No, I am asking you to prove that Nigerian gangs were in South Africa during apartheid. Your links have failed to do so thus far.



Where? Your link has only shown that the Nigerian's played a role as peace keepers and helped bring about the end of apartheid. Your other link has shown that Nigerian gangs were in South Africa in the 1990's, decades after apartheid was over.



You proved what? That Nigerians were in the area? My 'map contradiction' was supposed to pose the question of why the movie chose Nigerian gangs would travel across the continent.





No, I am asking you to show me, through your links and quotes, where Nigerians came to South Africa and committed atrocities against the apartheid blacks.




If your argument is only that there were gangs in South Africa in apartheid, then there is no argument. If this is the case, my original argument still stands that they were stupid to choose blacks to be the gangs and to portray them as animalistic and barbaric - regardless of whether or not it was true. Why? Because the movie used metaphors for all other key players and factions to represent their point, and failed to do so for the most important part of the moral (for this movie), the black culture.





I went from asking you to give me proof that Nigerians were in South Africa, committing atrocities during apartheid. I used the Chile / Mexico metaphor to show how far apart the two countries were... literally across the continent.




Again, you convoluted the argument, and argue things that I never have said or contradicted. I know there are tribal beliefs in Africa, I know Nigerians have practiced them. But why add it to a movie when it only detracts from the theme?


Again, whether or not they were basing the characteristics on reality is beside the point and irrelevant. It would be like making a movie about Jews during World War II, showing the encampments and then juxtaposing pictures and video of dead Palestinian children with Israeli soldiers standing and bombs dropped around them. You could point to historical fact or evidence all day, but the fact remains that any moral set up through the movie would be torn down by the contrasting images. This should not be that difficult of a concept to grasp. I think your views on blacks is clouding your ability to see simple analogies.



There just are no words... it's like arguing with a two year old.



I brought up geography because you seem to think that all black people are the same. Oh, some stuff happened in Liberia, so it must be true throughout the continent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rncKWjakorA&feature=channel_page

Title of that is: Albinos being murdered for voodoo rituals in Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmrkTi3EHqk
This one is: The Cannibals' War - Liberia

http://www.heretical.com/cannibal/congo1.html
Where? the Congo? Yeah... that's South Africa alright!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1199985/Now-goes-trial-Africas-cannibal-despot-Charles-Taylor-finally-just-deserts.html
Liberia? Hmm.. I guess they all are the same after all!


Forget it Lexi. All you've done in this thread (moreso the PMs) has been to solidify my beliefs that you are a racist... and that you don't even know what it is. I still love you though, and I'm sure baby Jesus does too.

 

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So they should have shown.. white gangs practicing voo doo eating the aliens?

And no.. u states that the movie picked on black people by showing the gangs in there as ruthless barbarians... i said each race has it's own john walkers...

and the links were showing u canabals.. and what they practice... which is what was practiced in that movie.. primitive voo doo... that involves canabalism...

i doubt they could use asians or russians in that theme and it would make much sense.. yeah.. dr chang... in africa? wtf lol.

perhaps u are the racist.. sharpton.. jackson.. rev wright.. and altra... boo hoo another movie 'da brotha' gets mocked in... (in his natural habitat btw), how dare they show that on tv?

coulda been flint.. woulda been the same...

not racist.. just go down the ruins of detroit.. bring a camcorder.. same thing.

you're arguement is that in this movie of anti racism they portrayed blacks as dirty thus being racist in itself.. had they been white or yellow or dark tan would u have still bitched so much about it? perhaps this was not a movie about racism like u made it out to be, but rathers a weak man going through a traumatic change to sacrifice himself for a people he hates... like.. the last samurai? or was that racist to cuz it showed asians working on rice fields?

you're the one who went into this movie not knowing what to expect and came out crying for 10 acres and a mule.

"Theme of the movie - wikipedia"
Like Alive in Joburg, the short film it's based on, District 9's setting is inspired by historical events that took place in South Africa during the apartheid, with the film's title particularly referencing District Six. District Six, an inner-city residential area in Cape Town was declared a "whites only" area by the government in 1966, with 60,000 people forcibly removed and relocated to Cape Flats, 25 kilometres away, for the next several decades.[4] The film also seems to refer to contemporary evictions and forced removals to new ghettos in post-apartheid South Africa.[5] This includes the high profile attempted force removal of Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Cape Town to Temporary Relocation Areas in Delft and evictions in the shack settlement where the film was actually shot.[6]

The theme of racism and xenophobia is reflected in the use of the word "prawn" to describe the aliens. The term "prawn" is used as a derogatory reference to the Parktown prawn, a king cricket species considered a plague in South Africa.[7] While the film clearly bears this social and cultural relevance, however, Copley said it wasn't the main focus in the work, and you could even miss it, but it would still work at an unconscious level.[8]

- so u focus on whats not even meant to be the theme.

also.. some are saying that district 9 is i the same time line as district six because in the movie they mention the destruction by prawns of the *noovoyu chapel* (which is the name of the district six museum and dedication area...

so IF that is true.. perhaps htis movie just shows life and people as a full circle? like in the alien nation world where basically racism in the world died and they pointed their disgust to a new race? perhaps the theme is that there will always be hate, crime, and intolerance no matter what and history repeats itself?


again - soorry for typo's in wintergrasp atm

 

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* Main Entry: rac·ism
* Pronunciation: \'ra-?si-z?m also -?shi-\
* Function: noun
* Date: 1933

1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

You, my friend, are a racist. Can I post your PM?



Also, you seem to have some trouble with reading comprehension.

 

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why bother, just look at my site...

also while you are at it.. look how much i poke at paris hilton, the kardassian family, brittney spears, and the multitude of other whites...

matter of fact.. i doubt there is 1 race i haven't mocked in some way...

but omg.. i pick on blacks.. and it's over? LOL..

u sir are the racist.. i, pick on everyone equally and never hide the fact that i do.. i believe it's publicly shown in my signature and i do nothing to censor myself?

gj pointing out that i pick on people... but instead of just QQ'ing for the hoods.. how about u take up the mantle for the dozens of others out there? be an equal opportunist son.

oh also... i don't think my race is inherent superior... not with the trash amongst it.. i vote asian tbh LOL.. oh i also pick on people for their religious beliefs... i mean.. come on.. wanna break apart mormans? heh.

point being.. i pick on everyone... what u have in your pm is nothing compared to what i've sent ot many people about every race.. again.. it's all in my sig pal, i hide nothing. do u?

 

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When you have an issue with someone because of their skin color, that makes you a racist. It doesn't redeem you simply because other people piss you off too. Sorry, but nice try!

 

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skin color, religious beliefs, hair color, skin tone, speech, accent, boob size, height, hair length, smell.. i hate people for many many many reasons... hell i even hate people born in utah for no reason... just that i hate utah..

again.. nice try..

what's your point honestly? getting your post count up by pointing things out that i never hide? that i hate a lot of people for many reasons?

hurry up.. im about to chill and watch planet of the apes tonight... i like the old ones not the new ones.. to.. tim burtany for me..

anyways .. i adore u.. u r fun to play with when fishing in wow lol... hope your nite is well.. with love...

me

tomorrow i go see harry potter world hehe at islands of adventures.. its not open yet but i get to walk around <3

 

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Just annoying that you're obviously a racist and yet you can't admit it.
Even more annoying is that I didn't bring up race as an issue, you did. You seem to not get over the fact that it was part of the movie, so I can't talk about it at all apparently without going all 'Sharpton.' So you keep arguing the same points over and over again, that never were even an issue... why bother actually discussing the movie any more? It's more fun to see you try to argue semantics.

 

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from the man who made the movie

The theme of racism and xenophobia is reflected in the use of the word "prawn" to describe the aliens. The term "prawn" is used as a derogatory reference to the Parktown prawn, a king cricket species considered a plague in South Africa.[7] While the film clearly bears this social and cultural relevance, however, Copley said it wasn't the main focus in the work, and you could even miss it, but it would still work at an unconscious level.[8]

perhaps u are focusing on the racism part..? it's not the main focus as he said.. and about his movie -i'd say he > u

anyways baby cakes... im theme park hopping tommorow to disney and universal parks.. ill be sure to tell the lady during the jungle cruise to replace the black spear throwing cannibal's with white people to make altra happy.

behave baby cakes!

 

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You dont have to replace them with whites.. just add some white spear chucking cannibals in with them.. although im sure they would screw it up and show the white people eating the other humans with a knife and fork.

Hannibal Lector had good table side manners while eating that cop dudes brain haha. He even was polite enough to give him a piece of it haha.

 

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