http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/9820517/Lego-accused-of-racism-with-Star-Wars-set.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/9820517/Lego-accused-of-racism-with-Star-Wars-set.html)
Jeez, the Turks are a sensitive bunch...
K, so 8 times out of ten when there's some racist story it's just falsely attributed. Black guy gets killed by white guy? Racism. That is the assumed position. And it's usually proven false. HOWEVER-- a white guy killing a black guy could obviously BE a racial crime, it just usually isn't.
What's unique about this isn't that it's falsely attributed racism, but that racism is completely incompatible with the story. It's like saying that having white walls is sexist. Having a model (supposedly) modeled after a religious building couldn't possibly be racist.
This is too much.
Reminda me of the Tavion Martin Case. When everyone heard and/or read "Zimmerman", "Racist" was the first thought that crossed everyone's mind.
When they actually saw Zimmerman's picture....
Quote from: Gottmitunsalex on January 26, 2013, 12:47:02 AM
Reminda me of the Tavion Martin Case. When everyone heard and/or read "Zimmerman", "Racist" was the first thought that crossed everyone's mind.
When they actually saw Zimmerman's picture....
Latin dude.
If anything, shouldn't they be more angry with George Lucas? After all, Lego just makes the sets look as close to the movie versions as possible. Absolutely ridiculous.
Best part is how this particular mosque used to be one of the greatest churches in the world - hey, maybe the Church can jump on the bandwagon and finally start suing somebody instead of getting sued, themselves, right?
...right??!!
I was going to say, how is that offensive to Turks?
Like Obama said "You didn't build that"
So much "wut"...
MOSQUE? That's not a mosque. >:(