i read that site, especially the hate mail. its all a load of crap. Some of the emails raise some interesting points and the guy in the site doesnt answer a single one of them properly. He just tries to turn each email into a joke in a sort of 'hahaha ive beaten you by making funny comments on your arguments'.anonymousnick2001 said:Actually, that Metalheads Against Racism linked opened a can of worms for me, so I feel pretty stupid right now.
I wish the agenda, and ideals of racsim, the whole damn concept would cease to exist.Justin S. said:The term "racism" is essentially meaningless since all it details is "catagorizing by race". If you note that the Martins are "hispanic" or Mike and Peter are "scandinavian" you are "racist" because you describe their genetic lineage.
Racism is reality- whether we like it or not, there most certainly are distinctly different population groups on Earth with genetic variation. The often ignorant and senseless use of it to victimize others is the problem, NOT the validity of the classification method.
I wish "racism" would cease to be a dirty word and political/PR tool.
sknight said:It's the misinterpretation aspect.
...which is in wilbur smith's book.deathbearer said:i heard that the band found the word (band name) Opeth from another source. something to do with planets,city of the Moon, I dunno.
And now this thread has opened something bigger.atilla000 said:We're no stupid americans. (considering all stupid americans as stupid isn't being racist)
Shadows Skulk said:and Justin S. you're wrong
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=racism
calling the Martins Hispanic and the others Scandinavian isn't racist because it doesn't imply the superiority of one or the other, nor does it display discrimination.
deathbearer said:I wish the agenda, and ideals of racsim, the whole damn concept would cease to exist.
Racism is some absurd irrationality of whom has less and whom has more in terms of resources and opprotunites. It is the ugliest evil, and form of facism ever in world history.
Humans are entitled to equality if they've earned it.
As for the word "opeth" in conjuction with racsim, the band itself has a couple of Latino's to it's rythym section.
One would have to ask the founding members of Opeth what the word "Opeth" means to them.
i heard that the band found the word (band name) Opeth from another source. something to do with planets,city of the Moon, I dunno.
Justin S. said:One site link doesnt refute anything; Especially so when im discussing etymology, and things like Dictionary.com only deal with contemporary definitions. The root 'race' and suffix 'ism' dont imply anything whatsoever about ordinals or heirarchy. That is a modern connotation and interpretation- which is what i was arguing against the first time!
Shadows Skulk said:It's irrelevant to argue that racism is a meaningless term by noting an archaic definition, especially when the subject of the thread clearly refers to the contemporary definition. If that irrelevancy was intentional, then I retract my argument in a flourish of indifference.
BurningSky said:Yeah, Emerson, I agree completely. My band is named Hexxus, which is the villian in a disney movie representing pollution and the destruction of nature... but its not like I want to set all the trees in the world on fire and bathe in petroleum.... or do I?