F**k China, Prime Minister Pooh, Activision/Blizzard, the NBA, LeBron James, Apple, etc. (Help me expand this list)
Freedom and human lives will always be more valuable than any amount of money.
The NBA's behavior during the Hong Kong controversy has been some of the most shamelessly self-serving groveling I've seen, even in an era where brown-nosing bullies is becoming an epidemic.
I'm surprised something like this didn't happen back in 1997.
At least the events in Hong Kong have made a lot of people (well, some) stop and think about what China's government is and how they and all Americans are funding it with their debit cards, and it's also exposed the reach China has inside our country.
Tell me again why globalism is an absolute good? (I ask on a likely Chinese-made tablet.)
Quote from: ER on October 16, 2019, 08:00:26 AM
I'm surprised something like this didn't happen back in 1997.
At least the events in Hong Kong have made a lot of people (well, some) stop and think about what China's government is and how they and all Americans are funding it with their debit cards, and it's also exposed the reach China has inside our country.
Tell me again why globalism is an absolute good? (I ask on a likely Chinese-made tablet.)
Oh, I already knew how much of a reach China has in our country. The fact that they've been the quashing LGBT representation in cinema is something I've known and hated about them for years.
The Chinese government is one of many vile regimes that makes me wish I had the Infinity Gauntlet from Avengers.
China has regressed recently. circa the olympics they were on an upward trajectory but bad habits are starting to resurface.
If I were in Hong Kong I would be looking at Tibet and Xinjian and seeing what happens when you don't put up a good fight.
f**k the commie bastards.
FREEDOM!
http://youtu.be/wDvlErh5zcc (http://youtu.be/wDvlErh5zcc)
The only possible (barely possible) way to compel China's leaders to loosen up on that country would be a worldwide boycott on Chinese products, and that isn't going to happen. (Instead we'll see bumper stickers and #frrehongkong, and that'll be about it.) The ideals of the Age of Enlightenment are an endangered species and the future isn't looking bright. I fear political repression is to be the norm for most people, for all of time just because tyranny is easy and human rights are exceptionally easy to curtail.
Quote from: ER on October 16, 2019, 01:13:48 PM
(Instead we'll see bumper stickers and #frrehongkong, and that'll be about it.)
I wonder if on the bottom of the stickers it will say "Made in China"?
Quote from: ER on October 16, 2019, 01:13:48 PM
The only possible (barely possible) way to compel China's leaders to loosen up on that country would be a worldwide boycott on Chinese products, and that isn't going to happen. (Instead we'll see bumper stickers and #frrehongkong, and that'll be about it.) The ideals of the Age of Enlightenment are an endangered species and the future isn't looking bright. I fear political repression is to be the norm for most people, for all of time just because tyranny is easy and human rights are exceptionally easy to curtail.
Are you going anti-Trump on us, ER? :question:
I am totally with everyone on this page.
I posted a while ago about how china was persecuting Christians and Muslims, no one replied. And while you might think i'd be for Christians being persecuted i'm not . (Note that I do not consider keeping Christians from persecuting other peolle to be persecution of Christians.)
I opposed china when it began pere during the falon gong movement, I attacked them when they bggwn murder ring falon gong members and selling their organs on the transplant market. I called out Hollywood when it chanrfe the ancient one in Dr. Strange from a Tibetan man to a baldmnwhite woman to appease the butchers of Beijing.
I called out Hollywood when the stupid remake of red dawn changed the invaders from Chinese to north Korean.
I sure as hell condemned china's digital dictatorship, an utterly orwellian system of constant public surveillance and automatic social judgement that makes 1984 look libertarian.
Hollywood once attacked fascist regimes, like in ww2 and the cold war, they attacked the fascist countries, they attacked soviet Russia and maoist china.
Now they kowtow tom the most fascist brutal inhuman regime in history, a regime that murders dissidents and sells their organs. I guess china went from godless communism to godless capitalism, because selling human organs aftermnyiu murder the owners is really the ultimate form of capitalism. Godless capitalism.
When china was a godless communist country Hollywood routinekiy attacked them. Now that it's a godless capitalist country it basically dictates to Hollywood.
But I guess thatcs because america has also become a country dominated by godless capitalism.
It is nice to see some peolle finally condemning china, took you long enough to catch up to me.
^ When did any one on this board say they liked China? And you assuming that we were not aware of world events is insulting.
Caught up to you? I passed you decades ago.
Just because people ignored your post doesn't mean they agreed with China. It just means they were ignoring you. Hell, some of them might actually have been doing something practical against them and not just being keyboard warriors. Thinking you are that important though is one hell of an ego.
http://youtu.be/8ug8zF9HkeA (http://youtu.be/8ug8zF9HkeA)
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on October 16, 2019, 01:34:04 PM
It is nice to see some peolle finally condemning china, took you long enough to catch up to me.
Holy s**t your ego is absolutely f**king insufferable. I make a thread about human rights abuses in Hong Kong and you're using
it to act holier than thou and brag about how progressive you are. You can f**k right off with that s**t, Sven.
THIS s**t right here is why everyone hates you. THIS s**t is why you're the most smited user on this forum. THIS s**t is why so many
people want to see your dumbass banned. How dare you take advantage of the suffering of millions of people to prop up your own ego?!
I used to just think you were an arrogant little s**t who couldn't type. Now I know better. You're filth. You are an AWFUL person.
Your parents should be ashamed of raising such an egotistical little brat. How the f**k can you have such little tact and human decency that
you'd use a thread like THIS for your magnum opus in terms of condescending statements? I legitamtely hate you now. Your ignorance has hit
a new level.
Get lost, you sniveling little worm. :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 16, 2019, 03:03:32 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on October 16, 2019, 01:34:04 PM
It is nice to see some peolle finally condemning china, took you long enough to catch up to me.
Holy s**t your ego is absolutely f**king insufferable. I make a thread about human rights abuses in Hong Kong and you're using
it to act holier than thou and brag about how progressive you are. You can f**k right off with that s**t, Sven.
THIS s**t right here is why everyone hates you. THIS s**t is why you're the most smited user on this forum. THIS s**t is why so many
people want to see your dumbass banned. How dare you take advantage of the suffering of millions of people to prop up your own ego?!
I used to just think you were an arrogant little s**t who couldn't type. Now I know better. You're filth. You are an AWFUL person.
Your parents should be ashamed of raising such an egotistical little brat. How the f**k can you have such little tact and human decency that
you'd use a thread like THIS for your magnum opus in terms of condescending statements? I legitamtely hate you now. Your ignorance has hit
a new level.
Get lost, you sniveling little worm. :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:
Sven loves to be noticed and doesn't care if it's for the good he contributes or for the bad. I'm afraid by acknowledging him you're only encouraging his bad behavior, AJ.
No offense, Rev, but if he's behaving badly then why are you refusing to do anything about it?
October 9th you said on this thread (http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,153979.0.html) that if Sven breaks another rule, he would get a temporary ban.
THE VERY NEXT DAY he was freaking out on the Joker thread because someone corrected his grammar. He broke rule 3 and then went on a tangent on how he refused to ever correct his grammar.
He breaks the rules, refuses to change his behavior, then nothing happens to him. If your word means anything then you need to give Sven a temporary ban.
You're a nice guy, Rev. But you can't keep allowing Sven to break the rules and just tell people to ignore it. If you don't give him a temp ban then he will definitely never learn his lesson. The lesson he's learned is that he can do whatever he wants with nobody to stop him.
I'm begging you to make good on your word, Rev.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 16, 2019, 04:06:51 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 16, 2019, 03:03:32 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on October 16, 2019, 01:34:04 PM
It is nice to see some peolle finally condemning china, took you long enough to catch up to me.
Holy s**t your ego is absolutely f**king insufferable. I make a thread about human rights abuses in Hong Kong and you're using
it to act holier than thou and brag about how progressive you are. You can f**k right off with that s**t, Sven.
THIS s**t right here is why everyone hates you. THIS s**t is why you're the most smited user on this forum. THIS s**t is why so many
people want to see your dumbass banned. How dare you take advantage of the suffering of millions of people to prop up your own ego?!
I used to just think you were an arrogant little s**t who couldn't type. Now I know better. You're filth. You are an AWFUL person.
Your parents should be ashamed of raising such an egotistical little brat. How the f**k can you have such little tact and human decency that
you'd use a thread like THIS for your magnum opus in terms of condescending statements? I legitamtely hate you now. Your ignorance has hit
a new level.
Get lost, you sniveling little worm. :hatred: :hatred: :hatred:
Sven loves to be noticed and doesn't care if it's for the good he contributes or for the bad. I'm afraid by acknowledging him you're only encouraging his bad behavior, AJ.
I second AJ on this one. Sven is poisoning this forum and needs to go away before he costs us more good members.
today is my birthday. my present to myself is to ask ALL the people who faulted me for leaving the sven show if you STILL think i was wrong? yes, he should be banned, permanently. but i won't ask for that. i'll just remind you that the rev is right on one thing, the more you respond to sven, the better he likes it. he CHOSE his hell, and he enjoys living there. that's all.
Quote from: chefzombie on October 16, 2019, 05:08:15 PM
today is my birthday. my present to myself is to ask ALL the people who faulted me for leaving the sven show if you STILL think i was wrong? yes, he should be banned, permanently. but i won't ask for that. i'll just remind you that the rev is right on one thing, the more you respond to sven, the better he likes it. he CHOSE his hell, and he enjoys living there. that's all.
Y'know you're a good girl.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! This forum may have its shortcomings, but it's not that show. We've been thru it before.
I am glad to see you around!
Quote from: chefzombie on October 16, 2019, 05:08:15 PM
today is my birthday. my present to myself is to ask ALL the people who faulted me for leaving the sven show if you STILL think i was wrong? yes, he should be banned, permanently. but i won't ask for that. i'll just remind you that the rev is right on one thing, the more you respond to sven, the better he likes it. he CHOSE his hell, and he enjoys living there. that's all.
The more Sven p**sed me off the more I thought about what I said about you. How I thought you were acting immature by leaving over one user.
I was completely wrong and you have my apologies. I underestimated exactly how insufferable he is. I've been tempted to leave these forums.
I don't
WANT to but I'm getting closer and closer to doing so. I want the forums to go back to what they were. Engaging, fun, and intelligent discussions.
If Sven stays and never improves then that's never coming back. And he has outright stated that he refuses to improve. I have been on this site for ten years.
I've made so many memories and so many friends here. But now every time I visit the site it just stresses me out more. Ignoring him isn't an option. He keeps derailing
threads and posting several new ones a day.
If he's really that addicted to drama, if he's really that obsessed with attention, then he shouldn't be here. What does someone like that add to a conversation?
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 16, 2019, 04:40:53 PM
No offense, Rev, but if he's behaving badly then why are you refusing to do anything about it?
October 9th you said on this thread (http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,153979.0.html) that if Sven breaks another rule, he would get a temporary ban.
THE VERY NEXT DAY he was freaking out on the Joker thread because someone corrected his grammar. He broke rule 3 and then went on a tangent on how he refused to ever correct his grammar.
Obviously, I didn't see any behavior I thought rose to the level of rule-breaking. I don't see everything. If you think someone is breaking a rule in a specific instance message me and I'll look into it.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 16, 2019, 05:26:18 PM
Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 16, 2019, 04:40:53 PM
No offense, Rev, but if he's behaving badly then why are you refusing to do anything about it?
October 9th you said on this thread (http://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php/topic,153979.0.html) that if Sven breaks another rule, he would get a temporary ban.
THE VERY NEXT DAY he was freaking out on the Joker thread because someone corrected his grammar. He broke rule 3 and then went on a tangent on how he refused to ever correct his grammar.
Obviously, I didn't see any behavior I thought rose to the level of rule-breaking. I don't see everything. If you think someone is breaking a rule in a specific instance message me and I'll look into it.
Okay. Well what about the instance of rule breaking I JUST told you about on the Joker thread? What are you going to do about that?
Rule 3 states that you must keep your posts grammatically sound so people can understand you. You even point out in the thread that you can't understand him.
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 10, 2019, 03:22:33 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on October 10, 2019, 03:12:50 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on October 10, 2019, 02:37:45 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on October 10, 2019, 01:22:09 PM
Maybe a better question than "is the joker any good" is "Why do we care what critics say anyway? "
Because we help steer you towards movies you might enjoy and away from movies you might hate? I mean, otherwise you'd be mostly picking movies at random, or going by advertising.
In tidayscs world, rev, yoiu could look at what people are saying about itaftetr seeing it.
I don't know what tidayscs world is but critics are people who say what they think about a movie after seeing it. :question:
I've been here since 2007. I've seen a lot of good members come and go. But I have never seen someone this vile and venomous, who has driven off so many of our good members.
Frankly, the dubious benefits of Sven's membership here are far outweighed by the good of the community, which he is poisoning more and more every day.
BAN.
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: indianasmith on October 16, 2019, 07:47:24 PM
I've been here since 2007. I've seen a lot of good members come and go. But I have never seen someone this vile and venomous, who has driven off so many of our good members.
Frankly, the dubious benefits of Sven's membership here are far outweighed by the good of the community, which he is poisoning more and more every day.
BAN.
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there are benefits :question:
Quote from: bob on October 16, 2019, 08:20:43 PM
Quote from: indianasmith on October 16, 2019, 07:47:24 PM
I've been here since 2007. I've seen a lot of good members come and go. But I have never seen someone this vile and venomous, who has driven off so many of our good members.
Frankly, the dubious benefits of Sven's membership here are far outweighed by the good of the community, which he is poisoning more and more every day.
BAN.
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there are benefits :question:
Indy is just being civil. There's nothing good that comes from him being here.
Even when you think you're having a decent conversation with him, it will quickly devolve into pretentious gibberish.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong (it'd be nice to be wrong) but hasn't recent history shown that the Chinese government has mostly reacted to demonstrations by becoming more strict, not less? Is there reason to hope the response to Hong Kong will be different?
I don't know but that's how it seems to me.
Quote from: ER on October 16, 2019, 10:24:23 PM
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong (it'd be nice to be wrong) but hasn't recent history shown that the Chinese government has mostly reacted to demonstrations by becoming more strict, not less? Is there reason to hope the response to Hong Kong will be different?
I don't know but that's how it seems to me.
Well in America protest demonstrations didn't work; so they revolted.
One thing I can't help wondering/worrying, is how many of the police are native to Hong Kong, Vs Chinese....
I don't think ethnicity matters, it's cultural.
I love how this coward (https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1184858804589957122) just changes the subject and pretends it never happened.
Hong Kong has already made all the great kung fu movies. China is too late
I do have to say, I love when the internet uses trolling for good. Like turning the character Mei from Overwatch into a Hong Kong liberation icon.
The idea is that if they're successful, Prime Minister Pooh will want to ban Overwatch and ruin Blizzard's profits. Good luck to 'em.
(https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Mei-Hong-Kong-Overwatch-protesters-800x400.jpg)
Blizzard was going to do some big anniversary thing in Tibet but pulled out. Huh. Wonder why they cancelled it. :wink:
The pigs have switched to cheaper tear gas grenades that are made in China. They look like this when fired:
(https://i.redd.it/zl0pmah9w8w31.jpg)
And this is what they do to concrete:
(https://i.imgur.com/oMZO9SK.jpg)
A first-aider got hit in the back by one of these. I won't show you the image.
You can find it on reddit.com/r/HongKong.
There's a new thing that protesters have been doing. When they get arrested they scream their name and that they're not committing suicide.
This is because the HK police are suspected of murdering protesters and just calling them "suicides".
The water canons they shoot people with are full of blue dye. If you get hit by it then you're painted blue for the rest of the day.
The point of this is so they can spot you in a crowd and beat the s**t out of you.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/us-senate-passes-hk-rights-bill-backing-protesters-angers-beijing-idUSKBN1XT2VR (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/us-senate-passes-hk-rights-bill-backing-protesters-angers-beijing-idUSKBN1XT2VR)