Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Promised Land
When stakes are big for companies or gov'ts, they let the people think that they are in control through their votes but ultimately, they (companies, gov'ts) themselves are controlling the outcome, by any means necessary.
American Sniper earning $250M in 2 weeks
Ironic how an islamophobic, war-glorifying, & hate-mongering movie has already earned $250M USD (budget: $60M) in 2 weeks of its opening, whereas, other war-related movies, e.g. Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs", with its message of how wars are destructive for American youths & future generations, made just $63M at the box office (budget: $35M) or Paul Haggis' "In the Valley of Elah," with its similar message as "Lions for Lambs", made only $30M at box office (budget: $23M).
So, the movie which is glorifying war & fanning the flames of islamophobia & xenophobia is being loved by American audiences. It earning so much in just 2 weeks of its opening in American theatres shows the amount of hatred & prejudice in the general public. Yes, there are non-violent, peace-loving, war-opposing Americans, too, but they obviously are in much fewer numbers than their counterparts in the other camp.
The only barrier which is saving the lives of Muslims, & in general, Arabs, in US, is the fear of arrest & prosecution of the perpetrators by the American justice system. If, however, someone thinks they can get away with an assault against a Muslim, then they have no reason to hold themselves back.
So, the movie which is glorifying war & fanning the flames of islamophobia & xenophobia is being loved by American audiences. It earning so much in just 2 weeks of its opening in American theatres shows the amount of hatred & prejudice in the general public. Yes, there are non-violent, peace-loving, war-opposing Americans, too, but they obviously are in much fewer numbers than their counterparts in the other camp.
The only barrier which is saving the lives of Muslims, & in general, Arabs, in US, is the fear of arrest & prosecution of the perpetrators by the American justice system. If, however, someone thinks they can get away with an assault against a Muslim, then they have no reason to hold themselves back.
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| http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2926333/Clint-Eastwood-scores-biggest-hit-career-American-Sniper-passes-200-million-mark-second-weekend-box-office-domination.html |
Monday, January 26, 2015
American Sniper stoking Anti-Muslim threats
This is just the start. European xenophobia & islamophobia are going to spread all over North America in the next few years, due to worsening economic conditions all over North America.
As long as economy is humming along nicely, nobody cares. As soon as economy starts to falter, xenophobia sentiment starts creeping in society. This time around economy is taking a long time to recover & still no sign that it will recover soon or will even recover back to pre-2008 levels.
The ...longer it takes to recover, more time xenophobic & islamophobic sentiments have, to firmly take root in society & uprooting those later will be extremely hard. It's going to get a lot worse before it becomes better (assuming it does become better).
As long as economy is humming along nicely, nobody cares. As soon as economy starts to falter, xenophobia sentiment starts creeping in society. This time around economy is taking a long time to recover & still no sign that it will recover soon or will even recover back to pre-2008 levels.
The ...longer it takes to recover, more time xenophobic & islamophobic sentiments have, to firmly take root in society & uprooting those later will be extremely hard. It's going to get a lot worse before it becomes better (assuming it does become better).
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| http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30972690 |
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