Television – the Opiate of the Masses? (1517 hits)
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Submitted by Redskieslookfake (View user info) at 2006-03-02 08:59:38 EST
It is an oft repeated fact that no two countries with a democracy have ever engaged in war. This is probably not true, but I do know that no two sides who watch the Simpsons have engaged in war.
It is not religion that pacifies us and makes us as brothers, it is the overriding compulsion to repeat quotes from the Simpsons at one another, or to discuss who is the most attractive from Smallville (incidentally it was that girl who turned into a wolf.)
If you're in a pub with the match on, and you and the person next to you both shout obscenities at the same player there is a sense of shared emotion. If they think Jean Alain Boumsong is as bad as you, how can they possibly be anything but a sound bloke?
If you can laugh at the same thing (think Del Boy falling over in the wine bar in Only Fools and Horses), or both of you scowl when Steve Penk walks on screen, or even gaze in a semi-comatose state at the antics of those crazy Australians in Neighbours, then you have huge realms of shared history. This 'culture' is as good as Kofi Annan at letting two sides get on.
Now I'll start talking conspiracy. When shows get exported to other countries it is invasion. Oh sure, you may not object to loudly when most of the English TV channels are full of New York accents, or if Monty Python is repeated for the millionth time on a cable channel in Canada, but what this does is establish the same influences in our viewing habits.
Then you get the French and the Muslims objecting loudly to any influence on their television. Leaving aside the Muslim nation's objections for just a moment, focus on the French. Now French television is fairly awful. I don't think I'll hear many objections to that. The main TV company in France originally used to deal with the removal of sewage from French homes, and as the roads had already been ripped up, why not lay some fibre optics? The result is the company formerly responsible for taking shit away, now pipe it in. Is it any wonder that 'Allo 'Allo and Friends are dubbed and played there?
French radio is fairly anglocised as well (although the case for this is less sound when Kate Bush is played for the third time in an hour,) but the result is that the French know the words to old Beatles' songs as well as you do. And how can you really get into a war with someone who sings Yellow Submarine when they're drunk? War, what is it good for? Absolument rien.
What is of more interest is has this phenomenon brought us closer together, albeit by that ghastly term 'globalisation' or even, as some call it, 'americanisation?'
Sports, Soaps and Sex was the mantra of Channel 5 when it launched in Britain, and these are the very same things that dominate the tabloid press. These issues dominate the cultural sphere, and let us all leer at a page 3 model, or talk about the disgrace that is Tracey Slater (her voice, her face - ye gods), or shake our heads at the FA's decision to apparently consider Sam Allardyce as England manager.
Rupert Murdoch is the world's greatest humanitarian. He seeks to have us all cheer for our football teams, wank over the same soft core porn and talk about the same soaps (regardless of preferred language - not that anything of any worth is ever said!)
The not so subtle message pervading all of these things is to stop worrying so much and focus on these distractions. Look at the adverts on QVC. It's either 'labour saving device' or 'new game to entertain you.' So they want you to spend less time working, and more time watching the idiot box and playing Halo 2.
The film The Matrix is merely a commercialisation of the truth. Be content, it's easier to watch it on telly than it is to argue about it. As long as there are catfights on the screen, a shitty crossword to fill in and news about the latest transfer for your club, why care about politics? Politics is far duller than reading about two minor celebrities getting their tits out in a club and fighting over a footballer.
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Submitted by WhiteBearalicious (user info) at 2008-08-25 17:03:57 EDT (#)
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Don't cry JakeyBoy.
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-02-15 01:27:45 EST (#)
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This is a tremendously well conceived and written post.
thank you.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-02-15 01:12:48 EST (#)
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War, what is it good for? Absolument rien.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-02-10 16:15:39 EST (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:58:43 EDT (#)
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I actually found Brummies to be rather cold. There eyes spoke of pain and misery.
How are the HP Sauce riots going down there? Is blood running in the gutters? Brown blood.
oooh - race riots reference there
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:54:22 EDT (#)
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The people of Birmingham may not be pretty or charming but their hearts are warm and their eyes are always pointed forward.
"I've dropped me kevvin Bovril!"
-Unamed West Bromwich fan
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:45:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:37:24 (#)
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Now steady on there are... 2, perhaps 3 as there might be one on broad street I'd forgotten about but I doubt that as there is one next to the libary.
Books & fast food, simple reasoning there.
Birmingham, like all English townships, feeds it's inner city populace with kebab shops in the evening and Subways in the daytime. Dervel will attest that there are more Subways in Brum than anywhere else in the UK. Everyone in Birmingham is obese except for me though.
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Excellent! Then we are agreed
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:37:24 EDT (#)
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Now steady on there are... 2, perhaps 3 as there might be one on broad street I'd forgotten about but I doubt that as there is one next to the libary.
Books & fast food, simple reasoning there.
Birmingham, like all English townships, feeds it's inner city populace with kebab shops in the evening and Subways in the daytime. Dervel will attest that there are more Subways in Brum than anywhere else in the UK. Everyone in Birmingham is obese except for me though.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:13:34 EDT (#)
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McPatriarchy?
Yar boo to you as well by the way.
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Birmingham has more McDonalds per square mile than anywhere else in the world. Fact.
That's what makes it so godless, and should, in time, eliminate all race crimes.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:09:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:01:28 (#)
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McDonalds = Democracy
It's inevitable
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McPatriarchy?
Yar boo to you as well by the way.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-06-05 08:01:28 EDT (#)
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McDonalds = Democracy
It's inevitable
Submitted by swedish_pump (user info) at 2006-06-05 07:59:26 EDT (#)
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It was the under the impression that, that particular adage ran something like this " no two countries with a Mcdonalds has ever fought a war" Maybe that scarier, or maybe i dreamt it.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-04-15 05:11:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-04-13 22:29:06 (#)
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Bertie could have written this.
I kid, I kid.
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Not without spelling where/were incorrectly throughout. And randomly saying "and when your going down on a laydeeeeeeee' a number of times. He'd probably end with something pithier too. So there.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-04-13 22:29:06 EDT (#)
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Bertie could have written this.
I kid, I kid.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-04-13 22:28:45 EDT (#)
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The great thing is that the people who view mass media as a distraction are fighting for the rights of the world's oppressed, presumably so that the oppressed can get a plasma TV and the complete Simpsons on DVD as well.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-04-04 09:33:00 EDT (#)
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Bizzie. First line.
It is an oft repeated fact that no two countries with a democracy have ever engaged in war. This is probably not true, but I do know that no two sides who watch the Simpsons have engaged in war.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2006-04-04 09:18:34 EDT (#)
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Umm...wasn't Hitler democratically elected?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-03 11:05:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-03 09:33:27 (#)
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Berty - this here is Ironhide. Tough, dependable, dull.
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Bow da dum,
cha cha cha, cha cha cha, cha cha cha, cha cha cha,
Bow da dum,
When I was younger, just a bad little kid,
My mama noticed funny things I did,
Like shootin' puppies with a B B gun
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done
I'd find a pussycat and bash in its head
That's when my mama said
[CRYSTAL, RONETTE, CHIFFON]
What did she say?
She said, "My boy, I think someday
You'll find a way
To make your natural tendencies pay...
You'll be a dentist!
You have a talent for causin' things pain
Son, be a dentist
People will pay you to be inhumane
Your temperament's wrong for the priesthood
And teaching would suit you still less
Son, be a dentist
You'll be a success
[CRYSTAL, RONETTE, CHIFFON]
Here he is, folks the leader of the plaque!
Watch him suck up that gas!
Oh, my god!
He's a dentist and he'll never ever be any good
Who wants their teeth done by the Marquis de Sade?
etc...
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-03 06:38:55 EST (#)
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http://www.catandgirl.com/view.php?loc=282
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-03 06:19:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-03-03 06:12:20 (#)
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On the French radio thing. There is a little bit of quality French stuff there, but I painfully recall, when driving about Paris in a death-trap of a car, the following playlist:
'Tropicalia' - Beck
'Barbie Girl' - Aqua
'The Fonz' - Smashmouth
'My Heart Will Go On' - Some Leggy Bitch
and finally, to top it all off
'Barbie Girl' - Aqua
What the cunt? This 5 track monstrosity had no adverts in between, and featured the dulcet tones of the (male) DJ singing along to 'Barbie Girl'.
FOR SHAME!
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Barbie girl twice in five songs? Truly that is evil
My memories of French radio are dominated by this cursed song.
She wanted to test her husband.
She knew exactly what to do:
A pseudonym to fool him.
She couldn't have made a worse move.
She sent him scented letters,
And he received them with a strange delight.
Just like his wife
But how she was before the tears,
And how she was before the years flew by,
And how she was when she was beautiful.
She signed the letter
All yours,
Babooshka, babooshka, babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, babooshka, babooshka-ya-ya!
She wanted to take it further,
So she arranged a place to go,
To see if he
Would fall for her incognito.
And when he laid eyes on her,
He got the feeling they had met before.
Uncanny how she
Reminds him of his little lady,
Capacity to give him all he needs,
Just like his wife before she freezed on him,
Just like his wife when she was beautiful.
He shouted out, i'm
All yours,
Babooshka, babooshka, babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, babooshka, babooshka-ya-ya!
All yours,
Babooshka, babooshka, babooshka-ya-ya!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2006-03-03 06:12:20 EST (#)
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On the French radio thing. There is a little bit of quality French stuff there, but I painfully recall, when driving about Paris in a death-trap of a car, the following playlist:
'Tropicalia' - Beck
'Barbie Girl' - Aqua
'The Fonz' - Smashmouth
'My Heart Will Go On' - Some Leggy Bitch
and finally, to top it all off
'Barbie Girl' - Aqua
What the cunt? This 5 track monstrosity had no adverts in between, and featured the dulcet tones of the (male) DJ singing along to 'Barbie Girl'.
FOR SHAME!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-03 05:28:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-03 05:17:14 (#)
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Just because his dad was a lobbyist for globablisation doesn't mean it was his idea. There is no conspiracy, just a rich family.
>>*Taps nose meaningfully to indicate a cunning Australian plan to steal the world's art and then feed it to poggles.*
The reason for it all was, as you correctly pointed out, to remove the need for war. To promote peace. Jesus Jake, after those two wars almost an entire generation of men were wiped out. Misery and suffering on a truly massive scale. Everyone just wanted it all to stop, to go away.
>>That could be my new name. Jesus Jake. I agree that perhaps this New World isn't so bad. I have nice things, the health service is ok and I'm reasonably happy. It's like the current political scene in the UK. It's dull as fuck. The only interesting thing is working out which Liberal Democrat is bumming who.
The powers that be wouldn't let it though, they wanted more war. So we had the Cold War, a long smouldering menace with war mongers throwing on petrol and the forces of reason throwing sand.
>>Maoist thought decries culture - the very grease that lets us all rub together. And the Soviet regime was based on the inevitable dialectical conflict that would end in Khrushchev's "Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!" They honestly thought that Western culture was diseased and needed cutting out. Certainly that is more neo-marxists assertion - and they're sort of right, it is a fungus coating everything and spreading like crazy. Still, without yeast we wouldn't have beer or stilton, and I'm sure we'll all agree that that would make life intolerable.
My point is that there are a lot, and I mean a vast quantity, of people involved in making the world as it is today. People who share similar global visions and goals but who live on opposite sides of the world and work in totally different theatres, be they in politcs or the media or whatever.
>>Globalisation is good for business. Everything is based on consumption, and that's not such a bad thing really.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-03 05:17:14 EST (#)
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Just because his dad was a lobbyist for globablisation doesn't mean it was his idea. There is no conspiracy, just a rich family.
The reason for it all was, as you correctly pointed out, to remove the need for war. To promote peace. Jesus Jake, after those two wars almost an entire generation of men were wiped out. Misery and suffering on a truly massive scale. Everyone just wanted it all to stop, to go away.
The powers that be wouldn't let it though, they wanted more war. So we had the Cold War, a long smouldering menace with war mongers throwing on petrol and the forces of reason throwing sand.
My point is that there are a lot, and I mean a vast quantity, of people involved in making the world as it is today. People who share similar global visions and goals but who live on opposite sides of the world and work in tottaly different theatres, be they in politcs or the media or whatever.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-03 04:49:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:32:17 (#)
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I agree. But I would say that all western cultures are so similar as to be identical and that any war would practically be a civil war.
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That's due to Murdoch though. He has clutched us all to his bony bosom and pointed towards the tv and ordained that we should watch it.
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That all happened long before Murdoch. It was after World War 2. The setting up of the international courts and international law and stuff and junk.
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AHA - Fallen into another of my cunning placed traps! Check out Rupert Murdoch's dad. He was a media mogul too, and just as much of a cunt. He wrote loads of stories about how Australian soldiers weren't getting a fair deal during WWII and placed pressure on govts. The press of Australia placed pressure on the British Govt to sort it out. Also, prior to Murdoch we had Northcliffe and the like pushing for globalisation.
Interestingly - look at Coca Cola - who were one of the earliest trans-national corporations, and how they invented Fanta to keep the Nazis happy. Fanta = Hitler's Favourite.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-03 04:37:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:49:55 (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:32:17 (#)
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I agree. But I would say that all western cultures are so similar as to be identical and that any war would practically be a civil war.
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That's due to Murdoch though. He has clutched us all to his bony bosom and pointed towards the tv and ordained that we should watch it.
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That all happened long before Murdoch. It was after World War 2. The setting up of the international courts and international law and stuff and junk.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-03 04:20:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-03-03 03:46:03 (#)
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Murdoch is the Anti-Christ.
Yet I still subscribe to his TV channels and buy his newspapers.
-Dave
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Ofcourse Davros! How else could you enjoy watching Newcastle beat Bolton? (Prediction 2:0)
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2006-03-03 03:46:03 EST (#)
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Murdoch is the Anti-Christ.
Yet I still subscribe to his TV channels and buy his newspapers.
-Dave
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:42:44 EST (#)
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Homer: There couldn't be heaven if there weren't a hell.
Bart: Who's in there?
Homer: Oh, uh ... Hitler's dog. And that dog Nixon had, whassisname, um,
Chester ...
Lisa: Checkers.
Homer: Yeah! One of the Lassies is in there, too. The mean one -- the
one that mauled Jimmy.
Dog of Death
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:30:19 EST (#)
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"It is not religion that pacifies us and makes us as brothers, it is the overriding compulsion to repeat quotes from the Simpsons"
After this line? Proposal accepted.
Selma: "But ... don't you love me?"
Troy McClure: "Sure I do! Like I love Fresca. Isn't that enough? The only difference between our marriage and any one else's is, we know ours is a sham!"
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2006-03-02 17:24:00 EST (#)
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D'oh! English! Who needs that? I'm never going to England. Come on,
let's smoke.
-- Homer Simpson, talking Barney into cutting class
The Way We Was
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 14:43:47 EST (#)
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I sit here, watching Eastenders and deciding that I would definitely do that Ruby lass. If she talked football afterwards, she'd be ideal.
Submitted by sinna (user info) at 2006-03-02 13:57:33 EST (#)
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Man, if I could get channel 5 I'd be pissed at you for ruining the soft core porn for me. But I don't, so I'm not worried.
Instead I'll quote Simpsons to you.
Step aside, everyone! Sensitive love letters are my specialty. Dear
Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you.
-- Homer Simpson
Bart the Lover
Submitted by ledastwins (user info) at 2006-03-02 13:08:26 EST (#)
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Should have been titled, "The Masses -- An Opiate for the Television"
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2006-03-02 12:29:08 EST (#)
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French TV is great! I watched "Tout le monde en parle" late last night. Go Ardisson!
Otherwise, great post!
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-03-02 12:09:56 EST (#)
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cool post
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2006-03-02 11:10:13 EST (#)
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I just made up a brilliant gag about catwoman in her pvc trousers having Poly Pockets.
It was hilarious. Everybody thought so.
Well, no, actually they didn't.
But I stand by my conviction that it was quite the caper.
Slow ol' day today.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:49:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:32:17 (#)
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I agree. But I would say that all western cultures are so similar as to be identical and that any war would practically be a civil war.
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That's due to Murdoch though. He has clutched us all to his bony bosom and pointed towards the tv and ordained that we should watch it.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:47:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:17:45 (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:37:55 (#)
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The simpsons in Arabic suck. I have friends who liked the original, but when they translated it for use in the Middle east they changed the dialogue and story line a lot, and he has told me it is the suck.
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How do you translate ideas like Moe the Bar Tender and Barney to tee-total Arabs? What are cartoons like in Pakistan?
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I know. I think the only real jokes they could leave in would be the ones making fun of Flanders since he is christian. Anything else would be deemed too offensive.
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Perhaps the Simpsons is Islamic propadanda. Look how naive Flanders is, and how Homer is going to damnation. All godless. No Islamic characters in the Simpsons. Hmm
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:43:12 EST (#)
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All hail TV, the babysitter and the spouse that won't ever nag you.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:32:17 EST (#)
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I agree. But I would say that all western cultures are so similar as to be identical and that any war would practically be a civil war.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:29:18 EST (#)
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Ever read the book Fahrenheit 451? Scary as hell, that was... Even worse than 1984. Well, maybe not... But stil pretty scary, since it's so fucking realistically possible.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:27:18 EST (#)
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War, what is it good for?
L'économie, mon ami.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-02 10:17:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:37:55 (#)
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The simpsons in Arabic suck. I have friends who liked the original, but when they translated it for use in the Middle east they changed the dialogue and story line a lot, and he has told me it is the suck.
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How do you translate ideas like Moe the Bar Tender and Barney to tee-total Arabs? What are cartoons like in Pakistan?
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I know. I think the only real jokes they could leave in would be the ones making fun of Flanders since he is christian. Anything else would be deemed too offensive.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:37:55 EST (#)
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The simpsons in Arabic suck. I have friends who liked the original, but when they translated it for use in the Middle east they changed the dialogue and story line a lot, and he has told me it is the suck.
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How do you translate ideas like Moe the Bar Tender and Barney to tee-total Arabs? What are cartoons like in Pakistan?
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:37:38 EST (#)
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That'll do nicely.
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:31:14 EST (#)
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I almost did a post on this issue, hell I still might. Television is one way communication, you cannot argue with the television, only perceive it. It is some what a dangerous thought when you really stop to think about that. Simply being told something, and not being able to counter such a point you believe is blasphemous. I think one of the more interesting concepts of Television would definitely be its role in Sports. Sports, and Television are truly the greatest opiates there are today. Because think about it, you have a team that represents a state, of which there inhabit people (in which you can consider a tribe what have you). These Teams go and face other teams, and then rivalries begin. And you can watch these great epic new age battles from the comfort of your own home. It's war without the killing essentially. I recall in the Book the Prince by Machiavelli, he states something to the effect of throwing a party when your people are revolting against you, and this said tactic is often compared to the Super Bowl.
But, I don't know, this all plays into one quote I find fascinating to this day.
"According to Becker, in The Denial of Death, throughout history, there has been a great devotion to creating devices that divert attention away from the concept of reality and death. There is a certain destructive element in this obsession ? humanity tends to dedicate less time to the establishment or consideration of physical things or ideas that do not attempt to draw focus away from reality, instead of embracing what is permanent and attempting to maximize the impact we each have in our short time alive."
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:29:08 EST (#)
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As has been pointed out further down, this was golden. Particularly this bit, "War, what is it good for? Absolument rien."
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:25:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by Iago (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:01:51 (#)
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Falklands?
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You could point out a few more actually I did say. Egypt v Israel, America v Canada/England (although that is going back a bit), WWII actually - is a dictatorship a democracy? Hitler was elected was he not?
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Egypt vs. Israel??? Can you tell me the last time the president of Egypt ran against anyone? Or the name of an opposition party? Egypt, while progressive for a Middle Eastern country is nothing more than a paper democracy (someone will no bring up that the US is little better with our 2 parties).
The simpsons in Arabic suck. I have friends who liked the original, but when they translated it for use in the Middle east they changed the dialogue and story line a lot, and he has told me it is the suck.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:20:38 EST (#)
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Submitted by ozzy (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:17:46 (#)
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Plus fucken 2 redskies. This was golden.
"Rupert Murdoch is the world's greatest humanitarian. He seeks to have us all cheer for our football teams, wank over the same soft core porn and talk about the same soaps "
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Rupert Murdoch IS the great god in the Sky.
I don't actually have Sky Television.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:20:00 EST (#)
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f you can laugh at the same thing (think Del Boy falling over in the wine bar in Only Fools and Horses), or both of you scowl when Steve Penk walks on screen, or even gaze in a semi-comatose state at the antics of those crazy Australians in Neighbours, then you have huge realms of shared history. This 'culture' is as good as Kofi Annan at letting two sides get on.
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'Neighbours' makes me deeply ashamed of my country.
Submitted by ozzy (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:17:46 EST (#)
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Plus fucken 2 redskies. This was golden.
"Rupert Murdoch is the world's greatest humanitarian. He seeks to have us all cheer for our football teams, wank over the same soft core porn and talk about the same soaps "
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:08:38 EST (#)
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A quick google search results in http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/demowar.htm
Submitted by Jacobt26 (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:07:13 EST (#)
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Television is my Anti-drug.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:06:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Iago (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:01:51 (#)
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Falklands?
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You could point out a few more actually I did say. Egypt v Israel, America v Canada/England (although that is going back a bit), WWII actually - is a dictatorship a democracy? Hitler was elected was he not?
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:04:26 EST (#)
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No, I do not know what the Schadenfreude is. Please tell me, because
I'm dying to know.
-- Homer Simpson
When Flanders Failed
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:03:36 EST (#)
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If you're in a pub with the match on, and you and the person next to you both shout obscenities at the same player there is a sense of shared emotion. If they think Jean Alain Boumsong is as bad as you, how can they possibly be anything but a sound bloke?
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My father is an expatriate Manc. As a result, I live in Australia but I am a 4th generation Man Utd supporter. Nothing brings us together like football. Screaming at Silvestre that he's a useless cunt that should have been dropped years ago.
When my friends have nothing else to say to each other, we quote Simpsons, Seinfeld, Black Books, Scrubs, whatever at each other. A point well made.
Submitted by Iago (user info) at 2006-03-02 09:01:51 EST (#)
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Falklands?