>> ^Stormsinger:

Just a guess, but I'll bet if one of his brother's friends was a believer and said something like that at the memorial service, he'd not have been nearly as offended. However, when some dimwit who didn't even know his brother wants to spout platitudes that have nothing to do with the departed in order to get a soundbite to help his/her political career...well, might as well say it...that's just fucking rude.


I agree...someone meaning well deserves some slack for their beliefs in some cases. However people that supported this war...I don't think they deserve any slack.

Just a guess, but I'll bet if one of his brother's friends was a believer and said something like that at the memorial service, he'd not have been nearly as offended. However, when some dimwit who didn't even know his brother wants to spout platitudes that have nothing to do with the departed in order to get a soundbite to help his/her political career...well, might as well say it...that's just fucking rude.

Yeah, I'd have to guess it's Erik Mongrain too. But that's just a guess.

I think it was Chinese, but with Hebrew subtitles. There's very little dubbing done in Israel, mostly to child-oriented movies. We just add subtitles to everything.

>> ^Throbbin:

Just a guess...but did you watch this in Hebrew?
That would be awesome.>> ^demon_ix:
So weird to see it in english Awesome film though.

Just a guess...but did you watch this in Hebrew?

That would be awesome.>> ^demon_ix:

So weird to see it in english Awesome film though.

>> ^AnimalsForCrackers:
>> ^Lawdeedaw:
>> ^marinara:
PROMOTE COPS NEED TO BE PROFESSIONAL NOT THUGS

Just like Teachers (Having sex with students,) and Preachers (Having sex with children,) and politicans (having sex with anything with a vagina) and children (Dope dealing disrespectul shits,) and fathers and mothers and civilians (Omg, don't make me list their actions...)
Maybe you have too high of a responsibilty level for humanity? Just a guess. But blame the cops, if that get's you off...
Woot, glad I am not a cop and the center of the hate of the world. In fact, the only ones hated more than cops are those who believe in god. Lolz.

You're forgetting obtuse apologetic wanks.
It's OK because everyone else does it wasn't an acceptable rationale when I was 6 years old.



IT IS NOT OKAY BECAUSE everyone does it. Who said that? Only a moron, idiot, or a douche would think that it's okay. Only someone looking to hate everything about my posts BEFORE they understand my posts would misunderstand my post because they have a vendetta against me and just wish to downvote everything I do...

I never said it was okay in any fashion. Did you read that? Point it out to me AFC... I will wait. The proof of your intellect will be nice to see.

I think cops who break the law should go to jail, be fired and that's that. I never professed anything different. Just like teachers and preachers. Throw them all in jail and hold the same accountability and rage towards them all! Hang em all equally!

You remind me, in a small manner, of George W. Bush... A left George Bush, but a Bush nevertheless... Never apologize! Down with all the insane people of religion! Down with police in general!

This is my pretend conversation with AFC. "Lawdeedaw, your arguments are *Making up lies about arguments* wrong on all accounts. How dare you say stuff that I pretend you speak." Me, "I am outta here. Have fun playing with just yourself man *Or girl, I am not really sure.*"

>> ^Lawdeedaw:

>> ^marinara:
PROMOTE COPS NEED TO BE PROFESSIONAL NOT THUGS

Just like Teachers (Having sex with students,) and Preachers (Having sex with children,) and politicans (having sex with anything with a vagina) and children (Dope dealing disrespectul shits,) and fathers and mothers and civilians (Omg, don't make me list their actions...)
Maybe you have too high of a responsibilty level for humanity? Just a guess. But blame the cops, if that get's you off...
Woot, glad I am not a cop and the center of the hate of the world. In fact, the only ones hated more than cops are those who believe in god. Lolz.


You're forgetting obtuse apologetic wanks.

It's OK because everyone else does it wasn't an acceptable rationale when I was 6 years old.

>> ^marinara:
PROMOTE COPS NEED TO BE PROFESSIONAL NOT THUGS


Just like Teachers (Having sex with students,) and Preachers (Having sex with children,) and politicans (having sex with anything with a vagina) and children (Dope dealing disrespectul shits,) and fathers and mothers and civilians (Omg, don't make me list their actions...)

Maybe you have too high of a responsibilty level for humanity? Just a guess. But blame the cops, if that get's you off...

Woot, glad I am not a cop and the center of the hate of the world. In fact, the only ones hated more than cops are those who believe in god. Lolz.

I don't know how often this is or isn't quoted, but I suspect racial sensitivity plays a role. Coming from black lips to white ears, it would sound threatening -- we don't need to wait for you to make laws or treat us fairly, we're just going to stand up and take what's rightfully ours. Coming from white lips to black ears, it would sound painfully condescending -- you don't need Civil Rights or fair treatment, you just need to stop whining about being oppressed and stand up for yourselves, and you'll find you weren't all that oppressed in the first place.

Just my guess based on what I know of race relations.

@GeeSussFreeK, I have my own story of learning about race as a child. I too was never taught about ethnicity as a child, though I did identify that there was more than a tan going on with "brown people" as I unknowingly called them. I didn't really think much of it, I mean people have different hair and eye colors, and different genders, people just have different skin colors. No big deal.

So it was until I had my 7th or 8th birthday party, and invited a bunch of school friends over for my party, including one of my friends who happened to be black.

He came over, and we did all the usual kid's stuff, including playing in the yard together. Well, our neighbors across the street didn't care for that much, and decided they'd all come out in their front yard with guns. They didn't say anything, they just stared at us a bit, before my mom rushed us into the house.

I later asked my mom why they'd done that, and she just said "they don't like brown people". I asked why not, and she said "I don't know".

Of course, years later my mom told me that they'd said they were just wanting to make sure that "little nigger" stayed in line, and didn't try to steal anything, and all kinds of really atrocious things.

I think racism is not dead, and not trivial. The only way to help with the problem is to be open to the idea of questioning your own actions with regards to race. I think of myself as being pretty free of prejudice, but I don't really spend time with non-white people in social situations anymore. I think that opens me up to a situation where I become insular, and insensitive to the ways in which a privileged white male like myself lives a life that's utterly different from that of people of other races, genders, and classes. It also means I might say or do something that seems completely fine to me, but would be horrific to someone outside my ethnic group.

I don't think the way you ease that tension is for people who are offended to feel like they need to just stay quiet and tolerate it. You don't just ignore it, and hope it gets better.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Why doesn't anyone ever quote these words by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Just a guess: there's no profit in these words for race-baiting poverty pimps who thrive on victimology.


'Race-baiting', 'The race card', 'profit from poverty' and 'victimology' are right wing concepts designed to marginalize anyone with the courage to broach the topic of race, and to ultimately shut down the dialog on racism all together. Racism is real, qm, and whether you know it or not, you keep it alive with this kind of ignorant language.

Why doesn't anyone ever quote these words by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Just a guess: there's no profit in these words for race-baiting poverty pimps who thrive on victimology.

You're racist and you hate the Japanese?

Just a guess...
>> ^xxovercastxx:

I found this irritating at first, but then I muted it and watched again and it was hilarious. I wonder why that is?

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

It could be related to our thumbnail outage. People less likely to give it a look without the thumbnail. Just a guess.

>> ^alizarin:
This whole thing reminds me of a Harvard study I read about in college - The psychologist shows people a picture of two men having an argument in a subway train. One has a razor in his hand the other is unarmed. When people were shown the image briefly and then asked who was holding the razor 50% said it was the black man, when it was actually the white man. I failed that test then and it was sobering - you can be racist and not realize it or intend it. I think I'd pass it today but I don't think the average person would....


I've seen similar studies and I'm not calling them BS, but in the example you just gave, as the viewing duration goes to zero, you expect 50% of people to choose the black man if nobody was racist. That's just random guessing because you didn't have time to fully parse the image.

>> ^Haldaug:
Where do you keep finding these videos?!


I'm guessing Youtube. But that's just a guess.