Mumbai under siege

[Moonliner]

Kind of makes you think about the Penn Station threats that came out today.

I wonder if a similar massacre in New York, DC or LA will present you even more party ideas.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

It just goes to show the amount of nutjobs out there who have nothing better to do than screw with others. There are better ways of changing the world than being total dicks...

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

To be fair, some people did not see the humor in the choice of NYE party theme to begin with (aka found it racially insulting), so let's please recognize that standards of humor differ.

HUH?

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Kind of makes you think about the Penn Station threats that came out today.

I wonder if a similar massacre in New York, DC or LA will present you even more party ideas.

Toten Tanz perhaps?

[Not Afraid]

Maybe we should've taken the LoT Goes To Hell idea seriously.

Remind me not to throw a Cinco de Mayo or St. Patrick's Day party, K?

[innerSpaceman]

My thoughts exactly. I personally don't see anything insulting about having a "foreign culture" themed event. But some person(s) who post here expressed a different view, and it opened my eyes to another line of thinking about the concept.

I found the analogy appropriate to whether or not mass massacre in India could be the subject of humor. All a matter of different perspectives, none of them necessarily "wrong."



(Mass Massacre Madness, though ... definitely wrong.)

[Disneyphile]

This whole thing is just sad. I really love India, and hope to visit there someday. I just wish we could read into the minds of extremists and figure out why they're so angry and vengeful.

And on a weird related note.... I guess I won't be playing Kidnap on Facebook for awhile.... my latest hideout is Mumbai, and it's just way too wrong to send people notifications that I've napped them to Mumbai.

[JWBear]

For the record, I have no problem whatsoever with the Bollywood theme; I think it's way cool. I also have no problem with staying with that theme after yesterday's events. What I objected to was GD's suggestion that we use this tragedy as a source of further merriment; something I found tasteless and insensitive.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, whether I would make a joke about it or not ..... any big event in India is going to make me think of the Bollywood Party. I doubt I'm the only one on the LoT who'd make such a connection at the start of the holiday season that will end spectacularly with Bollywood!


Depending on the "other item" intersecting with Bollywood, questionable taste might ensue. But let's face it, when has big news out of India ever been good?

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Maybe we should've taken the LoT Goes To Hell idea seriously.

Remind me not to throw a Cinco de Mayo or St. Patrick's Day party, K?

I don't know who iSm is talking about. And personally, I really have appreciation and respect for Indian art, music, food, culture...

I've heard more often, recently, than I've ever heard about an educational push for the concept of cultural appropriation. It was a discussion that fascinated me because I'd never considered it before, and it seemed that many people felt very strongly about it. Their perspective seems to be centered in the idea that if you take the culture out of context, you lose the meaning, you belittle and ignore the history or present-day situation.

But, then, America is made up entirely of appropriation. Because it's made up of cultures that are so mixed together that it isn't surprising that one person sees another person's interesting art and builds on it. So what crosses the line between appreciation and appropriation? I'm still not fully clear on it. But I will admit that both their argument and the pending party came to mind while watching Slumdog Millionaire recently. I have to admit that I have come to appreciate the culture without a full understanding of the country itself. But that's just me, and it doesn't make me feel bad about the party, and it doesn't make me want to not enjoy the food and culture. It just makes me, personally, want to understand more about the history and current events.