Corrupt Arabs (8 Viewers)

ReBeL

The Jackal
#101
Jan 14, 2005
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#101
K.O. said:
Well, I did mention what I think is a true story of Saudi Princes buying virgin Palestinian women. Am I attacking Palestinians or Saudi Princes?

Does that mean you were attacking Yemeni and Mauritanians when you posted that first story?
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What a smart guy!

Did I post that news from my imagination? It was posted on Wikileaks and a Lebanese newspaper.
On the contrary, your sentence is just baseless and has no source. So, it was just for teasing.
 

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L'autista
Administrator
#105
Sep 23, 2003
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#105
Linebreak said:
I find the title to this thread to be quite derogatory and offensive
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This is a great litmus test, however. Because technically the title is accurate. What do you call a group of corrupt Arabs other than "corrupt Arabs"? That much is factually accurate.

Where I'm guessing your sense of offense and all comes that you interpret that as a blanket statement about all Arabs, which it is not. It begs the classic question: when is every person who is part of an ethnic or religious or other group suddenly considered a role model for all of them? Why do we hold people to these silly notions at all?

Hence you get into situations where people refuse to present a black person as a criminal on TV, because somehow that plays to stereotypes. So we end up with a bizarro world of only black women judges and all the criminals are identified as adult white males.
 
bianconero

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#107
Sep 1, 2002
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#107
swag said:
This is a great litmus test, however. Because technically the title is accurate. What do you call a group of corrupt Arabs other than "corrupt Arabs"? That much is factually accurate.

Where I'm guessing your sense of offense and all comes that you interpret that as a blanket statement about all Arabs, which it is not. It begs the classic question: when is every person who is part of an ethnic or religious or other group suddenly considered a role model for all of them? Why do we hold people to these silly notions at all?

Hence you get into situations where people refuse to present a black person as a criminal on TV, because somehow that plays to stereotypes. So we end up with a bizarro world of only black women judges and all the criminals are identified as adult white males.
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Because of historical context.
 
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Bjerknes

Bjerknes

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Thread Starter #112
Mar 16, 2004
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    swag said:
    This is a great litmus test, however. Because technically the title is accurate. What do you call a group of corrupt Arabs other than "corrupt Arabs"? That much is factually accurate.

    Where I'm guessing your sense of offense and all comes that you interpret that as a blanket statement about all Arabs, which it is not. It begs the classic question: when is every person who is part of an ethnic or religious or other group suddenly considered a role model for all of them? Why do we hold people to these silly notions at all?

    Hence you get into situations where people refuse to present a black person as a criminal on TV, because somehow that plays to stereotypes. So we end up with a bizarro world of only black women judges and all the criminals are identified as adult white males.
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    :tup:
     
    Fred

    Fred

    Senior Member
    #115
    Oct 2, 2003
    41,113
    #115
    swag said:
    This is a great litmus test, however. Because technically the title is accurate. What do you call a group of corrupt Arabs other than "corrupt Arabs"? That much is factually accurate.

    Where I'm guessing your sense of offense and all comes that you interpret that as a blanket statement about all Arabs, which it is not. It begs the classic question: when is every person who is part of an ethnic or religious or other group suddenly considered a role model for all of them? Why do we hold people to these silly notions at all?

    Hence you get into situations where people refuse to present a black person as a criminal on TV, because somehow that plays to stereotypes. So we end up with a bizarro world of only black women judges and all the criminals are identified as adult white males.
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    :tup:
     
    Yamen

    Yamen

    Senior Member
    #116
    Apr 20, 2007
    11,809
    #116
    swag said:
    This is a great litmus test, however. Because technically the title is accurate. What do you call a group of corrupt Arabs other than "corrupt Arabs"? That much is factually accurate.

    Where I'm guessing your sense of offense and all comes that you interpret that as a blanket statement about all Arabs, which it is not. It begs the classic question: when is every person who is part of an ethnic or religious or other group suddenly considered a role model for all of them? Why do we hold people to these silly notions at all?

    Hence you get into situations where people refuse to present a black person as a criminal on TV, because somehow that plays to stereotypes. So we end up with a bizarro world of only black women judges and all the criminals are identified as adult white males.
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    Well said Swaggo :beer:
     

    Nedvěd

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    Dru said:
    I can't wait to go to Qatar and party down for the WC :shifty:
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    :tup: There'll be plenty of booze and quality Sensi. P.S If you have any gay friends they will feel just like home in Qatar, they'll get a lot of respect there. One of the most Gay friendly countries in the world.
     
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