In fairness though, most of the Asians I know are less inclined to play the race victim card at every turn than other races.

A properly placed sprinkler can do wonders. "OOps, I was watering my...lawn?"

You're pretty brave to confront these drunken assholes on the front lawn. I would set up the sprinkers as per momof4's suggestion and direct them to the sidewalk. Then when the assholes are in position, just turn them on. It would be like hosing down a rabid dog (and would be great for a laugh-make sure to record it so we can watch!)

The race and gender card have become so powerful that these people think they can do no wrong. If you point out their bad behavior, sometimes even their criminal behavior, it's because you're racist, not because they are behaving badly.

They have become so brainwashed they think they can do no wrong.

You could have added that you're clueless inconsiderate assholes.

But being clueless I'm sure they would have missed the point.

P.S. To bad that stop sign in the backround didn't say "Stop Being Idiots."

Where's Harold?

I dunno if that's brave, but I consider it foolish.

I mean, please. A redheaded cookie comes out to talk to me in her pajamas, I'd only want to find out what was wrong and fix it to impress her, if I could, but there are a lot of belligerent drunks.

Come to think of it, you're from NY. You probably hit harder than a lot of guys. I hope!

So is anyone who's not white, black, or latin called 'asian' in LA? Because I'm not sure that these guys would have identified themselves as such on the east coast. They look like they're from one of the pacific island groups.

Assholes for being loud, but kind enough to pose for a picture. Did you take the photo before or after you talked to them?

I shouldn't assume that you took the picture yourself, Amy. I meant to ask how you got a picture of them.

Oh damn, I have to use this line once in my life...

"Are you saying that because I am White?"

Well Amy, if Non-Caucasians are ready to assume that all whites are racists if they dare voice their opinions, why can't I do the same?

There's something vicious in the whole "You are saying that because I am (Insert Minority Here)". As if crying racism was the ultimate key to win even the most outlandish debate, those two Asian morons being the proof.

For this little stunt to work, one's need to feel ashamed of being White. It's the bromide served since the '70 by all the Leftists of the world; Blame the strong for your shortcomings! The very idea that the "Race-Card" even exist is mind-boggling for me!

Oh well, I never owned another human as a piece of farm equipment so they are better wake-up early to try that shame tactic on me.

Grasshopper, you have learned well.

Deny the premise and turn it around on them.

Besides, they're douchebags.

Yeah, everyone knows Asians are loud and pushy - but they're very good with money.

Do these guys have a clue about their heritage at all? Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Pyrenees, fine, but "Asian"? How generic is that?

> Where's Harold?

Got that! Got that!

I kinda wish you had gone all Clint Eastwood on their asses.

Now, if it were Sotomayer, she'd ask, "Are you saying that because I'm a wise Latina woman?"

But it wouldn't be racist. No, you have to be a white heterosexual male to be a racist.

Sotomayer- May have scolded you for the lack of having "richness of experience."
If you were more rich in your experience you wouldn't mind being woken up at 2am by cluless assholes.
Guess you need tolerance and diversity training. Ha ha.

"Are you saying that because I'm a redhead?"

In French it's "l'espirit d'escalier"

I think espirit could be translated in this context as 'inspiration'.

In German/Yiddish it's "Treppenwitz". And there's a great Anglo-Israeli blog by that name.

I'm not defending these guys - they were rude to keep going at it after you pointed out the fact they were waking half the neighborhood.

But...when you live w/in walking distance of a bar don't you kinda expect this sort of b.s? I wouldn't live near a bar specifically because I wouldn't want to deal w/ schmucks of this caliber. It's bad enough having alcoholics as neighbors, without living near an establishment whose livelihood is based on making people stupid.

"And having people yelling outside houses in any neighborhood is just wrong."

I agree. And if the scene's changed since you moved in then that's a crappy deal. However, I'd never live near a bar because it leaves too much up to chance. You don't live in Allson or on Comm Ave. and expect it to be quiet (all college kids).

If some drunkards were stumbling down a random side street that isn't anywhere near a bar that would be very unusual and couldn't be reasonably expected. Do the police respond well to neighborhood complaints about crazy noise levels?

Being in L.A you might not get the kind of "service" you would in a smaller area, but it might be worth seeing if a police detail could be hired, at the bar's expense, to monitor the patrons while they're leaving. Waking up a neighborhood probably qualifies as disturbing the peace, and in my area public drunkeness is also an offense.

If these two guys above were stumbling to their car at 2 AM and being that loud and hostile I have to assume that they were about to drunk drive - which is more disconcerting than their rudeness.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you told them. I bet you look good in your PJs, though. Are you trying to encourage tham to come back?