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Book to movie inconsistencies that are genuinely annoying and unneeded
David_Dovey:
Jains?
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 20 May 2009, 14:53 ---Inuits.
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Sorry, they were known in historic times to have fought with the Cree and other related First Nations. they were just less successful as evidenced by them being in the less desirable real estate.
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 21 May 2009, 06:23 ---Jains?
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Alright, we may have a winner here.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 21 May 2009, 04:43 ---So, Irish on Irish violence doesn't count?
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Even if it doesn't, the Irish were one of the biggest contributors to racism in the US way back when. It was a matter of the Irish were an oppressed minority for a long time in the US, and as soon as a new minority showed up, they were all up in arms oppressing them to draw the heat off their own backs. It's why Boston is still considered one of the more racist Northern metro areas because there are some Irish families (Italian too) that haven't moved past it. It was really huge back in the twenties where a lot of Massachusetts Irish would lynch you just as soon as look at you if you were anything even remotely resembling dark skinned.
Border Reiver:
Even so, there is the little matter of piracy and kidnapping that the Irish used to practice - which is how St Patty got to Ireland in the first place.
Let's face it, humans generally just don't play nicely amongst themselves. We dress it up in a variety of colours - but it still looks like we're beating each other.
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