Don't be offended of much...the movie is about Nazzie - what are you concern about you are not one....although it looks like a good entertaniment movie ....
On Jul 30, 1:06 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, dj, for us espanophilios they put together a different trailer > for the new Tarantino film, ain't that considerate? The Inglourious > Basterds are presented as scalp hunters to us, watch > it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7D7TG-Irc. Whereas the international > trailer ends with teaching us Germans how to say > bingo:http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3738173977/. Context sensitivity they > call that in the business area. ;-) > > On 30 Jul., 06:51, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Racism is alive and well in the 21st century, no doubt. My folks are > > selling their house to move in with me and a good neighbor/friend > > remarked that his wife said she hoped no black family moves in. I > > just commented that the house would sell to the highest offer; no > > matter what. I was a little shocked. I half hope a nice black family > > moves in and his wife learns to like them. Racism, as stated earlier, > > is feed by fear and ignorance. > > > I had quite a social shock when I moved into this neighborhood last > > year. I was used to being practically the only white guy at the drug > > store or grocery store or bank. I moved from Sunrise Heights which is > > dominated by Hispanics. I really was almost always the tallest person > > at 6' 1" and here in beautiful Kingwood Texas I'm back to being in the > > majority. Felt really weird for a while. And short. > > > Someone mentioned what we need is more interracial breeding. Slip > > doesn't like it and he's not alone. I work with a black guy that > > doesn't seem racist to me at all but for the fact he is offended by > > white/black relationships. His wife is even worse then he is on this. > > Racial pride groups like La Raza only make it easier for people to > > chose mates inside their own race. Unfortunate that. Seems to me La > > Raza is shaping up to be the next KKK. The Reconquesta has begun. > > <------joking! > > > dj > > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:36 PM, > > > ornamentalmind<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > rigsy, if you include blacks and other groups not accepted by 'small > > > town America' over the centuries, I don't see how 'we' can be seen as > > > 'gracious'. The Civil War alone would show how schizophrenic 'we' > > > are...as did Jim Crow, the KKK and other less seemly historical > > > realities that all too often are ignored by the more 'gentile' among > > > us. > > > Many German and Jewish frineds of mine use the term schwartza often > > > and in a not too friendly way either. > > > > On Jul 29, 3:53 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Yes it does- am thinking of barn raisings, harvesting, sick visits, > > >> etc. and small town America without over-sentimentalizing them. Often > > >> there was a common European heritage- Germans, Scandanavians and > > >> Irish- but just as often there was a polyglot of cultures especially > > >> when an area became industrialized. Milwaukee is an excellent example > > >> of the latter. Less harmonious was Chicago and it meat packing and > > >> steel industries along with its labor and housing riots and slums. > > > >> On Jul 29, 3:09 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > “… I agree that our community, local, regional, national or > > >> > whatever, used to be far more friendly, given to helping one another, > > >> > gracious, gentlemanly and gentlewomanly, willing to reconcile and > > >> > forgive….” – RJ > > > >> > Jim, while I think I understand your point, I suggest that IF one > > >> > takes xenophobia (including all forms of racism) into account, ‘our’ > > >> > history does not support such a Pollyannaish view. > > > >> > On Jul 28, 10:45 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > Slip - a very interesting and timely topic. Thanks for introducing > > >> > > it. > > >> > > I agree that our community, local, regional, national or > > >> > > whatever, used to be far more friendly, given to helping one another, > > >> > > gracious, gentlemanly and gentlewomanly, willing to reconcile and > > >> > > forgive. Now extremeism, hatred, and revenge seem to be so prevalent. > > >> > > I think a large part of this change is due to political > > >> > > gerrymandering > > >> > > - the drawing of political boundaries to encompass only those of a > > >> > > particluar party, or viewpoint, or attitude. Thus, to get elected the > > >> > > candidate had to be extreme, and this extremeism had carried over > > >> > > into > > >> > > our communal life. There are hardly any moderates any more, whereas > > >> > > when political boundaries used to be drawn without regard to -isms, > > >> > > moderates got elected and were our leaders. The Supreme Court had an > > >> > > opportunity to strike down political gerrymandering a few years ago > > >> > > but did not. So we are stuck in a society now filled with > > >> > > extremeists. > > >> > > Anyway, that's my two cents. Jim > > > >> > > On Jul 26, 3:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we > > >> > > > slipped > > >> > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that > > >> > > > we > > >> > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are > > >> > > > literally > > >> > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. > > >> > > > The > > >> > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow > > >> > > > forgiveness > > >> > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > > >> > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > > >> > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > > >> > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > > >> > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon > > >> > > > those > > >> > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly > > >> > > > and > > >> > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > > >> > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization > > >> > > > of > > >> > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > > >> > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > > >> > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > > >> > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution > > >> > > > have > > >> > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > > >> > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change > > >> > > > but > > >> > > > to no avail. People are at war in every quadrant of the planet > > >> > > > while > > >> > > > new agitations are festering in the background waiting to emerge as > > >> > > > full scale skirmishes.- Hide quoted text - > > > >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
