Muslims are like Americans
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The Islamic world is I would imagine equal to the American world (including all it's wannabes) so does that mean there is an Islamic Hollywood?
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Is Bollywood Muslim, Hindu, or Indian with no religious affiliations? :confused:
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David Wulff wrote: Both are grossly missinterpreted by the world's non-inclusive press and seem to be doing very little to counter this on a global level. We need an Islamic version of the Simpsons to help sway the scales. The only difference being that in the movies the Americans are always the good guys and the Islams are always raving lunatics hell bent on global destruction. Nice.
Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South AfricaColin Davies wrote: ...can you imagine a John Simmons stalker !
I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can think of only one that portrayed Arabs as terrorists. That was "True Lies" with Arnold S. How many can you name? Most seem to have German, Eastern European or Chinese wackos causing the trouble. And the good guys are often as likely to be British (James Bond) as American. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
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Is Bollywood Muslim, Hindu, or Indian with no religious affiliations? :confused:
I knew it would end badly when I first met Chris in a Canberra alleyway and he said 'try some - it won't hurt you'..... - Christian Graus on Code Project outages A moment of silence please. A programmer's best friend has passed beyond that great exception in the sky.... - Mark Conger on "The coffee m
Indian with no religious affiliations at all. :) Basically, the Americans have Hollywood, and so the "smart" chaps in Bombay (now called Mumbai), where most Indian movies are made, started calling their place "Bollywood". Bollywood is more the name of the Indian movie industry than the name of a place, as I suppose Hollywood is (the name of a place I mean). Not to be left behind, the Bengali movie industry (West Bengal is a state in India and Bengali is the language spoken in that state) calls itself "Tollywood", since most of the Bengali movie studios are situated in Tollygunj, a place in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. The Tamil movie industry (Tamil is the language spoken in Tamilnadu, another state in India) also calls itself Tollywood. Since most of the movies made in Bollywood are Hindi (the national language of India, has nothing to do with Hinduism, the religion), they could have called it Hollywood, if the name had not already been taken. :rolleyes: We love America, long live America. :) ;P
Regards,Rohit Sinha
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Indian with no religious affiliations at all. :) Basically, the Americans have Hollywood, and so the "smart" chaps in Bombay (now called Mumbai), where most Indian movies are made, started calling their place "Bollywood". Bollywood is more the name of the Indian movie industry than the name of a place, as I suppose Hollywood is (the name of a place I mean). Not to be left behind, the Bengali movie industry (West Bengal is a state in India and Bengali is the language spoken in that state) calls itself "Tollywood", since most of the Bengali movie studios are situated in Tollygunj, a place in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. The Tamil movie industry (Tamil is the language spoken in Tamilnadu, another state in India) also calls itself Tollywood. Since most of the movies made in Bollywood are Hindi (the national language of India, has nothing to do with Hinduism, the religion), they could have called it Hollywood, if the name had not already been taken. :rolleyes: We love America, long live America. :) ;P
Regards,Rohit Sinha
Aaah -thanks! John Lewis had a Bollywood display earlier in the year in Oxford St. All very colourful, but as usual, the place was uncomfortably crowded, so I didn't really stop to investigate. :)
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Righto, old chap. Those other people have really made a mess of things, I'd say. Pity they can't be as upright as the rest of us - stiff-upper lip and all that. Nasty things, stereotypes. Right then. Cheerio! -c ;)
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David Wulff wrote: Both are grossly missinterpreted by the world's non-inclusive press and seem to be doing very little to counter this on a global level. We need an Islamic version of the Simpsons to help sway the scales. The only difference being that in the movies the Americans are always the good guys and the Islams are always raving lunatics hell bent on global destruction. Nice.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaColin Davies wrote: ...can you imagine a John Simmons stalker !
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I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can think of only one that portrayed Arabs as terrorists. That was "True Lies" with Arnold S. How many can you name? Most seem to have German, Eastern European or Chinese wackos causing the trouble. And the good guys are often as likely to be British (James Bond) as American. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
Stan Shannon wrote: How many can you name? none. Regardz Colin J Davies
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You are the intrepid one, always willing to leap into the fray! A serious character flaw, I might add, but entertaining. Said by Roger Wright about me.
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I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can think of only one that portrayed Arabs as terrorists. That was "True Lies" with Arnold S. How many can you name? Most seem to have German, Eastern European or Chinese wackos causing the trouble. And the good guys are often as likely to be British (James Bond) as American. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
Stan Shannon wrote: How many can you name? Well, The Siege had Arabs as terrorists; but in the end it was the US military that looked the worst in it. I honestly don't think we've come anywhere near as close to demonizing Arabs as we did with the Russians back in the day; though what with all that's happening we might yet... Shog9 ------
Sitting in muddy water isn't such a bad life, if it ends after the first time... - Yoko Kanno, The Real Folk Blues
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Trollslayer wrote: I just heard a thud about 3 inches above your head.......... What on earth does that mean? I thought his statement was pretty fair.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaColin Davies wrote: ...can you imagine a John Simmons stalker !
Look at what the west has done to the arab countries to further their own ends :suss: Its about glass houses. Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can think of only one that portrayed Arabs as terrorists. That was "True Lies" with Arnold S. How many can you name? Most seem to have German, Eastern European or Chinese wackos causing the trouble. And the good guys are often as likely to be British (James Bond) as American. "Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art." Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
Stan Shannon wrote: but I can think of only one that portrayed Arabs as terrorists Try Police Squad 3 - Leslie Neilsen, Priscilla Preseley etc. That had a dream sequence taken from the Untouchables, but the bad guys were shown as Arabs. Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
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Stan Shannon wrote: but I can think of only one that portrayed Arabs as terrorists Try Police Squad 3 - Leslie Neilsen, Priscilla Preseley etc. That had a dream sequence taken from the Untouchables, but the bad guys were shown as Arabs. Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Trollslayer wrote: Try Police Squad 3 - Leslie Neilsen, Priscilla Preseley etc. Now that was an awsome series of movies ...completly un-politicaly correct. The first one had one of my favorite movie quotes ever. L.Neilsen: Nice Beaver. P.Preseley: Thanks, I just had it stuffed last week. Fill me with your knowledge, your wisdom, your coffee.
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Both are grossly missinterpreted by the world's non-inclusive press and seem to be doing very little to counter this on a global level. We need an Islamic version of the Simpsons to help sway the scales.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
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That's it, Dave. You go and offend the two groups of people on this earth most likely to own guns.... Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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Trollslayer wrote: Try Police Squad 3 - Leslie Neilsen, Priscilla Preseley etc. Now that was an awsome series of movies ...completly un-politicaly correct. The first one had one of my favorite movie quotes ever. L.Neilsen: Nice Beaver. P.Preseley: Thanks, I just had it stuffed last week. Fill me with your knowledge, your wisdom, your coffee.
Yes, but the joke is lost unless you explain the situation.... ( she's on a ladder, he's looking up and as he says it and she replies, she passes down a stuffed beaver ). Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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That's it, Dave. You go and offend the two groups of people on this earth most likely to own guns.... Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Oh my, I hadn't thought of it like that! :eek: ** David packs his bags and gets on the first flight to Belguim (no one knows it really exists, so he'll be safe there) **
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Yes, but the joke is lost unless you explain the situation.... ( she's on a ladder, he's looking up and as he says it and she replies, she passes down a stuffed beaver ). Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Christian Graus wrote: Yes, but the joke is lost unless you explain the situation.... :) You got me there. Still it is fun to use your imagination. Chris Fill me with your knowledge, your wisdom, your coffee.
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Oh my, I hadn't thought of it like that! :eek: ** David packs his bags and gets on the first flight to Belguim (no one knows it really exists, so he'll be safe there) **
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David Wulff wrote: Belguim (no one knows it really exists Glad to see I'm not the only one who has come to this conclusion. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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David Wulff wrote: Belguim (no one knows it really exists Glad to see I'm not the only one who has come to this conclusion. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Christian Graus wrote: Glad to see I'm not the only one who has come to this conclusion. Not at all - in fact, you have stumbled onto the horrifying Truth: http://zapatopi.net/belgium.html[^] Shog9 ------
Sitting in muddy water isn't such a bad life, if it ends after the first time... - Yoko Kanno, The Real Folk Blues
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David Wulff wrote: Belguim (no one knows it really exists Glad to see I'm not the only one who has come to this conclusion. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Belgians are a lot like Hobbits, quietly and happily getting on with their daily routines with not a care in the world. One day though evil men from the west (the French) will invade them for their fine chocolate, and rape and pillage all they see, imposing their self-interest on the poor natives and abusing their spirits. Poor Brussels will be raised to the ground. :(( And then one day a group of stout Belgian companions will return from the wars in the Middle East and expel the invaders, liberating their forgotten country once again. Then they will eat, drink and be merry, before dismounting from their high horses and moving back into their muddy holes.
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
David Wulff Born and Bred.
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Look at what the west has done to the arab countries to further their own ends :suss: Its about glass houses. Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?
Trollslayer wrote: Look at what the west has done to the arab countries to further their own ends Ummmm.... what? Making billionaire Saudis and Kuwaitis was a bad thing?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation. - David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
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Christian Graus wrote: Glad to see I'm not the only one who has come to this conclusion. Not at all - in fact, you have stumbled onto the horrifying Truth: http://zapatopi.net/belgium.html[^] Shog9 ------
Sitting in muddy water isn't such a bad life, if it ends after the first time... - Yoko Kanno, The Real Folk Blues
Are you somewhat enigmatically suggesting that because the URL does not exist, neither does Belgium ? Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 Hey, at least Logo had, at it's inception, a mechanical turtle. VB has always lacked even that... - Shog9 04-09-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002