Never Assume

Felix Unger: "Never assume because when you assume, you make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me."

A classic line from "The Odd Couple" that I have never forgotten and that a co-worker who's a big fan of the show likes to quote. This same colleague, who's Irish, vented to me today about the current movie "Kill The Irishmen." His beef: it's a xenophobic slur against the Irish. He asked me how I would feel if someone made a movie called "Kill The Jews." Not knowing anything about the movie he's referring to, I said I wouldn't like it, but stopped short at supporting his assertion that people can say things about the Irish that they can't say about other groups. I simply don't have the facts to make this claim. Good thing I hedged because tonight I find out upon researching it - something that my colleague should have done - that the movie is actually called "Kill The Irishman" and is the real-life story of an Irish mobster from Cleveland that the Italian mafia targeted for extermination. Ah, yes, seems like my co-worker needs to heed the advice he so loves to quote.