Comments | elixr: hmmm.. the new racism?

elixr

hmmm.. the new racism?

Jul 11, 2006 11:06

Well I feel like an idiot for not guessing this at the time. Apparrently the slur to make a calm frenchman morph into crazy frenchman was not so much a racist one.. well, not exactly ( Read more... )

people are dicks, soccer

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gaelfarce July 11 2006, 01:49:02 UTC

Of course Mazzarati is going to deny it. Zidane doesn't play anymore and has nothing to lose.

elixr July 11 2006, 02:11:48 UTC

oh of course he is. as would any professional football player. what a shitty way to end a world cup though..

katels July 11 2006, 03:30:06 UTC

Firstly, a nitpicking comment: Zidane's heritage is Algerian, not Argentinian. That makes the "terrorist" slur more a little more "apt"...

Secondly, I think the fact that "terrorist" has become a sort of socially acceptable slur is not due to Bush/Howard bandying it about. Terror, terrorism and terrorists have been around a lot longer than either of them. Of course, post-2001 a lot more people know about the concept than used to, but that doesn't mean it was invented then.

Shit, Nelson Mandela was viewed by many many people as a "terrorist"...

gaelfarce July 11 2006, 03:55:10 UTC

Yes a slur against Argentines would probably have to do with all the Nazis they hid after WW2.

katels July 11 2006, 03:57:29 UTC

*gigglesnort*

elixr July 11 2006, 05:17:49 UTC

oops. ok i'm a bit rusty on my european history. i tend to get fuzzy around 1950 ;-)

but dammit you're proving my point- way i see it if you go back far enough into western culture, let alone world history, everyone has some reason to hate everyone else. but what the hell's the point??

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