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03 Sep 2008, 10:50 pm

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Do we really have to plumb our souls for the most insignificant hint of prejudice to be good?

Yes, you foul racist. Just because Obama did bad things to your grandpa doesn't mean all black people are evil. Obama is only half-black anyway! How do you know that the white half didn't do it?


:D You make me laugh at least once a day. It is good to see someone so young be so clever.

AG, seems to be the most clever poster in the PPR forum, seems that no one can do better :)


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03 Sep 2008, 10:56 pm

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and another question, what is racism?


According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups.

Therefore...thinking, for example, Asians are generally smarter than other races is equally as racist as thinking Blacks are not. Just because you think something positive of a race, it is still a generalization and equates racism...meaning that race is somehow superior. We all do it to some extent. Some are just not willing to admit it.



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03 Sep 2008, 10:57 pm

On the net we are all of the same hue man :)



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03 Sep 2008, 10:59 pm

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You misunderstand karma.




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03 Sep 2008, 11:03 pm

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On the net we are all of the same hue man :)


Yeah. Shame I cannot live here full time. :wink:



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03 Sep 2008, 11:09 pm

claire333 wrote:
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and another question, what is racism?


According to the Oxford English Dictionary, racism is a belief or ideology that all members of each racial group possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially to distinguish it as being either superior or inferior to another racial group or racial groups.

Therefore...thinking, for example, Asians are generally smarter than other races is equally as racist as thinking Blacks are not. Just because you think something positive of a race, it is still a generalization and equates racism...meaning that race is somehow superior. We all do it to some extent. Some are just not willing to admit it.

I see, well, according to that definition, then very likely we all are racists somehow, although it is usually being thought as something negative rather than positive, or to be exact, something that creates or feeds stereotypes. The thing is that people seem to change the definition, like expanding them more from their original meaning, just look at the terms homophobia and mysoginy, those definitions have changed and expanded.

As for me, I think asian girls are hot, so, that would practically mean that I am racist and perhaps, even mysoginist too?


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03 Sep 2008, 11:15 pm

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AG, seems to be the most clever poster in the PPR forum, seems that no one can do better :)

Sexiness apparently does transfer over to internet posting skills. :wink:



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03 Sep 2008, 11:19 pm

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Sexiness apparently does transfer over to internet posting skills. :wink:

Well, I think that's true, I mean, few women would find a guy like that very interesting.


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03 Sep 2008, 11:20 pm

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I see, well, according to that definition, then very likely we all are racists somehow,

Right. It is natural. We cannot help it.
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although it is usually being thought as something negative rather than positive,

This is true. Somewhere along the line racism became equated to hate crime. There is no crime in thought.
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or to be exact, something that creates or feeds stereotypes.

Good or bad, a stereotype is a stereotype.
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As for me, I think asian girls are hot, so, that would practically mean that I am racist and perhaps, even mysoginist too?

Hey. I say to each his own. :wink:



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03 Sep 2008, 11:24 pm

And you are also very clever, claire333, by the way :)


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03 Sep 2008, 11:26 pm

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And you are also very clever, claire333, by the way :)


Aww...Shucks... :oops:



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03 Sep 2008, 11:39 pm

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Another post reminded me of this.

"We messed with the sharks, and now the sharks are messing with us." -Deep Blue Sea (a movie where researchers are eaten by genetically engineered sharks)

I can't help thinking that after all the bad shit committed by various races that it's payback time, and the long oppressed planet will get its final revenge against world and Homo sapiens. 10000 years of bad karma is the meanest baddest mofo ever created. It's all about to go down, and the smart people know it. They're trying to "preserve our species", well tough sh**, payback is in order, THEN we'll see about preserving whatever's left, if anything. By the way, I'm human, so I'm no speciesist. Yes, other species do bad things too, but the humans win the gold medal in bad karma, sorry. Good luck fighting for your kind, you're going to be outwitted soon, and they're calculating as hell and will be able to power themselves with raw human flesh. There's millions of tons of steel and silicon about to open up a can of whoop-ass on the way, good luck with that. See you in hell. Hot coffee's on me.


I now agree with your post wholeheartedly


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03 Sep 2008, 11:49 pm

Aww, but I wasn't done killin' and oppressin' yet! At least I can still make snide comments on the internet...


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04 Sep 2008, 12:11 am

claire333 wrote:
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I'm not one to believe in karma, but I try not to knock other people's religious views so I will let that one pass.

Why do some people feel the need to say they are not racist? Everyone has some racist views. Sure, there's no need to be hateful about it but why this need to claim purity of thought?

For one, it's perfectly fine to bash people's religious views so do so at will, and second I really lack racist views honestly, I don't think racism is really all that natural considering I've never been racist myself.


Really? Not one generalization in your head what-so-ever? Never? Never thought of Asians as smart? Never thought of Blacks as athletic? Nothing? Totally pure of racially based thoughts are you?

Um.. Surprising yes. I've actually never understood some of those generalizations, like for example black people like fried chicken, I've never met a frigging white person that wasn't a vegetarian that didn't like fried chicken.



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04 Sep 2008, 12:16 am

"Asians are inherently good at math."

So not true. They just have a lot of it shoved down their throats in school.


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04 Sep 2008, 7:07 am

pezar wrote:

You misunderstand karma. You personally don't matter, your ancestors did it so you get to pay.


You are extremely ignorant of karma. Your ignorance of karma is so monumental that you could charge tourists to view it. Karma is NOT reflected in hereditary forms. The effects of karma follow an INDIVIDUAL through that individual's incarnations. A karmic effect of oppressing members of another race is to be reincarnated AS A MEMBER OF THE OPPRESSED RACE.

Karma is NOT about retribution against descendents, as anyone who is not pathetically ignorant of karma would already know.