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Individual
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Postby Individual » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:06 pm

The Emerald Dawn wrote:
Individual wrote:The F?

You could be my equal, under the law, but I will be treated better than you because I have done more than you have.

I have proven myself, time and again, to put others interests before my own. This earns me leniency that you would not have.

It all depends on the situations. The reverse could be equally true, depending.

Of course, you know, 'unofficially'. I mean, not-enforced-by-law, right?
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Postby Dark Luna » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:07 pm

I just ignore them.

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Postby The Emerald Dawn » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:08 pm

Individual wrote:
The Emerald Dawn wrote:You could be my equal, under the law, but I will be treated better than you because I have done more than you have.

I have proven myself, time and again, to put others interests before my own. This earns me leniency that you would not have.

It all depends on the situations. The reverse could be equally true, depending.

Of course, you know, 'unofficially'. I mean, not-enforced-by-law, right?

Total equality under the law is impossible. Literally impossible.

Well, maybe not. You could make it possible, but you'd have to radically redefine EVERYTHING to the point that we wouldn't recognize life at that point.

Humanity wouldn't be "human" anymore.

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Postby Chinese Regions » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:11 pm

  • All humans are descendants of Africans
  • A black man went into a restarant and the white man at the till said "coloured people aren't allowed here. the black man said...

    "When i was born i was black

    when i'm hot i'm black

    when i'm cold i'm black

    when i'm sick i'm black

    and when i die i'll be black But...

    When you were born you was pink

    when you are hot you are red

    when you are cold you are blue

    when you are sick you are green

    and when you die you'll be purple.

    and you're calling me coloured?
  • The only thing different is our levels of melanin, now show me that has anything to do with "insert situation here"
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Postby Freiheit Reich » Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:33 pm

Chinese Regions wrote:
  • All humans are descendants of Africans
  • A black man went into a restarant and the white man at the till said "coloured people aren't allowed here. the black man said...

    "When i was born i was black

    when i'm hot i'm black

    when i'm cold i'm black

    when i'm sick i'm black

    and when i die i'll be black But...

    When you were born you was pink

    when you are hot you are red

    when you are cold you are blue

    when you are sick you are green

    and when you die you'll be purple.

    and you're calling me coloured?
  • The only thing different is our levels of melanin, now show me that has anything to do with "insert situation here"


Actually Iraq or Turkey is where we are all from. The Euphrates and Tigres Rivers are not in Africa unless I was taught wrong in world history class.
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Postby Andarro » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:38 pm

PostFreelasio wrote:Hello NS. I'm sick and tired of people calling me the N word and being absolute jerks. And I wanted to know how you folks respond to racism? And how should i respond to a racist? Because NSers are probably the most clever group of people ive ever seen, and priceless intelligent (and sometimes hilarious) response after another has me asking you how can i shut the mouth of a racist with an awesome NSer-type response? Any tips?



This is a very good question, and the best way to answer it is that you should first figure out all you can about the rascist, for example...if the rascist in question is from a southern state in the US and they were noted as being a bit of a social parriah and hedonist.

Well, in this example the proper namesake for this offensive person is "inbred bastardized hill billy pig fucker".

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Postby Scholencia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:09 pm

PostFreelasio wrote:Hello NS. I'm sick and tired of people calling me the N word and being absolute jerks. And I wanted to know how you folks respond to racism? And how should i respond to a racist? Because NSers are probably the most clever group of people ive ever seen, and priceless intelligent (and sometimes hilarious) response after another has me asking you how can i shut the mouth of a racist with an awesome NSer-type response? Any tips?

Well, I think you should not be upset since you are not the one looks like a jerk it is the person who called you so. You should call the police and charge the person for harasting.

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Postby Greater Pokarnia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:11 pm

Freiheit Reich wrote:
Chinese Regions wrote:
  • All humans are descendants of Africans
  • A black man went into a restarant and the white man at the till said "coloured people aren't allowed here. the black man said...

    "When i was born i was black

    when i'm hot i'm black

    when i'm cold i'm black

    when i'm sick i'm black

    and when i die i'll be black But...

    When you were born you was pink

    when you are hot you are red

    when you are cold you are blue

    when you are sick you are green

    and when you die you'll be purple.

    and you're calling me coloured?
  • The only thing different is our levels of melanin, now show me that has anything to do with "insert situation here"


Actually Iraq or Turkey is where we are all from. The Euphrates and Tigres Rivers are not in Africa unless I was taught wrong in world history class.


No, Mesopatamia is the "cradle of CIVILIZATION", not humanity.
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Postby Typhlochactas » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:13 pm

Greater Pokarnia wrote:
Freiheit Reich wrote:


Actually Iraq or Turkey is where we are all from. The Euphrates and Tigres Rivers are not in Africa unless I was taught wrong in world history class.


No, Mesopatamia is the "cradle of CIVILIZATION", not humanity.


I think this is because he takes the book of Genesis to be literal.

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Postby The Steel Magnolia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:14 pm

Individual wrote:
The Steel Magnolia wrote:
It's not racist when it's used by black people.

Seriously. You're only allowed to reclaim slurs if they were used against you in the first place.

It's not racist when it's not used in a racist way.


Conceeded.

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Postby The Steel Magnolia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:15 pm

Individual wrote:
The Steel Magnolia wrote:Equality doesn't mean everyone is treated the same

The F?


Formal equality and substantive equality are very different things.

As a wise man once said: "There is no greater injustice than the equal treatment of inequals."

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Postby Scholencia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:17 pm

Greater Pokarnia wrote:No, Mesopatamia is the "cradle of CIVILIZATION", not humanity.

No, that would be Europe because european civilisation was the only proper civilisation in history of humanity. All before that was primitive.

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Postby Typhlochactas » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:19 pm

Scholencia wrote:
Greater Pokarnia wrote:No, Mesopatamia is the "cradle of CIVILIZATION", not humanity.

No, that would be Europe because european civilisation was the only proper civilisation in history of humanity. All before that was primitive.


Indus Valley was totally in Europe.

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Postby Scholencia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:21 pm

Typhlochactas wrote:
Scholencia wrote:No, that would be Europe because european civilisation was the only proper civilisation in history of humanity. All before that was primitive.


Indus Valley was totally in Europe.

No, it wasnt. It is just that Indus Valley isnt important for human history. The Renaissance and the age of the colonisation of the New World are the most important events.

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Postby Typhlochactas » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:26 pm

Scholencia wrote:
Typhlochactas wrote:
Indus Valley was totally in Europe.

No, it wasnt. It is just that Indus Valley isnt important for human history. The Renaissance and the age of the colonisation of the New World are the most important events.


So by this metric, Rome was not a proper civilization?

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Postby Scholencia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:31 pm

Typhlochactas wrote:
Scholencia wrote:No, it wasnt. It is just that Indus Valley isnt important for human history. The Renaissance and the age of the colonisation of the New World are the most important events.


So by this metric, Rome was not a proper civilization?

Sure it was. That is why Europe was/is great. It is not as the 15th century events but still.

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Postby Sulamalik » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:35 pm

Scholencia wrote:
Typhlochactas wrote:
So by this metric, Rome was not a proper civilization?

Sure it was. That is why Europe was/is great. It is not as the 15th century events but still.


Man, it's almost as if euro-centrism is really arbitrary.
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Postby Typhlochactas » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:36 pm

Scholencia wrote:
Typhlochactas wrote:
So by this metric, Rome was not a proper civilization?

Sure it was. That is why Europe was/is great. It is not as the 15th century events but still.


Ancient China?

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Postby Scholencia » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:39 pm

Sulamalik wrote:
Scholencia wrote:Sure it was. That is why Europe was/is great. It is not as the 15th century events but still.


Man, it's almost as if euro-centrism is really arbitrary.

It is just the facts. I cannot go against logic.

Typhlochactas wrote:
Scholencia wrote:Sure it was. That is why Europe was/is great. It is not as the 15th century events but still.


Ancient China?

It had good chances but at the end it became a shithole.

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Postby Typhlochactas » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:40 pm

Scholencia wrote:
Sulamalik wrote:
Man, it's almost as if euro-centrism is really arbitrary.

It is just the facts. I cannot go against logic.

Typhlochactas wrote:
Ancient China?

It had good chances but at the end it became a shithole.


I second Sulamalik.

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Postby Sulamalik » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:43 pm

Scholencia wrote:
Sulamalik wrote:
Man, it's almost as if euro-centrism is really arbitrary.

It is just the facts. I cannot go against logic.


The only !proper! civilizations developed during the (non-12th century) European renaissance.

>But what about ancient Rome?

>Oh, no, they count-- definitely count as a proper civilization. Yup.

LOGIC
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Postby Distruzio » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:38 pm

United Dependencies wrote:Proper authorities


Is racism illegal now?
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Postby Distruzio » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:40 pm

I respond with approval. I'm not racist, but I certainly don't begrudge an idiot for being an idiot. I've no issue with the bigoted being bigots. they're merely making it easier for me to take my business elsewhere by identifying them easier.
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Postby Saiwania » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:01 pm

Arumdaum wrote:What's so bad about being a minority?


For me it is a fear of a reduction in status with the privilege instead going to the new majority. Rather than staying where I'd be vulnerable, I want to always be in a location where I'm in the majority or at least almost so.
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Postby Chinese Regions » Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:11 am

Freiheit Reich wrote:
Chinese Regions wrote:
  • All humans are descendants of Africans
  • A black man went into a restarant and the white man at the till said "coloured people aren't allowed here. the black man said...

    "When i was born i was black

    when i'm hot i'm black

    when i'm cold i'm black

    when i'm sick i'm black

    and when i die i'll be black But...

    When you were born you was pink

    when you are hot you are red

    when you are cold you are blue

    when you are sick you are green

    and when you die you'll be purple.

    and you're calling me coloured?
  • The only thing different is our levels of melanin, now show me that has anything to do with "insert situation here"


Actually Iraq or Turkey is where we are all from. The Euphrates and Tigres Rivers are not in Africa unless I was taught wrong in world history class.

So what are those homonid fossils in Africa then?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recent_Afr ... ern_humans
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