| From: | "Paolo Falco (FoxMaster)" <Falco@****.IT> |
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| Subject: | Re: Stereotyping and NAGTTW |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Oct 1996 19:25:28 +0200 |
Stereotyping and NAGTTW:
> I agree with the idea of not being to stereotypical.
I Don't. Im fragging getting tired of this political correctness that
states that you should not be stereotypical therefore sterotypizing
the not being stereotypical thing. I hate it! And I think you should
notice that when I mention stereotypes I _always_ assume a VERY
joking tone, and this is because while stereotypes are fun (how many
jokes do you know about poles/italians/scottish/belgians/whatever?),
they are NOT a good thing in real life. But this is not real life,
this is a game, and games are meant to be fun, and if you think that
australia=kangaroos, then (as long as you don't actually _believe_
it) you can have some good fun on that, while still retaining some
sense of decency by mentioning that you should NOT confuse Australia
with Kangaroos. But then, the person that said that he knows some
americans think that all australians have kangaroos in their
backyards, is he not seriously relegating americans to the "stupid"
stereotype? SO, please, let's cut the crap on stereotypes, at least
until you have seriously nderstood what a stereotype is and why it
EXISTS (after all, it was BORN from something, wasn't it?), and, more
important, why you still sterotype every day others while you absolutely
do not stand it when it comes to stereotyping yourself.
> But please note that the KIWI is not an australian bird, but one of
> New Zealands native birds. I'm not sure if who ever mentioned the
> kiwi was aware of this fact
Here's the excerpt from my original mail:
> > I am not an aussie (did you notice?), but I *expect* from any serious
> > australian article to have at least an awakened form of Kangaroo and a
> > frorm of awakened Platypus! :) Not to mention awakened kiwis (OK, OK,
> > that's not australia, but so what? If the awakened kiwi can fly... :),
> > awakened Tasmanian devils (Any tasmanians out there?)...
Did you notice a little bit of the thing the Romantics (the '800
literary movement, not the heart-shaped chocolate box type) called
"WITZ"? Maybe you should read mails more carefully, and perhaps even
get some sense of humor (taht goes also, and perhaps even more to the
guy that was so enraged to the stereotype stuff, whose name is not
worth remembering).
Please, please, please. I escaped ShadowRN because of the whole
stereotype affair. Let's not start it here, eh? If you don't want to
do awakened kangaroos because you think they're too BANAL, that's OK
with me. It's your article, after all. But you cannot simply say it's
"stereotypical". It's just too darn short-sighted!
You LIVE in a aworld of stereotypes, don't escape them! MAKE FUN OF
THEM!
> [Its not meant to sound like a flame :)].
Mine neither.
> "Everything I said could be a lie, but then again I could be lying"
I was lying too.
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