement.com/culture/sacrebleu-is-that-app-racist/ get excited Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: (Probably Not Really) Anti-Semetic Code In AVG Software | Techcitement* https://techcitement.com/culture/sacrebleu-is-that-app-racist/#comment-706 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:35:24 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=4383#comment-706 […] what is beginning to feel like something of a running joke, anti-virus company AVG apparently made an app for Windows that apparently does nothing but display […]

]]> By: Jeremy Goldstone https://techcitement.com/culture/sacrebleu-is-that-app-racist/#comment-674 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:15:13 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=4383#comment-674 I’m not entirely sure he had intentions at all. As in, who woulda thunk what is essentially the app version of a series of Adam Sandler song would set people off? And why didn’t I think of something approximating that line while I was writing the article? CURSES!!!!

Harrison Ford is a quarter-Jewish, not too shabby.

Thanks for that link, though. When Johann was talking about how “Juif” has negative connotations, it reminded me of this Adam Carolla bit, Jew has kind of an edge on it, while Jewish doesn’t. Someone could say “dirty Jew,” it’s harder to say “dirty Jewish person.”

]]> By: James https://techcitement.com/culture/sacrebleu-is-that-app-racist/#comment-669 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:18:31 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=4383#comment-669 He clearly had good intentions:

http://www.iphonebloggers.co.uk/2011/09/johann-levy-on-being-jewish-and-app-development/

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