Post #323211 by MrBaliHai on Sat, Aug 4, 2007 8:58 AM

On 2007-08-04 08:35, bigbrotiki wrote:
I know! Negative stereotyping sucks! I am a victim of it myself whenever I watch Hogan's Heroes!

I think you're comparing apples and oranges here, bigbro. A somewhat better analogy would be if someone looked at a photo of you hanging out at your Stammtisch at the Weisses Brauhaus enjoying a nice Aventius, and saying, "That Sven, he's clearly a Jew-hating Nazi who's got a picture of Hitler hanging on the wall of his apartment."

In my mind, the humorous thing about pop culture ARE the stereotypes, be they racial, political, sociological, or just aesthetic.

I don't object to stereotypes per se, as long as they don't assume the worst about people.

Forgive me if my assumption that you do not own the book is wrong

If this was directed at me, then yes, it's wrong. I've owned your book for at least 10 years.

And when I use a term like "Idiocracy", I am referring to that damn funny movie that is unjustly underrated and unknown. :)

It's not unknown to me. Funniest movie I've seen all year. Ow, My Balls!