"Who cares?"
... Well gee Buch, you sure seem to! A lot!
"Zen Bones, you have the IQ of a child."
... Aww, that's sweet of you to say but I can tell from your anger that you let that one get away from you because, well Buch; people's IQs are tested when they're children! Mine was tested when I was eleven. It was and still is 130.
"This is a British movie focusing on British people and if your tiny little brain doesn't realise this, British is not a race. British is not a colour, and British is not an ethnicity."
... Actually Buch, I'm afraid that being British IS an ethnicity, not to be confused with race. Ethnicity has to do with cultural as well as ancestral and genetic background. For example, Chiwetel Ejiofor's race is African, and his ethnicity is British. Charles Bukowski's (no relation I assume!) race is Caucasian and his ethnicity is German-American. Do you see now?
Good!
And yes, I do realise that this was a British movie. It's not like I could forget that for a second!
"Your example above about Katrina is completely retarded and lacks even the slightest trace of sarcasm or humour."
... It's called an allegory, Buch.
"completely retarded"... "tiny little brain" -- I haven't heard phrases like that since second grade! Unfortunately Buch, most second grade teachers would correct you by explaining to you that phrases such as "tiny little" are redundant, and one is either 'retarded' or 'severely retarded'. But I can tell you're a little excited; it's okay.
Do you think that the British people who died in Thailand mean nothing?
... Did I say that? Nooo! Sounds like you're making assumptions there! You might want to read my post again, Buch!
"Who the f.u c.k do you think you are to deny these innocent people their story?
... I didn't say that they didn't have a right to have their story told. Seems like you're jumping to conclusions again, Buch! It sounds like you have some anger management problems there too. Better watch the ol’ blood pressure!
"You selfish waste of a *beep* life. Britain has nothing to do with your Asian American small penis *beep* You're not British and thank God for that."
... Mmmmm, you sound so butch when you say that Buch! Do you have penis fixation, Buch? I'm just curious since you assume I have one and that it's Asian-American. There you go, jumping to conclusions again! It's okay if you do have a penis fixation but really, I'm not Asian and I'm not British. I am an atheist so you'll have to cover the thanking of God for that, although if I did believe in God I think She would have not given a fig what my nationality is. If She meant it to be important, She would have drawn all the borderlines around each country as we have it today (would have saved human beings a hell of a lot of problems all these years!).
I AM in fact a human being – believe it or not, Buch – and I feel that since the majority of people who were killed in Thailand were Thai, and thousands of them lost their homes and families and jobs, the series should have given more weight to their personal plights. The very fact that so many westerners don't even see how unbalanced the Thai side of the story is, shows how marginalized people outside our own western culture are to us. I was hoping the Katrina allegory would open people's minds to how things look from other points of view but alas; one must have to WANT to empathize with those who are different. I'd say that in that way, the title of this topic is quite fitting. "Racist" doesn't necessarily mean the KKK or Nazis; it can simply mean a total inability for one to empathize with or care about those who have a different background than one's own.
BTW, this is a joint British-American production between the BBC and HBO films (I think HBO Films is located in New York but it's essentially under the Hollywood umbrella). They could have made a film like the Killing Fields, giving BOTH the Asian and Western stories equal weight, but they didn't. That was a choice, and in my opinion (which believe it or not Buch, I'm entitled to have), I think it was a bad choice.
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