By using the word "dense"? I suppose that's one way of educating people...Shiftfallout said:
Nope, but I do deny that "ethnicity" was neccessary. If you meant anybody including white people, then "ethnicity" wasn't neccessary to add. If you meant "anybody but a white person", then obviously it's generalising.
Nah, I just look at both the text and subtext. Looking at connotations and denotations can help to understand what kind of perspective that the other person is coming from.
Nah, to be honest, I don't think protesting in the UK is effective (in a wider social sense - obviously in a more democratic medium like the internet, it can be effective). Nobody listens to you, especially not the people that can actually do anything about it. Heck, we're so undemocratic that come July, nobody would have even voted in our new Prime Minister, which I think is wrong. I also find it kind of ironic there - Gordon Brown being Scottish, governing the UK. In Scotland - a nationalist in power. If Scotland is being run by a nationalist, and the UK is being run by a Scottish person, then who is actually looking after the rest of the UK?
Sony won't. Sega was a gaming only company - it's revenue depended on the gaming industry. Sony's empire is much larger. Even if Blu-Ray doesn't succeed, it will not lead to the end of the company. They survived Atrac, minidiscs and Betamax, they'll survive Blu-Ray. Heck, in the gaming industry, the only company that can fail is Nintendo - others have their own respective markets to fall back on. In the end, only Sony can pull the Playstation from the market, and they certainly won't do that yet...Griever said:
The last time I checked Brown isn't a member of the SNP and isn't an instigator of Scotland being seperate from the rest of the UK. In fact, if you look at the politics north of the border a little closer you'll see that Labour refused to form a coalition with the SNP simply because the Labour party does not want to see Scotland becoming independent from the rest of the UK.
Dont worry, I meant everyone, however, I felt it is important to note that it is easier to find such things as pirated games within a specific ethinicty overall, and it depends on where you live. The USA is quite diverse and certain groups, socially standing, do play certain roles more so than others. Profiling is not uncommon here now a days due to the nature of ratio and occurance.Squall7 said:
Careful though, we cannot rely purely on connotation alone.
Err, I was more talking about Alex Salmond (didn't look for his name until now - My bad). Alex Salmond is the nationalist first minister.Griever said:
Very true. Heck, I'm still wondering how Blair got in again...
Ok. I mean, heck, stereotypes are sometimes true. However, it may be true for specific reasons - self fulfilling prophecy, extremely broad stereotypes, etc... I think piracy is one of those things that does transcend ethnicity though.Shiftfallout said:
True. However, we also cannot fall into the trap of taking everything at face value. A middleground, as always, is the best way to see things.
Soccer protests are usually people looking to create violence, just needing an excuse. One of the reasons I don't really like Soccer, err, football. In the UK, they're the protesters are usually undermined. For example, a little old lady was protesting council tax last year. She refused to pay up, and went to prison. Before she became a martyr, an annonymous benefactor paid up the cost and she was set free. She's vowed to do the same thing next time...
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