09-28-2003, 03:34 PM | #21 |
Egyptian Goddess of the Dead
Join Date: July 12, 2001
Location: South Carolina
Age: 40
Posts: 3,771
|
Everything's considered racist these days, from blackberries to wishing somebody a white Christmas. The world's going crazy.
__________________
Marvellous banter; I am bereft of ribs. |
09-28-2003, 03:40 PM | #22 | |
Ra
Join Date: March 26, 2002
Location: Finland
Age: 36
Posts: 2,323
|
Quote:
__________________
If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." |
|
09-28-2003, 05:17 PM | #23 |
Dracolisk
Join Date: January 5, 2002
Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Age: 38
Posts: 6,043
|
Hey! I made a chess set from scratch and the peices were made of purple heart and cedar... does that mean I'm racist about types of wood? No! White and black were simple colors which were easy to find and come across. Back in ancient times black peices were made of pool and other similar marbel-like substances, while the black peices were made of cobalt or onyx or something painted black. The board was made out of a complex set of pool and onyx tiles usually. The colors black and white were universal as being completley oposite colors. There are also chess sets with red and black and others with akward colors. The choice of colors doesn't actually matter, but it's considered professional to keep the peices seperated as black and white, not to reference skin colors, but colors. And there are so many differin chess rules, it is only the tradidional western rules for white peices to go first. There are some games where the black peices go first, but racism was never really implied. It was just a game. It's not like they named the peices racial slurs or anything like that...
__________________
[img]\"http://membres.lycos.fr/th8or/ZeroSigForIronworks.gif\" alt=\" - \" /> o.o; |
09-28-2003, 05:31 PM | #24 |
Symbol of Cyric
Join Date: November 12, 2002
Location: Banstead, Southeast England
Age: 37
Posts: 1,162
|
...Its like with an old nursery rhyme here in the UK...baa baa black sheep. People complained it was racist with the referance to the "black" sheep. So they changed it to grey sheep...even though the rhyme has been around for centuries. So stupid...
|
09-28-2003, 06:12 PM | #25 | |
Knight of the Rose
|
Quote:
__________________
"When you start with a presupposition, it's hard to arrive at any other conclusion." "We are never to judge a philosophy by its abuse." - Augustine "If you're wondering if God has a sense of humor, consider the platypus." http://www.greaterthings.cbglades.com |
|
09-28-2003, 06:23 PM | #26 |
Iron Throne Cult
|
Yes, I definitely agree [img]graemlins/agree.gif[/img] . It's also elitist! - what with the kings and queens and so on. I think they should make it democratic chess, where all the pieces are equally powerful. And sexist! Clearly denigrating women as controlling shrews since the queen goes about in any square in any direction and denigrating men where the king is portrayed as a weak willed nancy boy. I think they should replace all the pieces as non-gendered. My grammar-checker has some useful examples here for whenever a piece of text I write contains a gender-specific term - they could be people/human beings/individuals. And of course, offensive to people who are vertically challenged. The pawns (which of course will not be pawns any longer and will be able to move anywhere they want) should be made the same height as everyone else. And the replace the knight with a piece that isn't promoting use of animals as beings of dominion.
__________________
|
09-28-2003, 06:29 PM | #27 |
Iron Throne Cult
Join Date: January 2, 2003
Location: Big Castle in the Sky
Age: 37
Posts: 4,835
|
Tell me then Aelia, would you rather have the queen a controlling shrew or at the bottom of the barrel with the pawns? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
|
09-30-2003, 06:57 PM | #28 | |
Manshoon
Join Date: July 1, 2003
Location: Hawaii
Age: 39
Posts: 173
|
Quote:
You get the point. [ 09-30-2003, 06:58 PM: Message edited by: Azimaith ]
__________________
The Democrats bash the Republicans and the Republicans bash the democrats, now everyones got mud in their eyes and they can\'t see what matters.<br />Check out this site: [url]\"http://www.thehaca.com/about.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.thehaca.com/about.htm</a> |
|
09-30-2003, 10:22 PM | #29 |
Xanathar Thieves Guild
Join Date: March 17, 2001
Location: Wichita, KS USA
Age: 61
Posts: 4,537
|
???
__________________
To those we have lost; May your spirits fly free. Good Music: Here. Interesting read, one of my blogs. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Racist Reporter | Sir Degrader | General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) | 12 | 12-18-2004 05:51 AM |
Lord of the Rings Racist!!! | Sir Taliesin | General Discussion | 85 | 01-08-2004 09:08 PM |
Attack of the clones racist? | caleb | General Conversation Archives (11/2000 - 01/2005) | 49 | 05-21-2002 05:58 PM |
Keldorn is not a racist | Galadria | Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Bhaal | 6 | 12-08-2001 02:08 AM |
Keldorn is a Racist? | Kaleban | Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Bhaal | 49 | 12-07-2001 01:26 PM |