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Will.i.am Introduces iPhone Camera Accessory with Slide-Out Keyboard

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Gomff said:
OK....So let's give the person who made that comment the benefit of the doubt because this is getting a bit old (even though we both know what they really meant). Care to explain some of these other comments away? Let me remind you:

"Dear Asian Designers,

Golden painted plastic is tacky. Please stop.

Signed,

Moi "

and

"I'm pretty sure every Lil Wayne listening hoodrat will sport one of these.... cuz you know, theres gold on it."

and


"..and certain proof that the towering **** jockey is as deluded as I previously assumed." (cramming a bit of homophobia in there as well, just for good measure"

Please explain to me how these comments are OK, and reflect a civilized intelligent critique of a new technology product.
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1. This is a poorly designed product. The poster is saying that Will.i.am did not make it, but an "Asian" (probably Chinese) designer did. And golden painted plastic is present in many cheap Chinese products, which is a fact, not an opinion.

2. Lil Wayne is also a bling-lover. A huge one. Google him. The poster is making a connection between the two "artists" and their fans. Also, all of the Lil Wayne fans I know love overpriced products like Beats by Dr Dre and hoodies. I wouldn't go around insulting Lil Wayne fans, but doing so would not be racist.

3. One of those overly terrible comments insulting Will.i.am himself. That's just how the Internet sites work. The poster is just exaggerating the terribleness of this product and making it personal. No, I don't support this kind of attacking you'd see in Justin Bieber comments, but it's just stupid, not racist. And I don't see how this is homophobia either in its correct ("afraid of the same") or forced meaning, but maybe I haven't heard enough stereotypes to identify it.

The second and third comments are not OK, but they are not racist. The first one is probably off-topic, and I doubt a Chinese or Asian designer made the design for this.
 
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Canezmd said:
WTF is "white shame"?!?!

I'm supposed to hate myself because **some** white people at some point in time owned slaves? That's just crazy. Just like I don't think I'm the sh** cause another white guy started apple, I don't think I'm a piece of sh** because some other guys did some bad things.

If you studied history you'd know that most African slaves were taken to the Ottoman Empire.... Not America. You'd also know that there was a prolific trade in white European slaves sold to Africa for quite a long time as well.
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Sorry, who are you? I don't recall talking to you but I do have my hands full ATM so maybe I'm mistaken.

If you'd taken the time to read through the thread and more importantly the point I and some others have been making....The people who should feel shame are the ones who're coming out with all the dodgy racial stereotypes. I said nothing about feeling shame for the sins of your ancestors.

Happy to talk to you about history any time of day or night brother....Over here we've got plenty of it to wade through.
 
faroZ06 said:
1. This is a poorly designed product. The poster is saying that Will.i.am did not make it, but an "Asian" (probably Chinese) designer did. And golden painted plastic is present in many cheap Chinese products, which is a fact, not an opinion.

2. Lil Wayne is also a bling-lover. A huge one. Google him. The poster is making a connection between the two "artists".

3. One of those overly terrible comments insulting Will.i.am himself. That's just how the Internet sites work. The poster is just exaggerating the terribleness of this product and making it personal. And I don't see how this is homophobia either in its correct ("afraid of the same") or forced meaning.
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Nice rationalization of all the vitriol....you're a man out of your time.
 
Judging by the comments here, if anyone gets one of these things and whips it out, the crowd around said poor sucker will be kicking the sevenshadesofs*** outta the poor sap.

Best not to get one.
 
p.s. Can everyone quit with the racist BS? You girls can talk about it on another forum... maybe racistRumors.com, otherwise keep to the effing topic.
 
Gomff said:
So anyway, it's been fun but I really have to call it a night. The fan mail just keeps coming in thick and fast but there's only so much I can answer. Your little hyena pack will have to find some other prey to stalk but maybe we'll do this again sometime.

Meanwhile....Night night.

KThanksBye x
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Interesting.

I guess my question is this: do you think this forum is filled with so many black hating bigots that not only are they comfortable enough to utter racist comments (according to you and one or two others) in a public forum, but these bigots are so numerous that they and their supporters feel comfortable enough to support and defend these comments and attitudes to the extent that your responses queue is too great to manage and now you're just going to bed?

Does anyone else feel this forum is that bigoted?
 
WilliamLondon said:
Interesting.

I guess my question is this: do you think this forum is filled with so many black hating bigots that not only are they comfortable enough to utter racist comments (according to you and one or two others) in a public forum, but these bigots are so numerous that they and their supporters feel comfortable enough to support and defend these comments and attitudes to the extent that your responses queue is too great to manage and now you're just going to bed?

Does anyone else feel this forum is that bigoted?
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I have never once gotten the impression that "this forum is filled with so many black hating bigots". What's up with that?
 
Wow the golden version looks like something you'd find at dealextreme.
I'll buy one for my zune for sure!
 
I don't know what else I could've expected from the genius mind that came up with these lyrics from his newest single "scream and shout"

Everybody in the club
All eyes on us
All eyes on us
All eyes on us

I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We say oh we oh we oh we oh
We say oh we oh we oh we oh
I wanna scream and shout and let it all out
And scream and shout and let it out
We say oh we oh we oh we oh

You are now now rocking with will.i.am
and Britney bitch
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Bring the action
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Venture destined to failure, from someone who has too much money to burn. EOF
 
I gotta feeling that this *****'s gonna be a big *****.
 
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Gomff said:
Right....Called out as a troll by a trekkie with the starship enterprise as his avatar.

So I've been a member of these forums, contributing to numerous threads on various subjects for 3 years or more but I've been waiting for tonight to "Troll" (or as I like to put it....Defend a principle and call out a load of dodgy casual racism).

In the words of Captain James T Kirk....."Spock.....Explain?"

On second thoughts....please don't bother.
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Well, if you really aren't trolling, you're at least being a sore loser, calling everyone here "hyenas" and "racist". But doing that sort of thing is usually an indication of trolling or at least a reason for receiving an infraction (insults). Also, your language matches language commonly used by trolls, which gives me a hunch.

I say "everyone" because nobody here thinks you are being logical. If you're not trolling, I would be surprised if you didn't already consider me racist Star Trek fan at this point.
 
Well I'm back to see how this thread is doing. It's a doozey all right. :D

Don't you think this phone would look great as a Christmas tree ornament?
 
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