09-30-2009, 11:34 AM
Albert?Hidel Wrote:Remember that the literary Sambo was east Indian, not African. And that he got his clothes back from the tigers by cleverly inducing them to chase each other in a circle until they turned into a pool of butter. We all should be so clever.
The reason the socialists denounce that classic tale as "racist" is that it is a refutation of everything they advocate. The tigers are metaphor for the insatiable and powerful government that takes (taxes) every nice little thing you have and leaves you standing there in your skivvies. The protagonist is a poor and powerless child, but he doesn't whine for help to the government or the police or even his union rep. Instead he uses self-reliance and intelligence to solve his own problem--by turning the tigers' own character weaknesses against them.
For some reason people a hundred years ago got the message and instinctively embraced the resourceful dark-skinned child as a model for their own "dark horse" struggles against government tyranny. There's a reason why Bradbury had the "fire department" burning this book in Fahrenheit 451. Today shakedown artists seize every opportunity to shout "racism" to turn a buck and further a repressive political agenda. It's about time they were melted into butter.
ham Wrote:This idiot is probably some Asian underachiever of color who's pissed because s-he didn't get all A's just for showing up.
S-he could just have gone back home in Shanghai, Manila or Bombay if the place sucked that much.
Universities aren't nurseries...maybe DL would be a better option...
Do we have here another potential MacBeef tragedy?
According to the "rebuttal video," the fellow is from Limpopo province, South Africa. This is the home of the former University of the North in the former city of Pietersburg in the former province of Transvaal. According to sources cited in Wikipedia, the province is 97.3% black and less than .05% English-speaking white. You have to wonder how and why a guy from that area ends up at a place with just about the exact reverse demographics. I figure mom and dad (and probably their friends, relatives, neighbors and local law enforcement) wanted to get the guy as far out of town as possible, and Brisbane fit the bill.
But since our friend seems like an obvious nut case and writes broken English at best, you still have to wonder what the admissions office at Griffith was thinking. Australia has an ample supply of dark-skinned people of its own, and most generally with a lot more on the ball than this guy, so surely they weren't lacking for deserving demographics-enhancers.
On the other hand, if Griffith was figuring they could make a few bucks on the deal before he either went postal or went home, you do have to question their ethics. Reminds me of that scene in Animal House, where the Delta house frat admits all the new pledges because "we need the dues." Is Animal House really the standard to which major universities hold themselves? I would put the entire school on double secret probation.