Like Gábor said before me: better late than never.
I was just watching the newest episode of Family Guy the other and a gig particularly caught my attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNjRYb_DZ5I
Apart from making me laugh this made me remember another similar pun just from the episode a week before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_84P_HvIDek
The two together did a couple of things in my mind:
It changed my motto to: ALLAHU AKBAR :D
And it made me wonder how Arabs would feel when they watch these. Because I think even though these are hilarious, they still tend to carry a bit of discriminatory charge against Muslims. If someone watches shows like this a lot he/she will think that suicide bombing for Arabs is like going to the cinema for Americans. And there I was thinking that discrimination in America belonged to the past. (Then again there was 9/11 which changed America quite a bit.)
Anyways, I know that watching family guy is infantile and someday I do intend to wean off of it. But not until I find it funny and I think that's years away from now...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Police violence
Apologies for completely forgetting about this task, but as they say, better late than never, so here goes.
Well, I guess this entry won't be a very cheery one, but it's certainly interesting and thought provoking, might even lead to a heated debate. Or at least it did on a forum I regularly visit.
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgRAr4wnFQ
I thought it was pretty crazy. I personally think the kick was definitely not deserved, especially after the man decided to surrender. Most people defending the cop are saying that it's alright because he's a police officer - that the criminal was already running from the police, so he deserves whatever the cops decide to do. I strongly disagree with this, and I've no idea how anyone can justify what this police officer did. I highly doubt this is supposed to be part of his job, and the high-five afterwards makes it even more disgusting.
So yeah, that's the gist of it. Can police brutality ever be justified? I guess it also depends on the situation, but just because someone is wearing a uniform, it doesn't change the fact that he's beating up someone who isn't resisting or fighting back. All it does is bring him down to the criminal's level.
Well, I guess this entry won't be a very cheery one, but it's certainly interesting and thought provoking, might even lead to a heated debate. Or at least it did on a forum I regularly visit.
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgRAr4wnFQ
I thought it was pretty crazy. I personally think the kick was definitely not deserved, especially after the man decided to surrender. Most people defending the cop are saying that it's alright because he's a police officer - that the criminal was already running from the police, so he deserves whatever the cops decide to do. I strongly disagree with this, and I've no idea how anyone can justify what this police officer did. I highly doubt this is supposed to be part of his job, and the high-five afterwards makes it even more disgusting.
So yeah, that's the gist of it. Can police brutality ever be justified? I guess it also depends on the situation, but just because someone is wearing a uniform, it doesn't change the fact that he's beating up someone who isn't resisting or fighting back. All it does is bring him down to the criminal's level.
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