American History X

RevoXT wrote: Clark, by the "illegals" I mean the ones who work around here which I know for a fact, are illegal since I know the builder that hires them.

So you were only commenting on the driving of the 150 illegal construction workers?  Out of all the bad Mexican drivers in Atlanta, you were limiting your comments to these 150?

And that still doesn't explain how some guy was being "charged" with being illegal in a county courthouse.

Sorry - I don't buy the backpedal.

Hilter didn't hate JEWS because they were "Wealthy" I doubt he even hated them. He needed a group of people to put a label on to make others follow him...

Interesting theory - what do you base it on?  While politicians love to create enemies, that doesn't mean that they don't really hate those enemies.  Anti-semitism was the standard of the time - I would actually find it surprising if he didn't hate Jews, just based on probability.  Hitler grew up in a time when many countries and towns had specific anti-Jew laws.  Hating Jews was the standard, not the exception.

Technically, if you hate a racist you ARE hating a group of people, that group of people dislikes other groups of people.. therefore, you just joined them.

Not true.  If I hate a racist for his beliefs, I am not hating him just for hating someone else - I am hating him specifically because of it racial views.  I wouldn't hate him for hating Metallica, for instance.  Having opinions about race is different than having opinions about music.  All hate is not created equal.

And now the detour into "OMGZORZ SPANISH":

...I am one of them because I am VERY pissed that because we have such a high population if hispanics in this country I am REQUIRED to take Spanish?

I would actually support mandatory Spanish nation-wide.  I think it is foolish not to learn Spanish, and I think it is borderline child abuse not to teach your children Spanish.

Meh....Canada dosen't have this big of a problem..

Actually, Canada has lots of immigration from all over the world, and Canada also has an entire province that is officially bi-lingual.   Yet they seem to cope fine.  Canada was probably not your best example here to support your position.

i think no one should make you take a certain language but be mandatory to take a laguage of your choose.

Our country needs to adapt to the changes, if that means pushing for a more mixed language culture, then so be it. I for one am not too proud to go a little ways and learn another language. I will push my children into doing so and would hope that as this trend continues, more and more schools will help children become bilingual.

Harder to find jobs? Really? When was the last time you applied to pick fruits and got edged out by an illegal immigrant?

__sneaky__ wrote: Never seen it but I wanna.

I could give you a list of powerful movies like that to watch if you had a real boring weekend coming up.

Alright, for one, watch American History X. If you like that, venture into the movie Crash. Also, try Boyz In The Hood and Do The Right Thing. If you like Spike Lee try some of his other movies such as Summer of Sam and Inside Man. Although the last two are not socially powerful, one of his more powerful movies/documentaries is called 4 Little Girls. If you really have the time try watching Malcom X. Slow in the beginning but it does pick up. Also, if you want something with a little more action in it, I hightly recommend Dead Presidents. Although not seen in the beginning as a socially moving film, it has it's parts referring to the inner city that can make you think. And if you want something a little more political, try Syrianna. Sometimes long and drawn out, but definitely appropriate for these times. If you want a good cop movie, rent Narc. Made in 1997 it wasn't released until 2003 independently. Some big names and great performances. Really makes you think about narc units and police.

With a little more time I could fetch up quite a few more that would definitely be worth a rent.