geekgeek: "Looking for racism where none actually exists is the most insidious form of racism"

I wonder what those who call for English to be reformed (getting rid of gendered nouns and the like) since language perpetuates and entrenches stereotypes would think of other languages where all nouns are gendered, and even the articles too (eg French, German).

Curious that sexist though those languages are, countries where those are the dominant language are not appreciably more sexist than those in which English reigns.

Some people just have too much time and want to see daggers where there are none.


Xephyris: "reform english, that's a good one
you might as well try to play a game of whackamole with infinite levels and try to beat hte last boss"

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That said:

F**K it: 2 years ago, in 2004, I witness something even more drastic. It did not shock me but instead confirms all the whispering of ‘racial intolerance’ that has been going on for ages.

I remembered it happened during the Linkin’ Park Concert at the Padang. I was trying to catch a glimpse with 4 of my friends at the railings of the Supreme Court, along with many other people.

Mid-way through the event, we heard an arguement behind us. 2 young Malay males were arguing with a middle-aged Chinese woman with 2 kids. She was warning him not to smoke and blow smoke into her face. The 2 Malay males argued and blew some more smoke. The woman warned them again, pointing her finger at them. Then all hell broke loose. One of the Malay guy started to whack her, hitting her, head, back and all. She fell to the ground with a thug and was bleeding. The Malay kicked her like a dog when she was on the ground. It happened so fast and all 4 of us could only watch in shock. Suddenly all the rest of the people who were watchin the concert ran away, leaving only the 4 of us. When we tried to intervene, the attacker shouted ‘Fucking Chinese’ and challenged us. I never forget those words. It was then we realised that he had attacked the woman with a nail clipper, the sharp knife extended.

When he walked away, he scolded the woman ‘Fucking Chinese Bitch’, then kicked her again and spit at her. Her 2 kids were so scared and were hiding in another corner.

I will never forget this incident and I really wished that I had intervene sooner.

Racial harmony my foot! It’s people like these who are creating all this shit that makes us stare at each other with contempt.

Kudos to all those cowards who ran away at the time of this incident. All of u are deservingly pieces of shit.

jadeite: That’s horrendous!!

Why didn’t I ever hear about all these things happening in Singapore??

Me: That’s because Singapore is a harmonious, multi-racial country. Thanks to restrictions on freedom of speech, we do not have racial riots. Everything is perfect here, but the moment we have freedom of speech we’ll have riots and everyone will die.

Things like this and happy slapping only happen in the immoral and decadent West, where liberalism reigns unchecked. Giving people too many human rights results in racial and other violence. No such problem in Singapore.