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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='527159' date='Feb 4 2008, 07:37 PM
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I would add a third poll option "what's the big deal". It wasn't funny, but I think it's pathetic how much of a big deal people are making over this. Some people dressed up and shouted a few comments ... hardly the crime of the century. I don't condemn nor condone racism, but I can't stand how much of a big deal people make over it - I just don't get it.
You see people dressing up and shouting comments at famous people because they are fat, because they have big ears, because of a million things. But as soon as it's about skin colour, there is an uproar. I don't plan on getting in to a big racism argument, I just think there are thousands of worse things going on in the world. If people are being shot, stabbed or physically attacked because of skin colour, absolutely that's wrong. But this was just a bit of name calling !
You see people dressing up and shouting comments at famous people because they are fat, because they have big ears, because of a million things. But as soon as it's about skin colour, there is an uproar. I don't plan on getting in to a big racism argument, I just think there are thousands of worse things going on in the world. If people are being shot, stabbed or physically attacked because of skin colour, absolutely that's wrong. But this was just a bit of name calling !
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Originally Posted by Russ1974' post='527225' date='Feb 4 2008, 11:03 PM
I would add a third poll option "what's the big deal". It wasn't funny, but I think it's pathetic how much of a big deal people are making over this. Some people dressed up and shouted a few comments ... hardly the crime of the century. I don't condemn nor condone racism, but I can't stand how much of a big deal people make over it - I just don't get it.
You see people dressing up and shouting comments at famous people because they are fat, because they have big ears, because of a million things. But as soon as it's about skin colour, there is an uproar. I don't plan on getting in to a big racism argument, I just think there are thousands of worse things going on in the world. If people are being shot, stabbed or physically attacked because of skin colour, absolutely that's wrong. But this was just a bit of name calling !
You see people dressing up and shouting comments at famous people because they are fat, because they have big ears, because of a million things. But as soon as it's about skin colour, there is an uproar. I don't plan on getting in to a big racism argument, I just think there are thousands of worse things going on in the world. If people are being shot, stabbed or physically attacked because of skin colour, absolutely that's wrong. But this was just a bit of name calling !
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Originally Posted by Russ1974' post='527225' date='Feb 4 2008, 05:03 PM
I would add a third poll option "what's the big deal". It wasn't funny, but I think it's pathetic how much of a big deal people are making over this. Some people dressed up and shouted a few comments ... hardly the crime of the century. I don't condemn nor condone racism, but I can't stand how much of a big deal people make over it - I just don't get it.
You see people dressing up and shouting comments at famous people because they are fat, because they have big ears, because of a million things. But as soon as it's about skin colour, there is an uproar. I don't plan on getting in to a big racism argument, I just think there are thousands of worse things going on in the world. If people are being shot, stabbed or physically attacked because of skin colour, absolutely that's wrong. But this was just a bit of name calling !
You see people dressing up and shouting comments at famous people because they are fat, because they have big ears, because of a million things. But as soon as it's about skin colour, there is an uproar. I don't plan on getting in to a big racism argument, I just think there are thousands of worse things going on in the world. If people are being shot, stabbed or physically attacked because of skin colour, absolutely that's wrong. But this was just a bit of name calling !
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Originally Posted by MiamiPhill' post='527294' date='Feb 4 2008, 08:06 PM
I hear what you are saying Russ, but the shooting,stabbing and physical attacks because of skin colour, comes after 'a bit of name calling' is allowed to stand unchallenged by good people who think sed name calling is no big deal.
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Originally Posted by Russ1974' post='527540' date='Feb 5 2008, 01:20 PM
Sorry but I absolutely disagree with this. The kind of person who will shoot/stab/kill are not the kind of people who would name call. It's absolutely absurd to say that a bit of name calling will lead to it. That is just an excuse for people to pull out the "racism card" and cry foul over something that is petty and pathetic.
