I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Written by: onewheeldave
It doesn't matter if they're forced underground- like i say in the quote they're welcome to continue to hold racist beliefs- but, if they are underground, then the next generation of mainstream kids don't get to have it presented as part of 'normality' in their culture.
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Written by: Tao StarWritten by: onewheeldave
It doesn't matter if they're forced underground- like i say in the quote they're welcome to continue to hold racist beliefs- but, if they are underground, then the next generation of mainstream kids don't get to have it presented as part of 'normality' in their culture.
wha....? it doesn't matter????? i think it really really really does matter a lot. it's things that go underground that end up in things like the kkk (ok, extreme example). people who feel they can't talk about things end up feeling angry, frustrated, and they sure as hell go & do something about it. i think that open talking is the single best way of solving problems...or at least starting to address them. definately not telling them to shut up. again...if you don't know who had these views because they're not allowed to mention them, how is education, and therefore real change ever going to happen?
"Moo," said the happy cow.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Written by: Tao Star
i don't care if you call me b***h or tart or whatever (adam calls me that stuff all the time.)
should we ban all people from using all those words ever? should we stop blakc people from calling eachother nigger? i certainly would never do it...but withing groups it seems to be acceptable. how do you figure that it's ok for some people to do it but not others? is that encouraging the children of tomorrow to grow up racist??
what do you think?
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
Written by: Sethis
A more extreme version of this is right outside in my hallway. There's 15 people on my floor, and 6 of them are Oriental in origin. Now, they're all nice people, but they *insist* on talking in Korean/Chinese/Japanese whenever they're together. This isn't because they don't have very good english, because some of them have been living in England for about 16 years. Yes, it might let them socialise between each other more easily, BUT it excludes everyone who doesn't know what they're saying.
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Written by: Tao Star
those kids growing up don't have experience of the slave trade & so many other things that have affected our language, and although it's important to know that stuff, well, letting go of them is valid too. i like to think that one day words like that really won't matter, because we know that the places and actions they came from would never be allowed to happen now.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Written by: Birgit
but it DOES sound a bit like the "nigger" example where it's okay for black people to call each other that but not for whites to say it.
Written by: tao star
this discussion was supposed to be about pc that has gone beyone usefulness, where people use it to their advantage or to make others feel uncomfortable or bad. not legitimate uses which i've stated over and over i'm not against.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Written by: Tao Star
...there is a breed of people who are overly offended by everything, who use political correctness as a tool, as a way of getting what they want, of twisting innocent people's words in to a big racist/sexist slur.
...when i see girls making a huge fuss in club in the name of homophobia so they can get in free? when someone innocently posts something they thought was funny, and someone has to point out that people might be offended, even though it's on a website where i have never ever seen a nazi, and would be woried if i did?
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Dynamics, we may already be making love right now...
Written by: onewheeldave
Recently on UK TV there was a program on that issue, where a hip-hop artist who used the term 'nigger' in his work, and saw nothing wrong with it, visited other blacks who thought the use of the term had negative consequences for their race.
"vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
(G.W. Dahlquist)
Owner of Dragosani's left half
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Written by: Tao Star
people using PC to get what they want, not necdesarily by sueing, but through social pressure....making people who are not prejudiced feel as if they have done something wrong by stating their opinion...has no one else ever experienced this? I've been accused of being homophobic by a lesbian who had no idea that i'm not straight, basically because she disagreed with me on a personal level, but it seemed at the time like accusing me of being homophobic would stop the discussion because i would be embarrassed & shocked, and therefore she wouldn't actually have to defend her point any more....
Written by: sethis
So, one day I'm standing in the dinner queue, and she walks past me and (deliberately) twats me in the leg with one of her crutches. I think she was in a bad mood for some reason, and just decided to take it out on me . So, I yell, turn round and shout "What the HELL do you think you're doing?". She looks really suprised and shocked, but before she says anything, another girl in the queue behind me shouts "You can't talk to her like that! Stop picking on her!"
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Written by: Tao Star
those kids growing up don't have experience of the slave trade & so many other things that have affected our language, and although it's important to know that stuff, well, letting go of them is valid too. i like to think that one day words like that really won't matter, because we know that the places and actions they came from would never be allowed to happen now.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Written by: Tao Star
i can see the flaws in this post already, it's a very idealistic view & i accept that
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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