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Sambo Stone
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Posted - 2009.09.17 22:57:00 -
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So, I bought this toon of the bazaar last week.
Yesterday, my buddy tells me that "Sambo" is a racist term. I'm like, "WTF, are you crazy?" So I google it, and sure as shyte, Sambo is a terribly racist name.
See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_%28racial_term%29
* http://www.infoaddict.com/why-is-the-word-sambo-racist
DAMNIT.
I don't want to be racist, so I petition my own name (again, on this toon which I just purchased) and ask the EVE GMs to consider giving me a name change so that I don't appear like a complete freakin' ****** to everyone for having a racist name.
The EVE GM response? "We're sorry but we cannot offer to change your characters name in this case as its not offensive." Holy hell! How do they figure that? I know Iceland's black population is probably like ... .5%, but come on guys. Read the WIKI page that I linked!
So what do you all think? Is everyone going to think I'm a total racist? :( I didn't realize the name meant anything when I bought the toon (It made me think... RAMBO  )
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T'san Manaan
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:00:00 -
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well I guess the only thing to do is report you for bieng racist and see if they ban your account 
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Vaal Erit
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:02:00 -
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The first GM to respond to your petition usually just gives you a copy and paste response and doesn't read your petition at all. Ask for it to be escalated to a senior GM and actually read. Include that many people have found the name offensive and have told you in local chat and that you are being harassed with evemails about it (even if that may not be true)
 Originally by: CCP Whisper
So you're going to have to do some actual thinking with regards to hull components and their capabilities instead of copying some cookie-cutter setup. Cry some more.
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Lazarann
Gateway Industries
House of Mercury
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:02:00 -
[4]
Edited by: Lazarann on 17/09/2009 23:03:14
Did you link it to them? If so, ask it to be elevated to a senior GM or ask a friend to petition your name. They'll change you back to Caldari Citizen 091238475 or something like that.
Edit: Vaal had a good idea, tell them you've been harassed about it.
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Sambo Stone
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:04:00 -
[5]
Originally by: Lazarann
Edited by: Lazarann on 17/09/2009 23:03:14
Did you link it to them? If so, ask it to be elevated to a senior GM or ask a friend to petition your name. They'll change you back to Caldari Citizen 091238475 or something like that.
Edit: Vaal had a good idea, tell them you've been harassed about it.
Do you get a chance to rename then? Caldari Citizen 343498 is even worse than Sambo.
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5pinDizzy
Amarr
State Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:04:00 -
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Originally by: Vaal Erit
The first GM to respond to your petition usually just gives you a copy and paste response and doesn't read your petition at all. Ask for it to be escalated to a senior GM and actually read. Include that many people have found the name offensive and have told you in local chat and that you are being harassed with evemails about it (even if that may not be true)
This
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Larg Kellein
Caldari
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:05:00 -
[7]
Eeehm, yeah escalate it, but don't lie about evemails received and such. At times, the logs actually do show something, you know.
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Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Horizon Corp.
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:08:00 -
[8]
Get your friends/corpmates to petition you for having an offensive name instead. |
TARG AK
Caldari
hirr
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:10:00 -
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I know a whole family of white people with the last name of Sambo.
Relax..
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Lord Windu
Echelon Warfare Unit
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:19:00 -
[10]
Wish my name was racist so I could get a name change 
And yeah, Sambo is a racist term so CCP are pretty much obligated to change your name if it is brought to their attention. Get the petition escalated.
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Kewso
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:21:00 -
[11]
LOL
Well hello dere li'l Sambo!
Why's doncha juss do us a little dance!
ROFL
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Zeba
Minmatar
Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:25:00 -
[12]
op reported as a racist bastage.
Quote:
[03:39:05] Emperor Salazar > HOLY **** ITS ZEBA
[03:39:20] Emperor Salazar > NEVER STOP POASTING
Zeba is the BEST! ~Mitnal |
Stardust Waymeet
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:29:00 -
[13]
You utter racist bastage.
Clearly a Minmatar Hater!
May your Amarrios be forever soggy!
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Nekmet Awai
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:45:00 -
[14]
loled.
this is stupid.. the only thing racist about it is people calling on racism to change it.
there is nothing racist about a name, only about the people setting a negative meaning to it.
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Cat o'Ninetails
Rancer Defence League
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Posted - 2009.09.17 23:58:00 -
[15]
i like to sambo dance lol
x\o/x *gets down
Yay! Six months of defending! \o/ <3 to Abrazzar! |
Serge Bastana
Gallente
GWA Corp
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Posted - 2009.09.18 00:29:00 -
[16]
Edited by: Serge Bastana on 18/09/2009 00:30:01
I'd like to express utter outrage at the OP's character name and feel it should be changed immediately to Donkey *******.
Thank you, can I have my medication now nurse
Edit: they even have a filter for the word I used as they second name there, I shouldn't really be surprised knowing the filth that's probably been spewed on this forum over the years 
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Lars Ergo
Mentis Fidelis
Circle-Of-Two
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Posted - 2009.09.18 00:33:00 -
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Sambo is also a martial art. So don't be worried.
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Nooma K'Larr
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.09.18 00:37:00 -
[18]
Sambo is not racist dude.
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Kovorix
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Posted - 2009.09.18 00:47:00 -
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Originally by: Nekmet Awai
loled.
this is stupid.. the only thing racist about it is people calling on racism to change it.
there is nothing racist about a name, only about the people setting a negative meaning to it.
loled.
The only thing that holds our language together is the fact that people attribute meanings to words. So doesn't the fact that people attribute a negative meaning to a word make it a negative word?
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Intense Thinker
Minmatar
Republic University
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Posted - 2009.09.18 00:50:00 -
[20]
Oh why oh why does Sambo hate me so much?!!
And now I need to take a 5 minute nap before I have the energy to post again. |
Malthros Zenobia
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Posted - 2009.09.18 00:53:00 -
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Sambo is a martial art.
Originally by: kieron
The Carrier was never intended to be a solo OMGWTF mission-farming PWNmobile.
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Juan Valhdez
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:01:00 -
[22]
Im not racist, i hate everyone equally.
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Serge Bastana
Gallente
GWA Corp
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:12:00 -
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In the UK Sambo was quite a common derogatory term for people of ethnic origin, which was mostly used from around the mid 50s when we had a big immigration from the West Indies and was used up until around the early 80's when political correctness started to kick in.
To those of us who remember it being used it is seen as an insult.
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Xen Gin
Silurian Operations
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:19:00 -
[24]
Edited by: Xen Gin on 18/09/2009 01:18:56
I don't know why people say that the word Paki is racist? I always thought it was an abbreviation of Pakistani, I'm sure that when people say things such as words we have to take into account their context.
By the way anyone calling me a Brit is a racist!
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Sambo Stone
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:20:00 -
[25]
Originally by: Serge Bastana
In the UK Sambo was quite a common derogatory term for people of ethnic origin, which was mostly used from around the mid 50s when we had a big immigration from the West Indies and was used up until around the early 80's when political correctness started to kick in.
To those of us who remember it being used it is seen as an insult.
TY
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Val Amon
Gallente
The Scope
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:22:00 -
[26]
Edited by: Val Amon on 18/09/2009 01:24:39
Edited by: Val Amon on 18/09/2009 01:23:53
My name used to be Huge Space**** and some obese space ***** took offense and I had to change it.
edit: s1ut is illegal? and w***e is too... I suppose
edit2: h o e with a 0 is even illegal
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ShadowGod56
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:25:00 -
[27]
Originally by: Juan Valhdez
Im not racist, i hate everyone equally.
this
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Serge Bastana
Gallente
GWA Corp
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:31:00 -
[28]
I think the name Paki and Sambo were probably just implanted into the UK vocabulary, they may have been used by some as insults but after so many years of use, kids grew up using them because they heard their parents using them and so on, until they eventually just became words that fell out of people's mouths.
It was only when people started pointing them out as insults that they stopped being used and were seen as 'politically incorrect'
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Arthur Frayn
V.O.F.L IRON CORE
H E L I C O N
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Posted - 2009.09.18 01:51:00 -
[29]
It could've been a lot worse. You could've called yourself "Jiggaboo Jones".
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Jake McCord
Minmatar
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2009.09.18 02:11:00 -
[30]
Apparently, Sambo is not a racist insult in Iceland. 
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2009.09.18 02:12:00 -
[31]
This thread is in serious need of more Politically Correct stupidity. Could someone please post some more "I dunna wanna be a Sambo" whining posts? The funny thing is that that can, in itself, also be taken as racism, after all what have you got against Minmatar?
Here, I'll help you guys out with some tears to keep this thread going
Now run back to mummy and tell her all about this ebil thread and that ebil name. Oh, and as you don't want the name Sambo and nobody cares can I haz yur stuffz before you get banned for being a tard?
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Slavemaster
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Posted - 2009.09.18 02:18:00 -
[32]
Edited by: Slavemaster on 18/09/2009 02:26:38
Hmm.. And stone is the sir name. They way i see it, is just a fancy upperclass word for Crack N....
But, thats just me....
Edit: Just wanna inform the Brits that in the REST of the world,In Norwegian
Sambo is: A turtle, and Stone is Stupid, or more like attention *****.
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Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Horizon Corp.
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Posted - 2009.09.18 02:53:00 -
[33]
Edited by: Nadarius Chrome on 18/09/2009 02:54:09
Originally by: Jake McCord
Apparently, Sambo is not a racist insult in Iceland.
But *** is.
edit: That's feg. OMG evading word filter forum ban inc! |
Blazde
4S Corporation
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2009.09.18 03:08:00 -
[34]
Originally by: Sambo Stone
So, I bought this toon of the bazaar last week.
You might wanna check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo's_Grave
And Professor Stuart Walker's powerpoint presentation on Sambo Stones
I think he's being a bit harsh when he says a Sambo Stone has "no practical use" but maybe you can petition on these grounds instead.
Personally it weirds me out a bit, I'm glad it's your name not mine.
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Soporo
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.09.18 03:32:00 -
[35]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_(martial_art)
Sambo Also Wiki.
Originally by: Arthur Frayn
It could've been a lot worse. You could've called yourself "Jiggaboo Jones".
Aslo:
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Nooma K'Larr
Minmatar
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Posted - 2009.09.18 03:37:00 -
[36]
Yes, you are a racist. So stop trying to hide it by "accidentally" naming your character "Sambo" then making like you regret it. You know you don't.
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Annacron Adaptive
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Posted - 2009.09.18 09:51:00 -
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whaaaat...?
in swe "sambo" means (at least accoarding to some online traslator I found): "person with whom one lives, partner, common-law spouse"
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does that mean that if u live with with your partner you are automaticly racist o.O?
Originally by:
Amarr is so overpowered, if an amarr shuttle warps in, everyone on grid starts taking residual damage.
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Morgan La'Chance
Caldari
Dynamic Reallocation and Logistics
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Posted - 2009.09.18 09:56:00 -
[38]
Yes, in Swedish "Sambo" means "domestic partner" (as in, someone you live with and are in a relationship with but aren't married to), literally "together-living".
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Zartanic
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Posted - 2009.09.18 09:57:00 -
[39]
Since when was the word Stone racist? I can't keep up with all this PC stuff.
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2009.09.18 10:30:00 -
[40]
Does this mean I should stop listening to Sambomaster?
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steveid
Helljumpers
Double Dutch Rudders
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Posted - 2009.09.18 10:33:00 -
[41]
shut up racist!
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Steve Celeste
Caldari
Overdogs
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Posted - 2009.09.18 10:47:00 -
[42]
Confirming that i am going to petition all the players in EVE that have the word "Whitey" in their name.
Same ****ing thing.
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Jarslow
Caldari
Eve University
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Posted - 2009.09.18 10:59:00 -
[43]
I remember Sambo's restaurants from when I was a kid (in California): Wikipedia Sambo's
In the U.S., this name was racist 40 years ago, but not offensive to the majority (white) population. Now this name is still racist and is also offensive to most people.
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Neriel Odershank
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Posted - 2009.09.18 10:59:00 -
[44]
Originally by: Sambo Stone
So, I bought this toon of the bazaar last week.
Yesterday, my buddy tells me that "Sambo" is a racist term. I'm like, "WTF, are you crazy?" So I google it, and sure as shyte, Sambo is a terribly racist name.
See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_%28racial_term%29
* http://www.infoaddict.com/why-is-the-word-sambo-racist
DAMNIT.
I don't want to be racist, so I petition my own name (again, on this toon which I just purchased) and ask the EVE GMs to consider giving me a name change so that I don't appear like a complete freakin' ****** to everyone for having a racist name.
The EVE GM response? "We're sorry but we cannot offer to change your characters name in this case as its not offensive." Holy hell! How do they figure that? I know Iceland's black population is probably like ... .5%, but come on guys. Read the WIKI page that I linked!
So what do you all think? Is everyone going to think I'm a total racist? :( I didn't realize the name meant anything when I bought the toon (It made me think... RAMBO )
If this can makes you feel better:
Sambo (Russian: самбоłalso called Sombo or Cambo and sometimes written in all-caps) is a relatively modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938, presented by Anatoly Kharlampiev.
The word "Самбо" (Sambo) is an acronym of САМозащита Без Оружия (SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya), meaning "self-defense without weapons" in Russian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_%28martial_art%29
So, you can be a Sambo master
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Kiva Aharan
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Posted - 2009.09.18 11:14:00 -
[45]
I used to eat at the local Sambo's Restaurant all the time when I was a kid. :)
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Gunnanmon
Gallente
Imperial Syndicate Forces
The Laughing Men
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Posted - 2009.09.18 12:26:00 -
[46]
/me sighs
Signature locked for discussing moderation. Navigator
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Ancy Denaries
Caldari
The Confederate Navy
Forever Unbound
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Posted - 2009.09.18 12:47:00 -
[47]
"Sambo" is actually a swedish term for two people living together in a relationship, in the same house, without being legally married...Very offensive :D
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Sidus Isaacs
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.09.18 12:55:00 -
[48]
Its only a word. Its the way you use it that matters, not what the word actualyl reads as.
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Tiel Enim
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:14:00 -
[49]
Everything is "racist" these days?
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Sambo Stone
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:28:00 -
[50]
Sambo always was racist, apparently.
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Sidus Isaacs
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:44:00 -
[51]
Originally by: Tiel Enim
Everything is "racist" these days?
For some reason a lot of stupid peole think words make them racist.
Its the attitude og folks that makes the racist, not the words themself, but many got a problem of differentiating between them.
Tbh, if you can't handle hearing an "offecive" word, there is something wrong with you, not the word. If a person uses the word to deliberatly hurt you, its the person who is racist, and you should have a problem with him.
I once killed a guy in low sec, and he proceeded to say "you must be black, because only blacks do this kind of ****". Thats racism, not the word black. If you get what I am trying to say.
Peronsally I find racism to be childish, to me a human is a human, and I only judge people by their stupid attitudes (and personal belifs, I can never take a relgious person seriously)
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Edgar Berberos
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:50:00 -
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Edited by: Edgar Berberos on 18/09/2009 13:50:55
If black person calls himself (guess) that's not racist IMHO. If the character was named Sambo Stoner, that could be intepreted as racist. It's all about the context really.
On the other hand, I once knew this black african guy who was into "true black metal" and hated himself for being (guess) 
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Tippia
Raddick Explorations
Controlled Chaos
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:54:00 -
[53]
Originally by: Tiel Enim
Everything is "racist" these days?
Omfg! You're called Tiel, which is/was a centre for fruit production, so you're obviously making a jab at the LGBT community!! Hater!!
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you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.”
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PostWithYourAlt
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:56:00 -
[54]
in south south west africa (east coast), a bit north of the middle "sambo" is a term for sad internet spaceship game people who bought characters and dont like their names and are looking for cheap excuses to get a name change permitted and make awfull forums threads about it. so i have been told.
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Mr Ignitious
R.E.C.O.N.
Minor Threat.
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Posted - 2009.09.18 13:57:00 -
[55]
Originally by: Sambo Stone
So, I bought this toon of the bazaar last week.
Yesterday, my buddy tells me that "Sambo" is a racist term. I'm like, "WTF, are you crazy?" So I google it, and sure as shyte, Sambo is a terribly racist name.
See:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambo_%28racial_term%29
* http://www.infoaddict.com/why-is-the-word-sambo-racist
DAMNIT.
I don't want to be racist, so I petition my own name (again, on this toon which I just purchased) and ask the EVE GMs to consider giving me a name change so that I don't appear like a complete freakin' ****** to everyone for having a racist name.
The EVE GM response? "We're sorry but we cannot offer to change your characters name in this case as its not offensive." Holy hell! How do they figure that? I know Iceland's black population is probably like ... .5%, but come on guys. Read the WIKI page that I linked!
So what do you all think? Is everyone going to think I'm a total racist? :( I didn't realize the name meant anything when I bought the toon (It made me think... RAMBO )
I actually had a friend with a toon named "lil Sambo" that got banned for being offensive .
I read the forums assuming there are no trolls, only really stupid people.
Originally by: CCP Zulupark
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
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Bellum Eternus
Gallente
Death of Virtue
MeatSausage EXPRESS
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Posted - 2009.09.18 14:24:00 -
[56]
Originally by: Jarslow
Edited by: Jarslow on 18/09/2009 11:19:59
I remember Sambo's restaurants from when I was a kid (in California): Wikipedia Sambo's
In the U.S., this name was racist 40 years ago, but not offensive to the majority (white) population. Now this name is still racist and is also offensive to most people.
Edit: According to Wikipedia, it's also racist in the U.K., where it apparently originated.
The UK has all the most original racists.
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Inveniam viam aut faciam.
Tier 5 Battleships
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black charlie
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Posted - 2009.09.18 15:56:00 -
[57]
Originally by: Juan Valhdez
Im not racist, i hate everyone equally.
This ;)
I have had a couple of guys suggest that my name is racist too but tbh I suspect that racism is, in this case, in the eye of the beholder.
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Jim McGregor
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Posted - 2009.09.18 16:56:00 -
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Edited by: Jim McGregor on 18/09/2009 16:57:04
Its quite difficult to not offend anyone in this day and age. I guess the only way is to be silent and out of the way.
No, people need to stop being babies to be honest.
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Originally by: Eve Forums
...you are going too fast, wait 5 minutes and try again...you are going too fast, wait 5 minutes and try again...you are going too fast, wait 5 minutes and try again...
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De'Veldrin
Minmatar
Special Projects Executive
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Posted - 2009.09.18 17:02:00 -
[59]
Originally by: Juan Valhdez
Im not racist, i hate everyone equally.
My grandmother used to say this.
--Vel
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Kewso
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Posted - 2009.09.18 18:03:00 -
[60]
http://afrocityblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/sambo2.jpg
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Kovorix
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Posted - 2009.09.18 18:30:00 -
[61]
Originally by: Jim McGregor
Its quite difficult to not offend anyone in this day and age. I guess the only way is to be silent and out of the way.
No, people need to stop being babies to be honest.
It's an extremely common human fallacy to believe that everything is different or worse "in this day and age." The fact is, racial (and gender-based for that matter) slurs are not a new idea, they are part of the system of racial and/or gender inequality that has persisted in most societies since humans realized that they could oppress each other for economic gain.
These words are invented by the dominant group, just like definitions of race, as political means in order to control and disadvantage populations, for example blacks in the US. If you use a slur that is generally understood to be offensive by a particular group, no matter the context, you are simply perpetuating the structure of oppression. Overuse in comedy does not dilute their meaning, as much as people like lisa lampanelli might like to believe it.
...why am i posting this on the eve-o forums 
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Necronous
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Posted - 2009.09.18 19:03:00 -
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Edited by: Necronous on 18/09/2009 19:04:04
This is freaky. 3 days ago I never heard of the word "Sambo" ever. And I'm 26 years of age, so I've had at least a decent chance to hear it.
Then yesterday I see a Kotaku article about "racism" in the new game Scribblenauts which allows the word "Sambo" and creates what looks like a watermelon. Turns out "Sambo" is a gourd that basically looks like a Watermelon externally and the authors of Scribblenauts had never heard the word either (in a racial context that is).
Now I see this thread, weird. Otherwise I have nothing to add, just wanted to point out the strange coincidence.
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Guillame Herschel
Gallente
NME1
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Posted - 2009.09.18 19:45:00 -
[63]
Originally by: Xen Gin
I don't know why people say that the word Paki is racist? I always thought it was an abbreviation of Pakistani, I'm sure that when people say things such as words we have to take into account their context.
The name of the country Pakistan is itself derived from the acronym PAKI, which stands for the four major ethnic groups living in the area: Pashtun, Afghan, Kashmiri and Indian.
That said, the Pakistanis I know regard "Paki" the same way Brits regard "Brit." No big deal.
-- He said "The President is near."
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Norian Lonark
Gallente
Black Thorne Corporation
Black Thorne Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.18 19:52:00 -
[64]
I thought Sambo was a sport?
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Tippia
Raddick Explorations
Controlled Chaos
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Posted - 2009.09.18 19:55:00 -
[65]
Originally by: Kovorix
It's an extremely common human fallacy [etc]
True enough, but the best way to subvert a discourse is to devalue its symbolism through casual counter-value usage.
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“If you're not willing to fight for what you have in ≡v≡…
you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.”
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Kovorix
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Posted - 2009.09.18 20:30:00 -
[66]
Edited by: Kovorix on 18/09/2009 20:34:39
Originally by: Tippia
Originally by: Kovorix
It's an extremely common human fallacy [etc]
True enough, but the best way to subvert a discourse is to devalue its symbolism through casual counter-value usage.
I respectfully disagree. As long as racial distinctions exist and these distinctions comprise a stratified social structure, any derogatory term cannot be devalued by usage. Its symbolism comes from inequality, not usage, and thus can only be devalued by social change.
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Myko
Minmatar
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2009.09.18 20:51:00 -
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As a kid I loved the story of little black sambo, as an adult I don't find it particularly racist - if anything it's about the indigenous population getting one over the tigers. |
Kirin Anasazi
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Posted - 2009.09.18 20:54:00 -
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It's funny,
Growing up in the south I have never heard the term or name "Sambo" used within or as a racist comment. Plenty of others including:
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Serioulsy, the only reference to Sambo I have ever heard of is the story of wear Little Black Sambo had to trade is hat, cape and umbrella to three different tigers so they wouldn't eat him. Then he got the tigers fighting and chasing each other around a tree until they all melted and turned into butter. Sambo then gathered his belongings, gathered up the butter and ate it with his pancakes the next morning.
Stupid story, I know. Kid's story. But that only reference I have ever seen.
Personlly, you don't offend me. It is what you do and what you say that matters.
Don't sweat it.
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Dramund
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Posted - 2009.09.18 21:44:00 -
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I'm guessing that your character creator was thinking about the Russian martial art Sambo (pronounced Sahm-bo vs. the racial term Sam-bo), judging by the fact that he is white and Stone seems to be a popular choice for the stereotypical wrestler/fighter. IIRC the racial term Sambo is only used in Latin America as well. I knew of the martial art long before I knew about the racial slur. In fact, I learned about the slur during an awkward martial arts dicussion with a black coworker.
Anyway, I'm not sure its any more offensive than "Sambo" under Dragunov's name in Tekken, in the same way British don't see their slang for "Snicker" (S******) offensive. In fact, I think most Americans would find s****** more offensive. Tough call.
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Zalena Skytrayn
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Posted - 2009.09.18 23:37:00 -
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Well IMO, no it's not racist..
As was said several times before, it's how a word is used / perceived, lets look at an example..
(based on how films show it) lots of blacks, in the ghettos etc, will call each other '*****' (not sure if that will be censored) but they use it in a way that is NOT offensive to each other.. yet the rest of the world, if someone said that word, would see it as a racist slur...
The words themselves mean nothing, it's the comntext they are used in that matter, unfortunately, the PC brigade screwed us all over, hence now schools don't have blackboards, there is no such thing as a 'black bin bag' and worst of all, they got rid of teh robinsons gollywog .. gtfo !!
words mean NOTHING.. the way they are used mean everything ....
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Posted - 2009.09.19 12:25:00 -
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