BBC: Second Spanish Civil War Is Possible

[Neil]

I support whatever side is fighting against the commies/anarchists.

You know, sometimes a little anarchy is good for the soul.  Helps people find their moral compass.  Amazing the clarity of vision a few well-placed explosive devices can provide.

Especially if those devices are planes crashing into towers.  LULZ.

Certainly woke us the fuck up, now didn't they?

Did they?  Nothing really came of it.

[Valmy]

Well why would I invite anyone - they might see threads like this and justifiably hate me.

What do you mean 'threads like this'?

[Sheilbh]

Well sorta.  If you say that somebody is Asian people are going to think they are East Asian.  They will be really confused if an Indian dude walks in.  But by the census they are considered Asian.

That's because of the US's population.  In the UK it'd be the opposite.  You'd have to specify 'East Asian' but if you describe someone as 'Asian' then you'd imagine someone who's Indian or Pakistani.

Aside from that I've always thought racial categorisation kind of pointless.  Never so much as having read this thread

[Valmy]

Aside from that I've always thought racial categorisation kind of pointless.

Oh they are completely pointless and utterly arbitrary.  I am obviously having some fun with them in this thread.  Unfortunately they are this big deal in human society though.  That part is not so fun.

Never so much as having read this thread

What we never discussed something pointless before?

And I disagree.  We are not taking this seriously at all.  There are places on the internet, and outside it, where people discuss these questions in earnest.

[PDH]

Earnest goes to Stormfront.

[mongers]

Earnest goes to Stormfront.

Which reminds me, Sven Hassel died recently.

[jimmy olsen]

And I disagree.  We are not taking this seriously at all.  There are places on the internet, and outside it, where people discuss these questions in earnest.

[Valmy]

Earnest goes to Stormfront.

People mention Stormfront from time to time when racism gets brought up.  What is it exactly?  A forum for Nazi fans or something?

[FunkMonk]

 

Well why would I invite anyone - they might see threads like this and justifiably hate me.

What do you mean 'threads like this'?

[Jacob]

Aside from that I've always thought racial categorisation kind of pointless.  Never so much as having read this thread

Pretty much yes on the first point.

On the second point - it's your own fault for reading it in the first place; you just have to learn to skip the posts of certain members once you come across a suspect post in a thread.

[Valmy]

Pretty much yes on the first point.

On the second point - it's your own fault for reading it in the first place; you just have to learn to skip the posts of certain members once you come across a suspect post in a thread.

Jesus alright I apologize.  I did not know we had crossed some sort of line that it got everybody enraged.  I thought our discussion was a silly one.

[Barrister]

I've trolled with the "Italians/Greeks/Spaniards are not white" line for at least a year.  Never caused as much discussion as this time though.

[Lettow77]

 When denigrating johnny foreigner on the internet, popular wisdom is to inform south americans they are "browns", and all slavs/ southern europeans they are "fake white". This is particularly important for free online games with large populations of such peoples, and is a popular hit with all crowds.

[Valmy]

I've trolled with the "Italians/Greeks/Spaniards are not white" line for at least a year.  Never caused as much discussion as this time though.

I know don't we joke about this all the time?

[garbon]

Well why would I invite anyone - they might see threads like this and justifiably hate me.

What do you mean 'threads like this'?

It was pretty. Clear when I posted that. Most(much?) Of the thread was racial theory nonsense.