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Post by barryhorowitz4ever on Jan 27, 2007 0:05:54 GMT -5
isnt that in the end one of the most regrettable things about wrestling, this ridiculous inisistence of foreign=evil? i mean, why should team canada be proud of their country, and why was it evil for yoko to be proud of japan? its all kinda silly in the end.
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Post by Michael Coello on Jan 27, 2007 0:09:12 GMT -5
"I'm not from here! I have my own customs! Check out my crazy passport!"
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Post by barryhorowitz4ever on Jan 27, 2007 0:10:22 GMT -5
lol, i was just thinking of that clip from futurama, and it made a good point. its ridiculous just to boo someone cause of that, lol.
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Post by angryfan on Jan 27, 2007 0:11:37 GMT -5
isnt that in the end one of the most regrettable things about wrestling, this ridiculous inisistence of foreign=evil? i mean, why should team canada be proud of their country, and why was it evil for yoko to be proud of japan? its all kinda silly in the end. It's a throwback to the whole "for'ners is bad 'n stuff" thing from the old south. As for why should Yoko be proud of being Japanese? I'm thinking maybe because he was Samoan, but hey, different stroke for different folks I suppose. |
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Post by JMA on Jan 27, 2007 0:12:22 GMT -5
"I'm not from here! I have my own customs! Check out my crazy passport!" I KNEW that was coming. Still, nicely done. Anyway, xenaphobia isn't just present in American wrestling--it's worldwide. Human beings tend to fear the unknown, even when the unknown isn't anything to be afraid of. |
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Post by barryhorowitz4ever on Jan 27, 2007 0:13:10 GMT -5
right, he was samoan, but didnt the character pledge his allegence to japan? or something like that? either way if hes big on japan he should be able to be big on japan without being booed, lol  |
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Post by Michael Coello on Jan 27, 2007 0:18:23 GMT -5
It's basically accepted racism, but also because the foreigners are booed cause they're mostly bad guys. Can you cheer the Iron Sheik with his "Iran Numba 1, America Patooey" phrase? What about Nikoli Volkoff with the Soviet colors and mean demenor? LA Resistance with the "American sucks" attitude? Most guys who come from another country are usually booed cause they are the evil versions of foreigners.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 27, 2007 1:45:03 GMT -5
It's basically accepted racism, but also because the foreigners are booed cause they're mostly bad guys. Can you cheer the Iron Sheik with his "Iran Numba 1, America Patooey" phrase? What about Nikoli Volkoff with the Soviet colors and mean demenor? LA Resistance with the;American sucks attitude? Or Jericho being from Winnipeg? Or Benoit being born in Montreal and raised in Edmonton? Can you really cheer for a guy who was born in one city, but raised in another? Especially when both of those cities are Canadian? Most guys who come from another country are usually booed cause they are the evil versions of foreigners.
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Post by Nite-Owl Marks For Bloc Party on Jan 27, 2007 10:07:39 GMT -5
"I'm not from here! I have my own customs! Check out my crazy passport!" This is from Futurama right? |
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Post by Scarlet Moon on Jan 27, 2007 10:22:08 GMT -5
It's done because it's easy.
I mean, Russian-MMA-Guy-Who's-Name-I-Don't-Remember-And-Isn't-Even-Near-Debuting gets crowd heat and he hasn't even done anything besides declare his love for Double-Double-E.
Yeah, it's because they're evil foreigners, but they're nearly always evil foreigners, that's the complaint in the original post.
I mean, you never saw a "French" face call out La Resistance and say "Hey, guess what, guys? Even if you don't agree with everything America does, it doesn't mean you have to be giant buttmunchers!" or saw a Soviet wrestler slap Volkoff upside the head and say "Goddamn it, you're really making Mother Russia look like crap, Nikolai!".
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Post by TV's Mr. Neil on Jan 27, 2007 11:04:32 GMT -5
It's basically accepted racism, but also because the foreigners are booed cause they're mostly bad guys. Sorry, but this drives me crazy. Racism is the belief that cultural differences are caused by a person's race (i.e., skin color). The fear and hatred of different cultures, however, is not racism. The word you're looking for is xenophobia. I understand what you're saying, and one form of collective hate is just as bad as another, but I swear almost everybody makes that mistake. |
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