Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - the whole dog thing is getting out of control.

Somenosuke · 06-17-2003, 08:38 PM

Sigh.

I don't have anything to say that hasn't already been said, except one thing.

Can we PLEASE forget for 5 minutes that a large number of violent dog owners happen to be of a certain ethnic origin? We know this. It's been beaten into the ground as far as I'm concerned, and really, I am tired of hearing it. I know people love to complain about being PC and shit, but what's so hard about just recognizing that people are just human instead of "Oh, that chinese dude over there fell off his bike and broke his 4 front teeth!" or "That white girl tries to act black" or "That fat chick sure does eat a hell of a lot!"

The sooner we get away from our constant need to label people and put them in sections and groups, the better off we'll be, in my humble opinion. It just seems to me that every time someone mentions something bad a few people in a certain group do, we get the incident of the whole group of people being painted with the shitty broad brush of stereotype.

06-17-2003, 08:38 PM	#30 (permalink)
Somenosuke Insane Location: The 7th Level..	Aw lord.. Sigh. I don't have anything to say that hasn't already been said, except one thing. Can we PLEASE forget for 5 minutes that a large number of violent dog owners happen to be of a certain ethnic origin? We know this. It's been beaten into the ground as far as I'm concerned, and really, I am tired of hearing it. I know people love to complain about being PC and shit, but what's so hard about just recognizing that people are just human instead of "Oh, that chinese dude over there fell off his bike and broke his 4 front teeth!" or "That white girl tries to act black" or "That fat chick sure does eat a hell of a lot!" The sooner we get away from our constant need to label people and put them in sections and groups, the better off we'll be, in my humble opinion. It just seems to me that every time someone mentions something bad a few people in a certain group do, we get the incident of the whole group of people being painted with the shitty broad brush of stereotype. __________________ Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. Yes is the answer.