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Definitely a plausible ending...

posted 17 years ago by guserusa
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It definitely makes sense that a Caucasian with three weeks of sword training by a blacksmith would be more than an even match for a Japanese martial arts teacher who studied most of his life. It's not the size of the sword that matters. It's the ruthlessness of the man who wields it. If only Oppenheimer had learned to use a sword instead of creating the atomic bomb, he could have shown the martial arts world the true meaning of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

What made Kinjo so good was that he didn't care who he killed or how he did it. If a guy turns his back, go stick a sword in it. If a kid or a woman carries a sword, they're fair game to disembowel.

Now, Takeda wouldn't even let Racine shoot that ninja on the train with a gun. That's such a lame code and for that he deserved to die.

[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

He was an American, not a Caucasian.

[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

Caucasian essentially means he is white.

[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

Caucasian means a person from Caucasus.

Just like Lesbian means a citizien of Lesbos.

[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race

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[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

"is a concept 19th to early 20th c. scientific racism. This typological method was discredited and the concept is not relied on in scientific work related to humans."

"It was derived from the region of the Caucasus mountains"

"With the turn away from racial theory in the late 20th century, the term "Caucasian" as a racial classification fell into disuse in Europe. In Germany and Russia, the term "Europid" or "Europoid" is used. Consequently, in the United Kingdom, the term "Caucasian" is more likely than in the United States to describe people from the Caucasus"

"In 2003, United States National Library of Medicine stopped using the term Caucasian race in favor of the term "European"."

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[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

Disuse does not mean it is unused. Even if it is no longer a favourable term you can still see he used in correctly when describing Lambert's character.

[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

No, it's not correctly. He was not a Chechen or Georgian or Ossetian (etc.) to be a Caucuasian. He was "white" and an American. Also named Racine, so probably of the French descent (surrender jokes commence) - call him French-American if you want.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_of_the_Caucasus

[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race

It's all there, it was/is a term used to describe someone of white skin. Ignore it a second time if you must if you wish to live in the realm of your own ignorance.

[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

It was and was wrong. "Caucuasian race" exists as much as the "Aryan race", except Caucausians actually exist (in the mountains of Caucasus), while you won't find any Aryan nowadays (only Indo-Aryan).

"If you wish to live in the realm of your own ignorance" you can continue to believe in the completely discredited racist theories.

"Some Americans use it" is not an argument - "some Americans" also believe in the world being 6,000 years old, all kinds of silly stuff.

[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

It's not a theory, it is at worst an outmoded term that has fallen out of favour. I knew what the OP was talking about, the OP knew what he was talking about. The only person in this thread who was confused was you.

[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

It was part of theory. But never mind.

Actually, I think it's possible the OP is American and have no idea that the actual Caucasians even exist.

About who was right and who was confused, see what goes first for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian disambiguation page.

And this is what the word "Caucasian" means primarily and correctly.

[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Caucasian

Oh well if we're going what comes first as 'correct' wikipedia just got trumped 3 times.

[–] overninethousand 16 years ago

I think it got over your head, so I'll repeat it again and the last time: This use of the word is incorrect (it was regarded correct in some parts of the world, notably USA, but it was once, and it's now no longer in scientififc use). The correct one is regarding people from Caucasus. One would as much say they guy in the movie was "Aryan" (also incorrect, as the guy in the movie is not Aryan).

The alternative use of this word was a silly leftover from the racial/racist "science" which was highly popular in the United States many years ago (in particular in the early 20th century, complete with "eugenics programs" and what not, until the Third Reich made it unpopular in the 1940s). EOT and just don't bother anymore because I won't ever read it. Bye.

[–] Cringe_Factor 16 years ago

And as its already been stated several times. The term may not be popular or in disuse it still stands as a viable meaning of the word. He is still correct as he used the word in context as it is still a recognized definiation.

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[–] bowserj1983 15 years ago

Best hijacked thread ever.