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- I think it took me about half a second after seeing the first trailer for this movie to realize what kind of trash it was going to be. I mean, really, what were they thinking? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to recognize the stereotypes in just the concept of the film, let alone the final product. What's worse, the original premise was a more mature film where the female was wearing much less clothing...which was changed when the studio realized they could make more money by making it a film for 'the family'...
What I would also love to know is, what possessed the Latino actors and actresses to participate in the film? Especially since actors like Edward Olmos are well known for their outspoken views.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The answer to your question is simple. Quite frankly, you are forgetting that we are, by definition, part of nature and the natural food chain. Would you ask the same question of other animals that are omnivores? Why not ask the shark why it eats fish, or wild cats why they hunt other mammals? We exist within the natural order, and eating meat does not disrupt that order, in and of itself. Along the same line of thinking, eating plants would also impact nature, so how is that any better? And just how would we fertilize all those plants without 'animal waste'? Think about it.That being said, in general, humans have a very poor record in terms of maintaining a balance. In our strive to sit atop the food chain, we have overcompensated, and threaten ourselves and other species in the process. As nature always does, it will require that balance to be reattained . . . and we will pay that price, sooner or later. But so have countless other species in the history of the world, when they overpopulate and 'spoil' their environment . . . it is the natural order of things. We reap what we sow.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,No contradictions? Oh really?OK, as someone who was for his entire childhood a fundamentalist and has read the Bible cover to cover more than a few times, I have to disagree with you here. There are only no contradictions if you turn a blind eye to many, many glaring mistakes.
Just to start with Genesis, there are two differing accounts of creation within the first few chapters. I can reference verses if you like. Similarly, there are at least two different versions of Noah's story, including a glaring contradiction regarding the number of each animal he was supposed to have taken with him. Again, if you want verses, I will provide.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Of course race relations are not 'all right.' If they were, we would not even be having this discussion.On another point, I cannot give 'The Hurricane' much praise when it has been proven to be a completely inaccurate portrayal of events. There never was a racist detective plotting for decades to destroy Carter, and Carter was hardly the saint the movie portrays him as. Even the creators of the film admit to this, and yet put it out as a 'true story.'
In my opinion, this is just as damaging to race relations as anything else, because it creates an unhealthy atmosphere of dishonesty regarding the incident.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The term 'minority' is applied to any subgroup within a given territory or larger group that does not comprise the 'majority.' This is true in various contexts ... Congress, for instance. The terms change as the group changes. Whites do comprise a minority in terms of world population, but within the United States, non-white groups comprise a minority. There is no 'hidden agenda' there.User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Animals do engage in what you might term homosexual intercourse. Get a bunch of male dogs in one place, just out of reach of a female dog in heat. Watch that for an hour, then we can talk.User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The fact that the United States is a capitalist nation has nothing to do with the lack of respect given teachers in modern society. The United States has always been capitalist, but the lack of respect for teachers and teaching in general is a more recent phenomena. So the argument does not follow.I believe that it has everything to do with the lack of support given to the teachers from the parents. If the parents have no respect for the education system, why should the children? More and more, teachers are less educators than babysitters. Schools have become daycare, not centers of learning! Schools and teachers are expected to give kids breakfast and lunch, teach them right and wrong, etc...and still get in the necessary educational requirements.
Furthermore, this century has seen the erosion of respect for authority figures. For children, teachers are the main authority figure (besides the parents). So as it has become more and more acceptable to defy authority, respect for teachers has disintegrated.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Yep, that's the traditional practice. The tartan is typically made of a fairly thick wool that can be very warm, so there is very little need for extra clothing underneath.User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I've noticed something similar myself, but more of a general behavior. It seems like people in New York City (where I note you are from) tend to avoid eye contact when in transit. I work in a section of Queens, and it is the same way. And it's fairly true across all racial/cultural divisions as well. Only people of similar race/culture seem to want to have eye contact. I think it might have something to do with the culture around here. I don't think it is something specific to black women/white men.User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Just to be precise here...I think that you meant the 'prostate gland', not the 'pituitary gland'. The pituitary gland is in the brain!User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Most Irish and Irish-Americans are far more tolerant, having only recently been under oppression by the English in their own homeland. However, there are some areas where the working-poor Irish-Americans tend to develop these racist attitudes. Typically, the areas are in the larger East Coast cities where the immigrants would have settled during the mid/late 1800s. During that time, the Irish immigrants were treated very poorly, forced to live in ghettos and similar poor conditions. When slavery was abolished, the Irish found themselves in competition with the newly freed slaves. They were treated very much the same at first. It was not until some Irish-Americans gained political power and were able to influence change that the circumstances were better for the Irish. But some of the Irish and Irish-Americans who still experience poverty consider any other minority group a threat, and act accordingly to protect their resources and jobs. You will find that this attitude is fairly widespread among Eastern cities, where ethnic groups have 'control' of certain areas of the city and resist outsiders (Italians, Russians, Polish, Haitians, etc.).User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I used to get that question often in college, when someone would ask me how I could listen to that kind of music without being disgusted. Well, my reply was always to turn the question around. How would you explain the meaning of Irish folk music to a black teen in the inner city? Unless you have an insight into the context of the music, it's hard to 'get it'. I am hardly intimate with the inner city life, but having lived close to large cities all my life, and having visited friends in these areas, I get the general feeling behind the music. Now, to be honest, I find most of the modern 'gangsta rap' to be derivative and uninspired, but give artists like Ice T, Ice Cube, or Public Enemy a try. The older gangsta rap is far more political and clever, in my opinion.User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,The first thing that struck me about this post was the insulting generalization that all white people choose relationships in terms of money and power. What an incredibly racist statement, and completely lacking in any reasonable logic. What is this opinion based on? Can you prove this assertion? It is sometimes striking to me how willful ignorance and prejudice can be so widespread. Is this how we want to remember the end of the century of so-called 'diversity' and 'tolerance'?User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I have to wonder, what do white people feel like living in, say, India? Let's see, India has mostly Indian images on television, Indian features and culture are the norm, and I'm sure that Indians would agree that Indian men and women are more attractive in general than white people.I'm not picking on people in India, since the same would apply in Asian or African countries. There is a reason for this, beyond the automatic assertion of racism: White people simply make up the majority of the population of the United States.
In India, wouldn't the aspects of Indian ethnicity and culture be the norm? They are the majority in that country, after all! I'm not debating how the United States came to have a white majority, since that is another issue entirely, but it seems to me that one would expect the cultural norms of the majority to have greater exposure than the cultural norms of a minority. No accusations of right or wrong here, just an observation.
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Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I find this amusing in a very sad way. We have people here at work that do the same thing. Of course, the people who whine here at work are white, black, Latino, Indian, etc...the only thing they have in common is a personality type. The same applies in reverse: the ones who will stop and fix the problem share a different personality type. So the question is, why target white women in particular? Why make that needless generalization? Your descriptions seem to indicate that you have some very deeply held resentment towards these women. Could the problem be a personal one, or perhaps your personal hatred of whites? Your language, intentional or not, hints to that possibility. In my experience with people of this personality type, the best thing to do is ignore them. Trust me, it's better that way. Let them whine and cry, and take the opportunity to take charge and show them who's got the ability.User Detail :
Name : John K., Gender : M, Age : 27, City : Cranford, State : NJ Country : United States, Occupation : Chemical Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,
