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#1 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

[QUOTE="ghoklebutter"]

>I'm not racist

>It's okay to only want to be with your own kind and never mingle with other races

It's only a matter of time before you start trying to convince us that A=/=A.

ghoklebutter

Well...that isn't really racist. It's just having a preference. I doubt he thinks that his race is more superior.

Same thing as saying if you're not sexually attracted to dudes that you're homophobic. People toss around racist too easily.

I see what you mean. I guess there are cases in which you want to be with people of your race because of familiarity. But that other guy said, "Sure I'll open a door and smile for people of other races but I don't want nothing to do with them other then that." So I have a difficult time believing that he isn't racist. I sense an aversion to interacting other races that isn't based on a non-racist preference. I could be wrong, though. In any case, I certainly agree that people throw around the word "racist" too easily these days.

Actually, it is racist. By him pointing out that he has a preference for a certain race, he is ascerting that there are qualities specific to a certain race.

Don't defend life styles just because they do no harm to anyone. Pigheaded thinking deserves to be lambasteD.

You're more familiar with a certain race?

Why?

Because they all act like you?

Are you saying that races act differently solely based on their skin color?

Or are you merely going off of what pleases your eye the most. If so, then that's idiotic.

If he likes to hang out with white people more because they have personalities that he likes, that is racist.

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#2 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"] ...you don't post here very often do you? SaintLeonidas

you got me there... I don't :P

Then avoid his topics, for your own health and sanity.

My troll topics do not reflect my actual intelligence. Check out some of my more serious ones to get a bigger picture.
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#3 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="kraychik"][QUOTE="SaintWalrus"][QUOTE="kraychik"] That's not entirely true. The concept of race is somewhat meaningful in certain scientific applications. For example, certain racial groups are more prone to certain illnesses. Conversely, other racial groups are more resistant to the development of certain illnesses. Examination of genetic differences between these groups can yield insights into prevention and treatment. Although the concept of race is largely overblown by certain political elements (the left, of course), the concept of race is not a complete fantasy and is not completely useless, as you're trying to tell us.

It's not exactly like that. You're forgetting other factors Such as socioeconomic factors, physical activity, health, culture.

What are you talking about? I'm talking about genetic factors related to disease (as but one example of the utility of examining race and taking it seriously) which have nothing to do with "socioeconomic" factors. You can't sell us this lie of race being an entirely useless concept. It is real, and has importance in certain dimensions.

wrong sickle cell anaemia is a black disease. Except that it isn't. Sickle cell is a disease of populations originating from areas with high incidence of malaria. Some of these populations are black, some are not. The sickle cell gene is found in equatorial Africa, parts of southern Europe, southern Turkey, parts of the Middle East, and in much of central India. Most people, however, know that African Americas suffer disproportionately from the trait. And, given popular ideas about race, most people automatically assume that what applies to black Americans applies to all blacks and only to blacks. It is the social imagination, not the biological reality, of race that turns sickle cell into a black disease.
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#4 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="SaintWalrus"][QUOTE="jdc6305"]Maybe not but from my own observations I see diffeneces that go further then just skin deep.kraychik
Well the human genome project confirmed that race is only skin deep And you're not a scientist I take it So your point is moot.

That's not entirely true. The concept of race is somewhat meaningful in certain scientific applications. For example, certain racial groups are more prone to certain illnesses. Conversely, other racial groups are more resistant to the development of certain illnesses. Examination of genetic differences between these groups can yield insights into prevention and treatment. Although the concept of race is largely overblown by certain political elements (the left, of course), the concept of race is not a complete fantasy and is not completely useless, as you're trying to tell us.

It's not exactly like that. You're forgetting other factors Such as socioeconomic factors, physical activity, health, culture.
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#5 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="TheWalkingGhost"][QUOTE="gamerguru100"] Racial diversity is fine as long as whites aren't being told they can't contribute to diversity. No group should be left out. gamerguru100
Didn't you know all White people are the same?

They are not the same. Whites=Germans, French, English, Scottish, Welsh, Italians, Spaniards, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Finns, Poles, etc. They're all the same to you? Different cultures, different eye colors, different hair colors, different skin tones, etc.

I see your sarcasm detector is broken
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#6 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="SaintWalrus"]

I was disappointed with the ending

With her powers Gone, Korra gets a chance to adapt to a new her and discover her inner self, the identity that is not the avatar. It gives her a chance to become a unique avatar, one with only one element of power and it would have given season 2 a good amount of material to work with

But wait, what's that?

Aang comes back and gives her her powers back and everyone else gets their powers BACK?

ohhhhhh

But yeah, it was just a cop-out

Other than that, really enjoyed the suicide part.

rilpas

they did the same with the Last Airbender, remember that Turtle that came out of nowhere and gave Aang the power to remove one's bending?

That's different though. There's really no other way Aang could have stopped him. And the creators wanted to show that, even though the majority is against you and the vast majority of that majority are a bunch of super wise avatars, you can still do things your own way. Sure it was a cop-out, but it delivered a powerful message. And so that's forgiven This cop-out, on the other hand served no purpose and infact blocked even more material they could have used.
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#7 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="SaintWalrus"][QUOTE="jdc6305"]Yeah and we all share 98% the same genes as a chimp so whats your point?

jdc6305

The point is is that there's no gene for Race. Calling someone your own is just incredibly pig headed. Would a white american get along with a French man easily just because they share the same skin color? No, different culture, different language.

Maybe not but from my own observations I see diffeneces that go further then just skin deep.

Well the human genome project confirmed that race is only skin deep And you're not a scientist I take it So your point is moot.
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#8 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="SaintWalrus"][QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

Shakespeare didn't write novels. This thread is stupid.

A work of art is just a physical piece of someone's self expression. It's not some convoluted thing that needs a huge debate.

Aljosa23

Sorry, I meant PLAYS. But what makes one person's self expression better than another's self expression. And yes it does. Especially if you've ever heard of JACKSON pollock

Well the word "art" has nothing to do with the quality of the overall piece. And a lot of that is pretty subjective when you talk about "better" so that's pointless to discuss.

I know how Jackson Pollock is and I don't like his work.

What I'm asking here, really. What is the boundary between Justin Bieber and the Beatles
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#9 SaintWalrus
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[QUOTE="SaintWalrus"]

[QUOTE="jdc6305"]

Multicultralism is lie. I prefer to stick with my own kind. No offence to other races I just don't want to mingle. On the street I'll show respect to others as long a they respect me. Sure I'll open a door and smile for people of other races but I don't want nothing to do with them other then that.

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Your own "Kind," what does that even mean? There's a .20% genetic difference.

Yeah and we all share 98% the same genes as a chimp so whats your point?

The point is is that there's no gene for Race. Calling someone your own is just incredibly pig headed. Would a white american get along with a French man easily just because they share the same skin color? No, different culture, different language.
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#10 SaintWalrus
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Shakespeare didn't write novels. This thread is stupid.

A work of art is just a physical piece of someone's self expression. It's not some convoluted thing that needs a huge debate.

Aljosa23
Sorry, I meant PLAYS. But what makes one person's self expression better than another's self expression. And yes it does. Especially if you've ever heard of JACKSON pollock