My sarcasm was directed at Seth's post.Gallstones wrote:Of course not.Seraph wrote:So, do we have a consensus (excepting Gawd) that the events depicted in the youtube clip could only have happened under a communist regime in general, or the Chinese communist regime in particular?
Is where it happened what is important, or that it happens?
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From what I can tell, everyone seems to have let that child down for various reasons relating to societal pressures and culture.
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That may be true, but people get rightfully sick of being robbed by these people that they've let down.charlou wrote:From what I can tell, everyone seems to have let that child down for various reasons relating to societal pressures and culture.
I can see their point, even though I expect I've let him down myself.
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He's literally the fall guy ... and a very young and defenseless one at that.mistermack wrote:That may be true, but people get rightfully sick of being robbed by these people that they've let down.charlou wrote:From what I can tell, everyone seems to have let that child down for various reasons relating to societal pressures and culture.
I can see their point, even though I expect I've let him down myself.
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When people get constantly robbed, I think that they are the fall guys too.
People get very angry, and I don't blame them. If life is hard, and you get robbed, they are robbing from YOUR kids.
People get very angry, and I don't blame them. If life is hard, and you get robbed, they are robbing from YOUR kids.
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That's what I mean by societal pressures and culture letting that boy down ... I don't think that's exclusive though ... As you say, everyone is affected.mistermack wrote:When people get constantly robbed, I think that they are the fall guys too.
People get very angry, and I don't blame them. If life is hard, and you get robbed, they are robbing from YOUR kids.
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So we don't have a perfect society yet? Color me shocked.
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I kinda got that.Seraph wrote:My sarcasm was directed at Seth's post.Gallstones wrote:Of course not.Seraph wrote:So, do we have a consensus (excepting Gawd) that the events depicted in the youtube clip could only have happened under a communist regime in general, or the Chinese communist regime in particular?
Is where it happened what is important, or that it happens?

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Black children are perfectly safe in white neighborhoods... at least until they hit their teens. Then I expect that our teen-phobia would combine with what's left of our racism and we'd... keep an eye on them in case they're up to no good.Gawd wrote:I prefer a more realistic and pragmatic view of the world given the history of what happens to black kids in white neighbourhoods.

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I'd love to be from a country with a strong racist past so I can share in the white shame.
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We hated the Irish too, once.Animavore wrote:I'd love to be from a country with a strong racist past so I can share in the white shame.
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Gallstones wrote:We hated the Irish too, once.Animavore wrote:I'd love to be from a country with a strong racist past so I can share in the white shame.

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micks.Animavore wrote:Gallstones wrote:We hated the Irish too, once.Animavore wrote:I'd love to be from a country with a strong racist past so I can share in the white shame.The blacks of Europe.

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