Knights who say “Si” Taking a Stand in Miami for the American Way to be as Funny as You Wanna Be

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In “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” King Arthur is quoted as saying “Camelot is such a silly place.”

So is Miami.

It is a rare occasion when MVB gets comments and when it does, we try not to embarrass our brave Internet travelers and ourselves with too much fawning and genuflecting when they grace our blog with their opinions. However, when one of you says we’re not funny, that’s where we draw the line. Recently, “Anonymous” said we were not funny the moment he read the word “Si” in an interview MVB had with Oscar Rivero, a Miami developer busted for ripping off the poor (”Miami Public Housing: Country Club for the Homeless”). In fact, he went further by adding “it’s clear that there is an anti-Hispanic undercurrent to your joke.”

Really? Oscar Rivero is Cuban for crisesakes. If he was Italian, we can guarantee there would have been a “Fagidabouit!” in it somewhere. All we can say to Anonymous (if that’s his real name) and the rest of the easily offended, please don’t go to the Dade County School Board and try to have us banned from computers in the classroom because we can promise you the ACLU will be all over your ass before you—

We’re sorry. We got carried away. Please forgive us, sit back, kick your shoes off, have a mojito (our choice of drink here at MVB), and try to enjoy the inspired little take we call “Manny Mojito and the Quest for a Sense of Humor.” It picks up with

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