White People

Abuskedti

AzWicker wrote:

And really, its just plain people. People are really good at killing and fucking with other people.

I'm not a big quote guy, but this hits the mark...

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”
― Blaise Pascal

yeah.. thanks for illustrating my point Blaise.. doubt that these three clowns imprisoned these three children for religious reasons, yet did so pretty cheerfully and with conviction

the wolf

cincybearcat wrote:

It's not all white people. Just Cleveland people.

Who Dey!!!!

Jason P

even flow - question mark

I love that song by Randy Newman. Ooops, that's Short People.

Does it really matter what colour, religion, height, weight somebody who is a fuckhead is!?!?

hedonist

even flow - question mark wrote:

I love that song by Randy Newman. Ooops, that's Short People.

Does it really matter what colour, religion, height, weight somebody who is a fuckhead is!?!?

Ha! That damned song got in my head too after reading the thread title.

And yeah, all of those things matter not.

I just want them strung up by the balls for their actions.

inmytree

AzWicker wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

aerial wrote:

Is Hispanic now considered white people?

As someone who worked for the Census Bureau in 2009 and 2010, I can tell you that yes, "Hispanic" is considered white.

Be technically correct now.
There are non-white hispanics and white hispanics.

nope...

if they were "non-white"...their race would fall under the other categories...

Who Princess

inmytree wrote:

AzWicker wrote:

Be technically correct now.
There are non-white hispanics and white hispanics.

nope...

if they were "non-white"...their race would fall under the other categories...

Once again, Hispanic is not a race/ethnicity. Hispanic refers to origin or ancestry, i.e., the country that they or their family originally came from.

An example of non-white Hispanics would be Cubans.

Abuskedti

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hispanic

polaris_x

aerial wrote:

Are you Muslim? Have you read the Koran? No one has a problem with Middle Eastern people, just the Koran and those that follow the killing, and beating of women parts.

uhhh ... i am pretty sure you've never read the koran ... :fp:

josevolution

I'm Hispanic and my skin is white , i consider my self a white skinned man

PJ_Soul

This thread is so stupid.

The kidnappers aren't even white, but that's really neither here nor there.

The whole issue of radical Islam has ZERO relation to a situation like this, and to compare the two in ANY way at all makes no sense whatsoever. None.

81

it's the Russians that you have to watch out for

Jason P

81 wrote:

it's the Russians that you have to watch out for

damn commies.

Abuskedti

PJ_Soul wrote:

This thread is so stupid.

The kidnappers aren't even white, but that's really neither here nor there.

The whole issue of radical Islam has ZERO relation to a situation like this, and to compare the two in ANY way at all makes no sense whatsoever. None.

I think it does.. there are scores of bad American's doing really bad stuff. As American's we have the ability to see that these people are bad and not like us

in the same way the people from the nations of the middle east do bad things. But our culture and media link them together as thought it is a charactor flaw or related to their religion. It is simple racism.. a negative generalization that prevents understanding and breeds hate. We allow it in the name of free speech, when it should be treated as hate speech..

PJ_Soul

Abuskedti wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

This thread is so stupid.

The kidnappers aren't even white, but that's really neither here nor there.

The whole issue of radical Islam has ZERO relation to a situation like this, and to compare the two in ANY way at all makes no sense whatsoever. None.

I think it does.. there are scores of bad American's doing really bad stuff. As American's we have the ability to see that these people are bad and not like us

in the same way the people from the nations of the middle east do bad things. But our culture and media link them together as thought it is a charactor flaw or related to their religion. It is simple racism.. a negative generalization that prevents understanding and breeds hate. We allow it in the name of free speech, when it should be treated as hate speech..

You are ignoring so many things. You're ignoring the religious aspects of Islam, the politics of Islam and America, attacks by extremist Muslims are organized by organized groups of many, many people with defined goals and shared religious beliefs, the fact that the media and Americans are constantly calling to attention that it is extremists and not moderate Muslims who want to destroy American, etc etc etc etc etc etc. Because of all of these complicated factors, these two issues have NOTHING to do with one another. Crimes like this kidnapping and serial killings and stuff like that are committed by one or a very few individuals. That has nothing to do with larger cultural or religious beliefs shared by many people. Therefore, there is no reason for stereotypes to gain any traction.

Abuskedti

You are ignoring so many things. You're ignoring the religious aspects of Islam, the politics of Islam and America, attacks by extremist Muslims are organized by organized groups of many, many people with defined goals and shared religious beliefs, the fact that the media and Americans are constantly calling to attention that it is extremists and not moderate Muslims who want to destroy American, etc etc etc etc etc etc. Because of all of these complicated factors, these two issues have NOTHING to do with one another. Crimes like this kidnapping and serial killings and stuff like that are committed by one or a very few individuals. That has nothing to do with larger cultural or religious beliefs shared by many people. Therefore, there is no reason for stereotypes to gain any traction.[/quote]

American's do all of that too.. we were very organized as we demonized and assaulted the helpless nation of Iraq. There are at least a relatively equal number of bad things done by American's an any other culture. It is not about the race or religion. Human Nature often leads to bad things.. we gloss over our own faults and magnify those of others... which just breeds more bad stuff. One day maybe we will learn we are all human and be tolerant and understanding of each other and willing to work together.. be accountable and responsible and not so insecure and vengeful and childish. There is so much help we could get from within the Muslim community if we would only respect them, and work with them...

PJ_Soul

Abuskedti wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

You are ignoring so many things. You're ignoring the religious aspects of Islam, the politics of Islam and America, attacks by extremist Muslims are organized by organized groups of many, many people with defined goals and shared religious beliefs, the fact that the media and Americans are constantly calling to attention that it is extremists and not moderate Muslims who want to destroy American, etc etc etc etc etc etc. Because of all of these complicated factors, these two issues have NOTHING to do with one another. Crimes like this kidnapping and serial killings and stuff like that are committed by one or a very few individuals. That has nothing to do with larger cultural or religious beliefs shared by many people. Therefore, there is no reason for stereotypes to gain any traction.

American's do all of that too.. we were very organized as we demonized and assaulted the helpless nation of Iraq. There are at least a relatively equal number of bad things done by American's an any other culture. It is not about the race or religion. Human Nature often leads to bad things.. we gloss over our own faults and magnify those of others... which just breeds more bad stuff. One day maybe we will learn we are all human and be tolerant and understanding of each other and willing to work together.. be accountable and responsible and not so insecure and vengeful and childish. There is so much help we could get from within the Muslim community if we would only respect them, and work with them...

Okay, there you go. Now you're making sense (kind of). How much of the world hates America because of the Iraq war? All of it, give or take? Now that is a good comparison. But using 3 Hispanic perverts (and calling them white) as a comparison to the stereotyping of Muslims because of Islamic extremists just makes no sense. However, your point remains moot, since Americans HAVE in fact been vilified/stereotyped for the Iraq war (and many Americans themselves are on that bandwagon). They have not been ignored for such deeds at all.

Abuskedti

its the little things that are said every day about every little thing that made and makes things like Iraq possible out of people that consider themselves humane and intelligent

cincybearcat

inmytree wrote:

AzWicker wrote:

Who Princess wrote:

As someone who worked for the Census Bureau in 2009 and 2010, I can tell you that yes, "Hispanic" is considered white.

Be technically correct now.
There are non-white hispanics and white hispanics.

nope...

if they were "non-white"...their race would fall under the other categories...

I thought it's listed as White-Hispanic or White-Non-Hispanic

PJ_Soul

Abuskedti wrote:

its the little things that are said every day about every little thing that made and makes things like Iraq possible out of people that consider themselves humane and intelligent

What, like, "it cost HOW MUCH to fill my tank?! Gas is too expensive!!"

I for one have chosen not to own a car. Have you?