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  1. #21
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    This is racist, I don't find it funny at all.

    can we get this thread locked or deleted? it just asking for trouble IMO.
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    Last edited by Molly_Millions; 05-07-2011 at 06:24 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
    Is it funny because it's more than mildly racist?
    If it was a white character no one would call it racist and it would still be funny. This has nothing to do with racism it's just funny. All it's doing is mocking a stereotype, which isn't racist, it's stereotypical.
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  3. #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xeno View Post
    If it was a white character no one would call it racist and it would still be funny. This has nothing to do with racism it's just funny. All it's doing is mocking a stereotype, which isn't racist, it's stereotypical.
    Taken from the Oxford Dictionary

    racism(rac·ism)
    Pronunciation:/ˈrāˌsizəm, /
    noun
    the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race

    stereotype(ster·e·o·type)
    Pronunciation:/ˈsterēəˌtīp, ˈsti(ə)r-, /
    noun
    a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

    So it is a racist stereotype
    A black character named "Black Phro" wanting crack, asking for guns and referencing prison life...
    I can see how you would dismiss this as not being racist...
    /fail
    thats directed at that character, this thread, and your post
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    Quote Originally Posted by LlenCoram View Post
    On Lindblum we have a guy named Anchorlet Arcsubligar. This man is a fashion god. Just seeing him brightens your day.
    He's a lamer, not a fashion man XD
    He voke NMs and then starts /dancing, he fishes at the tavern door in uldah, he's always naked in the bottom part of his body... i'm better, definitely <.<
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
    Taken from the Oxford Dictionary

    racism(rac·ism)
    Pronunciation:/ˈrāˌsizəm, /
    noun
    the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race

    stereotype(ster·e·o·type)
    Pronunciation:/ˈsterēəˌtīp, ˈsti(ə)r-, /
    noun
    a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

    So it is a racist stereotype
    A black character named "Black Phro" wanting crack, asking for guns and referencing prison life...
    I can see how you would dismiss this as not being racist...
    /fail
    thats directed at that character, this thread, and your post
    /comprehensionfail
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rydin View Post
    Taken from the Oxford Dictionary

    racism(rac·ism)
    Pronunciation:/ˈrāˌsizəm, /
    noun
    the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race

    stereotype(ster·e·o·type)
    Pronunciation:/ˈsterēəˌtīp, ˈsti(ə)r-, /
    noun
    a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

    So it is a racist stereotype
    A black character named "Black Phro" wanting crack, asking for guns and referencing prison life...
    I can see how you would dismiss this as not being racist...
    /fail
    thats directed at that character, this thread, and your post
    As an added note, the reference is not directed to a stereotype in-game, so it not just flavorful RP.
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  7. #27
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    I am finding this very amusing. Some people just have no sense of humor. Don't even try to argue with me, saying that you have a sense of humor because you don't. You just don't...
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    Piracy

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeppinoTuna View Post
    I am finding this very amusing. Some people just have no sense of humor. Don't even try to argue with me, saying that you have a sense of humor because you don't. You just don't...
    "Peppino muttered in an angry aside to the thread..."
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    Not offensive. Just plain not amusing.
    I even smile at Carlos Mencia sometimes. This is less funny than that.
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    I'm probably missing something as I don't find a black stereotype funny. Apologies but I don't find mild racism funny. I kind of agree this could do with locking, not really appropriate.

    Anchoret on the other hand deserves a thread of his own, he is pure awesome
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