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Oh god.... Robowookies????

"Holding Chewie's severed head." I laughed in approval.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
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You're welcome, guys.

Not available for viewing in my country, ass.

Fix this at once.

North Korea?

We do not refer to our country as North Korea, jerk. But yes.

I hear you're led by a benevolent god-king.

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Anyway anyone else seen Iron Man 3?

Not as action packed as The Avengers but it was cool.

Bar keep,here is a small token of my hospitality... choking him w/the Force...
You clean up the mess...I'm just passing through....

I pose this question to RH and maybe Gideon, Nai and Janus if they come here anymore. Alternatively I can post this on Janus' forum but nobody ever goes there. Anyways, what do you think is more prevalent in today's world: homophobia or anti Semitism? And why? I ask this question because recently NBA player Jason Collins came out as gay and I didn't have a problem with it, I had a problem with the spectacle of him coming out and the media blowing up over it. Hopefully my ignorant days are gone and I just want to understand the other side before formulating an argument or what not. I am of the personal belief that your bedroom antics should stay private. I don't think most people care what their friends or teammates do in the bedroom so to come out publically and in an ESPN issue no less, seems like overkill. What am I missing?

Haven't put too much thought or research into it but I'm willing to bet that homophobia is the far more prevalent of the two. Subconsciously, casually and more overtly.

Yeah, I don't even understand Anti-Semitism. It's even more stupid than Homophobia, at least that has the 'ew dudes kissing' factor. Jews are just normal dudes and dudettes who believe in a certain religion. Whats with the hate?

See I'm under the impression that anti Semitism is still vastly more prevalent than homophobia, and will continue to be so in the near future.

Well you know there's the whole Muslim vs Jew thing in the middle east, which is called Anti-Semitism.

Although not sure why there's a word that's deemed really bad for hating Jews but no such word exists for hating any other religions.

I think it's because Jews are classified as a race so that technicality makes it closer to Racism.

Anti-semitism isn't as big now as it was before. Anti-Semitism is like a "celebrity hate" thing, in the sense that hating jews is something a lot of people make jokes about, or talk about. But in reality, the majority of people (in America at least), don't really give a shit about jews. Most people don't meet a jewish person and get uncomfortable. Hell, most people don't even recognize a jew when they see one, or make a distinction. In America, if someone introduces themselves as "Mr. Roskowitz", your first thought isn't "omg, it's a jew". Jews are just one more brand of white person.

Homophobia is different, though. When someone is obviously gay, or they come out, that notion sticks with a lot of people. It's something they'll remember about you, like it's one of your defining traits or something.

In the Middle East, anti-semitism can be pretty strong, yeah. But so is homophobia, and while anti-semitism is far less common outside of the ME, homophobia isn't.

The thing is, anti Semitism is pretty common outside the ME and much less common in America, while homophobia is much less common outside the middle east but I guess more common in America.

Could that be because homosexuality is rigorously stamped out and repressed in much of the ME? Can't be homophobic if there are no homosexuals.

I can't believe I'm the only one nerdy enough to remember this but...

May the Fourth be with you all!

Antisemitism had its day. Queers, however, are still by and large unjustly persecuted in the land of the free.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
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Man, my roommates are going to b1tch. Anyone check out the pretty sweet footage of Battlefront 3 released a few days ago? Something like an hour+ in length.