Pulse And Kairo

[slayer666]

Originally Posted by The STE

What about the wet backs? The frogs made some good horror movies, ditto with the limeys

Now we're going to see racist comments in the forums too?

[PR3SSUR3]

I'm not sure if wet back, frog or limey are particularly racist, more of a slur. But there has been exploitation of the mentally retarded, disabled and homosexuals in the forums for quite some time.

The Brits have indeed made some decent horror movies, but back to audience identification - I think the embrace of Oriental horror in general in the West is largely exotic curiousity, allowing many of the films to escape the net of scrutiny even though the same themes are being repeated time and time again. Unless perhaps you have Oriental roots, it is more difficult to extract a range of feelings from the dialogue and as such we interpret most of the film from the surface. You could perhaps say the same about French or German productions, but in the UK at least, their cultures are closer to home and more easily recognised.

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by slayer666

Now we're going to see racist comments in the forums too?

i think he was making a point that the use of the word Jap is racist -
I think so too...would never use the word myself .. but most of the UK folk here use it all the time..

[slayer666]

Originally Posted by PR3SSUR3

I'm not sure if wet back, frog or limey are particularly racist, more of a slur. But there has been exploitation of the mentally retarded, disabled and homosexuals in the forums for quite some time.

I suspect that most Latinos would consider "wet back" a racial slur. I haven't been around here long enough to see people bashing developmentally disabled or homosexual persons, but I'm disappointed to hear that this is the case. Who exactly are the moderators, and do they enforce the the forum policies?

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by slayer666

I suspect that most Latinos would consider "wet back" a racial slur. I haven't been around here long enough to see people bashing developmentally disabled or homosexual persons, but I'm disappointed to hear that this is the case. Who exactly are the moderators, and do they enforce the the forum policies?

they try not to rule with an iron fist - and mostly keep their personal feelings out of it and use the general rumblings of the members in the forum as a barometer.

if things get truely nasty .. they'll do what they have to.