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Mrjinglesusa · 02:13 PM

Originally posted by selowitch:
How about better support for Unicode Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi?

First reply to this post:

Terrorist.

A couple of people replied and found this humorous. I say it's pretty racist. Opinions?

BTW, this was in the Software Forum under a post about MS Office 2004 update.

nredman · Sep 27, 2004, 01:48 PM

i find it neither funny or racist.

JHromadka · Sep 27, 2004, 01:49 PM

Like the others that posted in the thread, I found it funny in a smirking kinda way because it exposes the attitude that many Americans unfortunately have these days.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Sep 27, 2004, 01:51 PM

Freedom Fries is racist.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 27, 2004, 01:52 PM

I think it's a growing trend.

Unlikely to go away until the followers of "religions of peace" make an effort to distance themselves from terrorists who kill in the name of the same religion.

Silence = agreement, to most people.

ManOfSteal · Sep 27, 2004, 01:54 PM

Here is the thread for those who are interested.

effgee · Sep 27, 2004, 01:54 PM

Nothing against a healthy dose of black humor - I'm all for that. But considering the fact that the initial post listed "Hebrew", "Arabic" and "Farsi", the comment "Terrorist" strikes me as neither particularly funny or racist - more than anything else it's tad bit on the dumb side.

effgee · Sep 27, 2004, 01:58 PM

Heh, thanks for the link MoS.

Mrjinglesusa, did you take the time to look at where the author of that comment is from? It might not be the funniest thing ever but it sure as hell does not have a racist background. And certainly no reason to get your panties in a bunch.

Spheric Harlot · Sep 27, 2004, 02:01 PM

Originally posted by effgee:
Nothing against a healthy dose of black humor - I'm all for that. But considering the fact that the initial post listed "Hebrew", "Arabic" and "Farsi", the comment "Terrorist" strikes me as neither particularly funny or racist - more than anything else it's tad bit on the dumb side.

I wouldn't have posted that if it had only mentioned "Arabic".

That would have been too simple - it wasn't the Political Lounge, after all.

Edit: I'm impressed that it warranted a thread of its own, though.

macintologist · Sep 27, 2004, 02:05 PM

I found it funny when reading it in the actual thread.

The terrorist needs his better Arabic support in MS Word

iREZ · Sep 27, 2004, 02:09 PM

ehhhhhhhhh......

effgee · Sep 27, 2004, 02:12 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
I wouldn't have posted that if it had only mentioned "Arabic". ...

I thought so after MoS posted a link to the original thread. My first reply was written after reading Mrjinglesusa's post - hence my second post right after that.

Implying that Spheric Harlot's comment was racist somehow reminds me of those people who, on their way to work, see a billboard on the highway and as soon as they arrive at the office, they call up the manufacturers' customer service hotline to complain that the people depicted in the ad do not sufficinetly represent the racial diversity of the country.

In short - being aware of and fighting against racism is definitely a good thing - as long as you don't get carried away.

Mrjinglesusa · Sep 27, 2004, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by effgee:
Heh, thanks for the link MoS.

Mrjinglesusa, did you take the time to look at where the author of that comment is from? It might not be the funniest thing ever but it sure as hell does not have a racist background. And certainly no reason to get your panties in a bunch.

From Germany, what's your point? And posting about a comment that was both unwarranted and offensive does not make ones "panties in a bunch." If you were Arab, would you find this funny? What if it was simply about Hebrew support and the next comment was "Greedy money grabber?" Or, about better Asian text support and the next comment was some generalization about Asians? Get my point? Making a comment like that in response to a question about Hebrew, Farsi, and Arabic support in Office 2004 was not funny, black humor or not.

OreoCookie · Sep 27, 2004, 02:25 PM

Well, it's not funny, and I wouldn't take it too seriously, just because there are so many more important things in the world.

fireside · Sep 27, 2004, 02:28 PM

since Spheric said it i don't consider it racist because i'm assuming he was saying it sarcastically. so its funny in the sense that he's making fun of people who actually say stuff like that.

E's Lil Theorem · Sep 27, 2004, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
....If you were Arab, would you find this funny? ...

Originally posted by leperkuhn:
I have arabic roots and I thought it was pretty funny.

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...79#post2208100

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
First reply to this post:

Terrorist.

A couple of people replied and found this humorous. I say it's pretty racist. Opinions?

BTW, this was in the Software Forum under a post about MS Office 2004 update.

if it was supposed to be funny, - the poster is an idiot.

if it was supposed to be serious, - the poster is an idiot.

Wiskedjak · Sep 27, 2004, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
First reply to this post:

Terrorist.

A couple of people replied and found this humorous. I say it's pretty racist. Opinions?

BTW, this was in the Software Forum under a post about MS Office 2004 update.

Spheric was not calling you a terrorist. Rather, it was a criticism on a society whose first thought associates terrorist with anything Arabic.

The statement shouldn't have been made outside of the political lounge since it is totally out of context if you don't understand Spheric's political leanings.

TheBadgerHunter · Sep 27, 2004, 03:22 PM

In a generic sense its funny AND racist. Not that funny nor that racist.

In the terms of mocking the current ignorance of many americans: priceless and not racist.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 27, 2004, 03:26 PM

Well, it certainly reflected the ignorance of Germans - although it appears that he has attempted to redirect blame toward Americans by suggesting that Americans make such comments all the time.

Note that no Americans chose to make racist comments, but a German did. How ironic is that? German, racist.

It's as if he wants to be an American - but fails miserably at the task.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by Spliffdaddy:
Note that no Americans chose to make racist comments, but a German did.

nazi.

PacHead · Sep 27, 2004, 03:41 PM

Yep, I'm not surprised at who made the comment.

KarlG - they're nothing but a bunch of Muslim terrorist towelhead savages

Logic - Do I need to be a "sandniggah" or "towelhead" for you to view me as a true Muslim?

effgee - Thank god this is not an atrocity - who should give a sh!t about a dead towelhead anyway?

theloin -Torture enough of them until the little towelhead ****ers admit it?

Spliffdaddy · Sep 27, 2004, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
nazi.

you must be German.

I was just saying....

PacHead · Sep 27, 2004, 03:43 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
nazi.

I assume you're talking about your fellow countrymen, who are once again voting for the Nazi slime.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by Spliffdaddy:
you must be German.

I was just saying....

yeah..exactly!

Spliffdaddy · Sep 27, 2004, 03:47 PM

word.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
I assume you're talking about your fellow countrymen, who are once again voting for the Nazi slime.

no, actually i was talking about the american nazi...same slime, different country.

PacHead · Sep 27, 2004, 03:53 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
no, actually i was talking about the american nazi...same slime, different country.

Worry about your own nazis, you've got plenty of them.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
Worry about your own nazis, you've got plenty of them.

well at least our president isn't one of them.

PacHead · Sep 27, 2004, 04:00 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
well at least our president isn't one of them.

And neither is ours. Since you come from the country that invented & loved nazis, I wouldn't exactly be so gungho, and run around calling others for nazis. It makes you seem slightly foolish.

effgee · Sep 27, 2004, 04:05 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
Yep, I'm not surprised at who made the comment.

...

effgee - Thank god this is not an atrocity - who should give a sh!t about a dead towelhead anyway?

...

Ok, now it's good already - if you already feel the need to take a single sentence and paste it here completely out of context (with the sole purpose of discrediting other people), you could at the very least have the balls provide a link to the appropriate thread.

But I guess that's what you can expect from someone who very much would like to urinate with the big dogs but can't lift his leg with the little ones.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
Since you come from the country that invented & loved nazis...

pfff...you're a nazi too.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 04:11 PM

this thread is now about:

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Sep 27, 2004, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
well at least our president isn't one of them.

That was funny

Atomic Rooster · Sep 27, 2004, 04:27 PM

http://www.google.com/search?q=bush+...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

PacHead · Sep 27, 2004, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
pfff...you're a nazi too.

And you're a rapist, KKK member, terrorist supporter, pedophile, bankrobber, wife-beater and a low-life.

How old are you really ? Think twice before running around and calling people for nazis. Are you delusional or just plain retarted ?

phoenixboy70 · 04:42 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
Think twice before running around and calling people for nazis.

"errrr....i would like to order two dozen nazis..."

LOOOOOOL

[edit] oh, and you can call me whatever you want...but DON'T call me a BANKROBBER!

Spheric Harlot · Sep 27, 2004, 04:38 PM

The original post referred to "Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi"

Can somebody explain to me, please, how in HELL my comment could be construed as "racist"?

Honest question.

lil'babykitten · Sep 27, 2004, 04:57 PM

What's a 'racsit'?

On a more serious note, you guys need to lighten up. Anyone who has read Spheric's political posts will know that he is not anti-arab, anti-muslim, anti-hebrew (can one be anti-language?!)... or<insert nationality/religion here>. And I say that as an Arab, Muslim poster here on MacNN

effgee · Sep 27, 2004, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
And neither is ours. Since you come from the country that invented & loved nazis, I wouldn't exactly be so gungho, and run around calling others for nazis. It makes you seem slightly foolish.

Originally posted by PacHead:
Are you delusional or just plain retarted ?

If you're talking about retardation in a clinical sense, you might want to take a peek in the mirror. I recommend you take a history book (or ask uncle Google) and look up who really "invented" fascism. If only to make sure that in the future you don't come across so much as - er, how do I put it mildly - "uneducated".

bamburg dunes · Sep 27, 2004, 05:03 PM

I believe spheric's comment was pure sarcasm, and humour; with a nod in the direction of ignorant (some) Americans, and their (for some) very simplistic, but wholly ignorant view of Arabs, Muslims, terrorists, etc.

So a joke, knowing spheric's politicial leanings in the Pol. forum, but perhaps a bit misplaced being in the software forum.

storer · Sep 27, 2004, 05:04 PM

Originally posted by nredman:
i find it neither funny or racist.

same

bamburg dunes · Sep 27, 2004, 05:04 PM

Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
What's a 'racksit'?

The opposite of benchpress.

phoenixboy70 · Sep 27, 2004, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
And I say that as an Arab, Muslim poster here on MacNN

terrorist!

Mrjinglesusa · Sep 27, 2004, 05:06 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
The original post referred to "Hebrew, Arabic, and Farsi"

Can somebody explain to me, please, how in HELL my comment could be construed as "racist"?

Honest question.

Your only comment to that post was "Terrorist." Why? If you were trying to be funny I found it lacking in humor. I don't know you or your political views so I assume you said it because of the ethnic groups mentioned in the post: Hebrew, ARABIC, and FARSI. Two of the three are definitely spoken by terrorists (FACT) and the 3rd may be depending on your political views (OPINION). Therefore, it seemed to me you lumped anyone wanting support for those languages as "terrorists." I just found it to be a stupid comment that's all.

How can that NOT be construed as "racist?"

Honest question.

lil'babykitten · Sep 27, 2004, 05:07 PM

Originally posted by phoenixboy70:
terrorist!

lil'babykitten · Sep 27, 2004, 05:09 PM

Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
Your only comment to that post was "Terrorist." Why? If you were trying to be funny I found it lacking in humor. I don't know you or your political views so I assume you said it because of the ethnic groups mentioned in the post: Hebrew, ARABIC, and FARSI. Two of the three are definitely spoken by terrorists (FACT) and the 3rd may be depending on your political views (OPINION). Therefore, it seemed to me you lumped anyone wanting support for those languages as "terrorists." I just found it to be a stupid comment that's all.

How can that NOT be construed as "racist?"

Honest question.

IT WAS A JOKE!

Have you read any of the posts in this thread?

Spheric Harlot · Sep 27, 2004, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
Your only comment to that post was "Terrorist." Why? If you were trying to be funny I found it lacking in humor. I don't know you or your political views so I assume you said it because of the ethnic groups mentioned in the post: Hebrew, ARABIC, and FARSI. Two of the three are definitely spoken by terrorists (FACT) and the 3rd may be depending on your political views (OPINION). Therefore, it seemed to me you lumped anyone wanting support for those languages as "terrorists." I just found it to be a stupid comment that's all.

How can that NOT be construed as "racist?"

Honest question.

You mean saying "I hate everybody" is racist?

Hey, okay, if that's your opinion, I guess there's no arguing with you.

-s*

Demonhood · Sep 27, 2004, 05:28 PM