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Chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them
Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
I'm personally responsible for all global warming
Spot on mate. Which is a piss poor way to carry on. Like I said, he's a right div.
Chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them
Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
I'm personally responsible for all global warming
If an individual thinks racist thoughts, never shares them, and then questions why they think this way and works out their problem individually, then they can make that determination to my mind. It would be rare but it is not impossible.
As well as thinking about the damage and chaos that an emotion like revenge can reek I think he was also trying to articulate something around redemption. That we are all capable of vile and hateful thoughts and feelings but that it's the unprocessed acting out on these that is so dangerous. If one is able to think about, discuss, understand, process these things into their rightful place (or you're lucky like he was and time passing helped), at the cost of guilt and shame there can be redemption and better relations. It's not that we should be, or think, that we are all the same, but that we should learn to love/respect the difference.
Clapton, who's been a lot less communicative on the matter, went through something similar in the '70's. We all have these terrible thoughts from time to time. By exposing them to the world and not pretending that they don't exist (like 99.99% of Hollywood) they can be given no place to hide and fester and be acted upon.
I disagree.
There is a whole school of thought that says black people can't be racist. Read this if you want:
https://www.pambazuka.org/governance/black-people-can’t-be-racist
When Craig David went to American and was told by "Black" radio stations to get rid of his white guitarist, that is racist - at least to me beholding it as a white guitarist. To people like the one who wrote that article who are beholding it, it can't possibly be racism, as black people cannot possibly ever be racist.
It can't just be in the eye of the beholder. There has to be an absolute definition of racism. Ultimately, it has to be about the attitude of the individual. I say attitude rather than actions, as some people might have a racist attitude, but it may not be obvious from their outward actions.
If someone held racist views in the past, and genuinely renounced those views, then an external party can't see inside their head to say they are now still a racist.
If this does kill his career it creates a window of opportunity for someone in the "elderly tough guy resolves hostage situation, often on public transport" genre.
Denzel? Maybe JCVD if budget's a problem?
Living and being brought up in Northern Ireland I can see where Liam's thoughts and attitude comes from. This country is steeped in racism, homophobia, xenophobia and bigotry - look at the DUP. I think the chances of Liam having seen a non-white person, or even having met a non Northern Irish person, before having left Northern Ireland would have been incredibly slim. Just think about that for a second.
There are groups of people who don't even like each other and they are from the same areas and are white.
Another thing is that some of us have a laugh at the likes of MD Phillips, Richards Guitars and make threads taking the piss out of eBay listings and it seems to be ok. But when an actor makes one misguided remark, that gets taken out of context, then some on here get all offended about it. Stinks of hypocrisy to me.
What he said was outrageous and the strong response is entirely justified. Anyone suggesting it’s just the ‘outraged, pc-brigade’ who are criticising him is deluded.
The point being made was, nobody is an angel, and we've all thought about or done things that we've regretted, or haven't been proud of. Most people choose to keep it as their dirty little secret, wrapped up and tucked away, so that we never have to expose to the world who we really are.
It takes courage and honesty to admit something like this, especially when he had nothing to gain from it, and everything to lose.
These are common thoughts and feelings. I think Liam Neeson was in extremis and not so common but perhaps we are all capable of that - there not being too much difference between wishing to kill someone even of a certain race and wishing to see someone wrap themselves round a tree further down the road. They're all really crazy thoughts brought on by anger. But that's the thing, we're not always thinking and acting rationally and that's why it does us good to think about it rather than deny it, otherwise it can creep up and get out of hand. What's remarkable is that Liam Neeson has been so honest to admit and talk about it. He knows these thoughts and actions were wrong. He's horrified by them now.
I suppose what I'm saying is we're all racist at some level (at least unconsciously because of how we're brought up etc.) but it's how we understand and manage that which is important. John Barnes knows this. The points above about being raised in N.I.are also very salient and relevant to this too.
Oh for chrissakes!! He said how ashamed he was and shocked he was, that he could feel that way. People should back off and move on.
How many times have any of us done something we are ashamed of, or that has shocked you? I imagine we all have. Admitting it and recognising it is the best way (IMO) to deal with it. That way, you would hope you'd move on from being like that and be "a better person".
I honestly think the whole outrage is the unfortunate condition of todays' media (social and otherwise) propelled righteous indignation that makes people feel affirmed and morally better than other people.
perspective: 40 years ago he got so enraged by the rape of a friend that he decided to go on a racist hunt, radged up and ready for it. 40 years later he is talking about it and how ashamed and shocked he was at the whole thing. Are people not allowed to acknowledge their failings and deal with them?
Big deal. Really.
I know, I know it’s awful nowadays how people get called out for being racist or sexist isn’t it? It was much better back in the day when you could do it with impunity. You know what it is? It’s political correctness gone mad I tell you.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!