|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-08-2007, 08:10 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
|
Interesting Ponyboy makes accusations about Ute fans being racists last year
at the Ute game. He then goes and posts this. You think that he would post the same thing about a film if it was a bunch of white guys in organized crime?
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=3159262 |
11-08-2007, 08:15 PM | #2 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
Whenever this crap pops up, I try to make some smarmy comment about it, but I am surprised at how many others just let it slide. I know CB is home to a few happy, mixed marriages. I bet stuff like this thrills them. "I am more afraid of black people than white people! Is that racist?" No, ponyboy, no it isnt racist at all. It is a very rational thought you are having. Black people are totally more scary than white people!
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
|
11-08-2007, 10:46 PM | #3 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 2,175
|
Quote:
Seems like you're looking to be offended, funk. You seem to harbor grudges far longer than any normal human being, and your grudge against Ponyboy is tainting your view. It's dumb that anyone who mentions race these days is automatically racist. |
|
11-08-2007, 10:55 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Whoa. Did he change the link? I thought he was talkng about this ponyboy post from today, which, in my opinion, is pretty dumb.
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=3159492 Seems like if you are making a bunch of these posts about blacks, you have a bigger issue that needs to be addressed. Bringing up race doesnt make you a racist. But saying that playing black teams scares you (athletically) does seem like a stupid, racist thing to say, even if it may not be terribly offensive.
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
11-08-2007, 11:14 PM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 2,175
|
Hmm... a question of perception, I guess. If someone said playing a white team (BYU) scared them (athletically) I wouldn't consider it stupid or racist. For whatever reason, there are definite differences among the races in these areas. The majority of players in the NBA are black. In the Olympics, most races are won by black athletes. It's not a racist slur in any way to notice that... why isn't it a compliment? Heck, I wish I was 6'6" and could jump 48" into the air.
|
11-09-2007, 12:28 AM | #6 | |
Senior Member
|
Quote:
Not looking to be offended at all. I just highly doubt that Ponyboy would ever post about the Godfather offending him because it glories a criminal lifestyle. |
|
11-09-2007, 01:00 AM | #7 |
AKA SeattleNewt
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 7,055
|
I think you've raised an pretty interesting point. George Clooney has made an enterprise out of the Ocean's 11 series, but they glamorize crime as much as any film could. At no point in any of the three films are ethical issues raised about the criminals' actions. No moral dilemmas. No remourse or even acknowledgment that it's wrong to thieve from others. Although there are minorities in Oceans' gang, the three main characters are upper-class white. If a similar film were made with minority characters as the lead, I think we'd see a lot more concern over the message the film is sending.
|
11-09-2007, 01:09 AM | #8 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
So when you make a statement like, "I am afraid to play black teams, they are better athletes," it is a racist statement. Like I said, it may not be terribly offensive, but by definition, it is racist. Jimmy The Greek didn't mean to be offensive, either. In fact, he may be historically accurate. But it was still perceived to be offensive. Greek food, however, is not offensive at all, but instead, highly delicious.
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
|
11-09-2007, 01:11 AM | #9 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
Nobody would ever be scared of playing BYU for athletic reasons... *rimshot*
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
|
11-09-2007, 01:12 AM | #10 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 9,483
|
Quote:
__________________
Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte |
|
Bookmarks |
|
|