Comments | tarpy: Perhaps I've just been reading too much about racism...

tarpy

Perhaps I've just been reading too much about racism...

Feb 23, 2010 18:41

...but when I saw Sherlock Holmes last night (although I still enjoyed the movie) I found myself kind of offended how there was lots of Hebrew in the movie, all connected with black magic and secret societies controlling government and sexual rituals. Am I just being overly sensitive? Or is it a fair enough statement that the movie made rather ( Read more... )

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tarpy February 23 2010, 23:40:55 UTC

I can neither confirm nor deny any truth that there may or may not be in that sentence =P

frostlight1 February 24 2010, 02:40:20 UTC

I think it's a fair call. I sometimes read books or see TV shows in which the male characters (or even just the author, blatantly) refer to all women as being in on some secret evil conspiracy, or refer to them as "alien creatures", and to me that's rather offensive even in the context of a joke. I don't see why the principle would be any different in regards to race or religion.

nephron February 24 2010, 04:21:06 UTC

I could be wrong, but a lot of actual occultist organisations appropriated Hebrew, I believe.

tarpy February 24 2010, 12:05:52 UTC

Yeah, I guess, but they also used Latin, didn't they?

I guess...seeing not just Hebrew words but whole pages of writing surrounding images of goats heads and pentagrams, back to back sphinxes who I originally thought were supposed to represent the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant, and the use of words such as 'Tzedek' which means righteousness and the four faces mentioned in Ezekiel...creeped me out a bit. It wasn't just the fact they used Hebrew.

nephron February 24 2010, 13:54:56 UTC

From what I can gather, it was based on the Masons, who in turn based their practices on bastardised Jewish language and traditions.

tarpy February 25 2010, 09:34:48 UTC

Really? Oh...wasn't there something about the masons saying they built Solomon's Temple?

Damn, now I want a secret Jewish handshake!

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sploogal February 24 2010, 10:19:57 UTC

I didn't actually notice it at all, but once it's out on dvd I will re-watch and see what I see. You've never struck me as the type to overreact to things. Not being Jewish myself, I'm less likely to pick up on such things. Basically, if you were offended then I think in all likelihood there was one or more aspects of the movie which were actually offensive.

tarpy February 24 2010, 12:19:31 UTC

See above for what bothered me. It wasn't offensive (THAT UPSETS ME, YOU A RUDE PERSON) so much as "Hey! That's from my religion. Waitasec....what does that mean they're saying about my religion? ...Didn't that sort of thing get Jews killed back in the day? ...and now also, come to think of it..." o_O