Racism Today

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  1. Naughtius Maximus

    Jul 10, 2001
    Shropshire
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Just a little tip, while we're talking about travel advice... if you DO ever go to Turkey, don't tell them they're mostly in Asia. They're liable to take it the wrong way.
     
  2. Moishe

    Moishe Moderator
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    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Mar 6, 2005
    Here there and everywhere.
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    I'm also an ethical businessman, want to talk about shrinking that demographic even smaller:eek::p

    I once heard a Rabbi say "I've got my mind on my money and my money on mind" in Yiddish (yeah Snoop ripped him off) and those words have always stuck with me. Of course it doesn't hurt that Mrs. Moishe makes a salary that makes the dapip's of the world shit themselves.
     
  3. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sporting wise, or for competitions, it makes sense to have differing continents such as they are. But when one goes into geopolitical associations, than I agree. Of course, we in the US are so accustomed to being "American" and from North America, that when me or my wife talk about her being "American" most people look like she is from a different planet. Even very educated people have a hard time with that idea that and "American" is from the Americas.
    I was only repeating what I understood about Russia/Soviet Union. Turkey is different, and WTF is up with Israel being in UEFA?
     
  4. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Canton,NY
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Arab countries refused to play Israel in the 1970 WCQ, giving them a practically free pass to Mexico.

    I forget what year they actually got put into UEFA,but they've played in Euro WCQ's ever since.
     
  5. cleansheetbsc

    cleansheetbsc Member+

    Mar 17, 2004
    Club:
    --other--
    [​IMG]

    Because I'm not sure and correct me if i am wrong but i think i see a .... nipple
     
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  6. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
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    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Saw this bit this morning.

    http://america.aljazeera.com/opinio...urismwhitevoluntouristsafricaaidsorphans.html

    In recent years, the ethics of voluntourism, especially its underbelly of exploitation, have been questioned by academics and activists alike. Most of the debate, however, is limited to questioning whether volunteer vacations do more harm than good or how it promotes stereotypes that fuel the engines of a burgeoning white-savior industrial complex.

    That kind of sums up the article. And while voluntourism sounds good, and in some cases is good (such as building schools and other similar community based projects). But I think this goes back to the lack of conciousness that people with money can lack, particularly in the United States (in general). We are so accustomed to the rhetoric of helping the poor (re: non-white) and viewing them though the lens of pity that we don't think we are doing any harm when we participate in voluntourism.
     
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  7. argentine soccer fan

    Staff Member

    Jan 18, 2001
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    As the Bee Gees used to sing a few decades ago: 'Staying alive, staying alive'.
     
  8. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
  9. Dominican Lou

    Dominican Lou Member+

    Nov 27, 2004
    1936 Catalonia
    Damn, no more Imperial Wizard :(
     
  10. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    No, no. I'm completely comfy with anyone from either continent calling themselves "American". I'm saying that I've heard from some of the UEFA contingent here that they're taught that North and South America are one continent. The 300 or so miles that separated the Atlantic from the pacific pre-canal is apparently enough distance to consider The Americas a single contnent, but the 1500-mile distance between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea (or somewhere near that line) isn't enough to unify Eurasia :confused:

    I don't know what else they're doing in those schools of theirs but they're getting that part horribly wrong, ovbiously.
     
  11. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
    Club:
    Atlanta
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I think the article was probably intended to express legitimate concerns, but yeah, it does kinda read like an ESPN article about a sports team. If this was, say, a pure neo-Nazi group with no ties to America's recent history, it'd read differently.
     
  12. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  13. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    [​IMG]
     
  14. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Can you hang someone and still claim self defense or do you actually have to shoot the person?
     
  15. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    is it stand your ground or hang your ground?
     
  16. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    "Be careful were you hang out" (if you are the dark skinned one).
     
  17. minerva

    minerva Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I get a little Mexican-looking toward the end of August, but that's about it...
     
  18. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is this what you mean by a little Mexican-looking?

    [​IMG]
     
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  19. Moishe

    Moishe Moderator
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    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Mar 6, 2005
    Here there and everywhere.
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
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  20. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Two words for you:

    Auto Collect.:D
     
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  21. Moishe

    Moishe Moderator
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    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Mar 6, 2005
    Here there and everywhere.
    Club:
    CA Boca Juniors
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    That damn technology!:D
     
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  22. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/u...eaks-the-law-becoming-a-hero-in-the-west.html

    Rand Paul came out in support of this guy. :cautious: In fairness, this was before he made the above comments.
     
  23. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Of course it's possible to be libertarian without being racist, but the link is powerful -

    Government bad
    Blacks love government
    Blacks bad
     
  24. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    This group seems to be gagging for an armed conflict with the government, perhaps they should just give them what they want?

    [​IMG]
     
  25. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Eh, we did that at Waco and Ruby Ridge and we never heard the end of it. On the other hand, they don't seem to mention this police action much. Funny how that goes.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE
     
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