Other Cultural Felonies

[Roadtoad]

In honor of the new term "Cultural Felony," (long overdue), I'd like to introduce a few others which have escaped notice, in addition to the horror of daring to criticize Obama.

May I suggest:

1.) Bad table manners from someone from another country.

2.) Racist talk from someone from the Middle East.

3.) Homophobic talk from someone from same, or from an evangelical background.

4.) Bleats of "I'm just tellin' the truth!" from anyone.

Please, add your own!

[Elizabeth I]

In honor of the new term "Cultural Felony," (long overdue), I'd like to introduce a few others which have escaped notice, in addition to the horror of daring to criticize Obama.

May I suggest:

1.) Bad table manners from someone from another country.

2.) Racist talk from someone from the Middle East.

3.) Homophobic talk from someone from same, or from an evangelical background.

4.) Bleats of "I'm just tellin' the truth!" from anyone.

Please, add your own!

I have no idea if this fits the criterion or not, but it makes me mad:

TV commercials for remedies for ED, incontinence, flatulence, etc.

[Roadtoad]

I have no idea if this fits the criterion or not, but it makes me mad:

TV commercials for remedies for ED, incontinence, flatulence, etc.

Damn straight it fits!

[Damien Evans]

Outback Steakhouse.

[fuelair]

Outback Steakhouse.

Put them on the 'barbie!!!

[Whiplash]

In before Mattus says "Billy Mays".

(I'm just kidding around, settle down!!)

:D

(ETA I may not be getting it.. when the mention of commercials for ED products was mentioned, I may have taken the wrong understanding of this threads intent).

[Pardalis]

French people telling me I have an accent. (I'm sure Americans get the same from Brits, it's always the other one who has the accent)

[Mojo]

Starting a sentence with "I'm not a racist, but..."

[Whiplash]

How about the new Doctor Who series. When referencing Americans, it is usually less than polite about it.

You have the rich, evil corporate madman who collects alien toys in his vast underground museum. He's a shamless capitalist. Greedy, selfish. Arrogant beyond belief. Unconcerned about the potential death of millions of innocent Americans from his new toy.. And he's the most pathetic caricature of that type of villan.. as soon as things get bad he's a huge coward trying to sell everyone else out.

Or in Tennant's first story (The Christmas Invasion). Where the Prime Minster, in response to being told the American President wanted to take charge of the crisis, responded saying "You can tell him, and use these exact words, I'm not letting him turn this into a war!". (and then she later blows the ship out of the sky.. and yes, I can appreciate the attempt at irony. I still find it a political dig with a convenient backdoor).

Then in the episodes where the Master returns.. the American president shows up on scene and is a completely typical and slimy politician, mugging for cameras and trying to take credit. And so full of bluster and threats towards the Master as Prime Minister. I wonder if any in the UK weren't inclined to want to defend him. Sure, he's the most evil criminal in history.. But hey, it was some American trying to tell the British PM what to do! ;)

But still, it's not all bad.. the Americans portrayed in the Daleks in Manhattan stories were pretty good and inspiring. Maybe America is only bad in the recent past, or only at certain times in history. Say.. 1968-1976, 1980-1992, and again from 2000-2008. Or something like that.

And maybe I still don't get the point of this thread, in which case, please excuse my morning rambling and ranting which is probably more heated than I would normally intend. Where is that damn coffee??? :)

[Eyeron]

The term Cultural Felony was inspired by the thread "gee where's the outrage" in which one poster pretty much says Fox News is a Felony and should be arrested and makes up Felonies that don't exist in real legislation, at least as far as I know, he is expressing his own prejudice.

Also a lot of Europeans are critical of America thanks to George Bush based on the misinformed opinion that all Americans voted for him and therefore support his draconian policies. Not to mention it is affected by what they see on TV.

[Biscuit]

Expressing just how honest and sincere your statement is by using the word 'literally'.

"I was going to the store and I literally almost got hit" or "I was literally just about to say that."

It bugs the bejesus out me.

[Madalch]

Expressing just how honest and sincere your statement is by using the word 'literally'.

"I was going to the store and I literally almost got hit" or "I was literally just about to say that."

It bugs the bejesus out me.

I can relate. It literally bugs the bejesus out of me.

[TriskettheKid]

The way Americans get shafted with Top Gear episodes.

Seriously, BBC America? Series 7? What was wrong with Series 13? How long do we *********** have to wait to see it?


ETA:

This goes for more general cultural things, too. The delay between localizations is awful, especially when it comes to similar language programs like Top Gear.

[fuelair]

How about the new Doctor Who series. When referencing Americans, it is usually less than polite about it.

You have the rich, evil corporate madman who collects alien toys in his vast underground museum. He's a shamless capitalist. Greedy, selfish. Arrogant beyond belief. Unconcerned about the potential death of millions of innocent Americans from his new toy.. And he's the most pathetic caricature of that type of villan.. as soon as things get bad he's a huge coward trying to sell everyone else out.

Or in Tennant's first story (The Christmas Invasion). Where the Prime Minster, in response to being told the American President wanted to take charge of the crisis, responded saying "You can tell him, and use these exact words, I'm not letting him turn this into a war!". (and then she later blows the ship out of the sky.. and yes, I can appreciate the attempt at irony. I still find it a political dig with a convenient backdoor).Well, the AP at the time was rather a

Then in the episodes where the Master returns.. the American president shows up on scene and is a completely typical and slimy politician, mugging for cameras and trying to take credit. And so full of bluster and threats towards the Master as Prime Minister. I wonder if any in the UK weren't inclined to want to defend him. Sure, he's the most evil criminal in history.. But hey, it was some American trying to tell the British PM what to do! ;)

But still, it's not all bad.. the Americans portrayed in the Daleks in Manhattan stories were pretty good and inspiring. Maybe America is only bad in the recent past, or only at certain times in history. Say.. 1968-1976, 1980-1992, and again from 2000-2008. Or something like that.

And maybe I still don't get the point of this thread, in which case, please excuse my morning rambling and ranting which is probably more heated than I would normally intend. Where is that damn coffee??? :)Well, in all fairness, the AP at the time was a doltish chunk of fecal matter.:D

[Whiplash]

EDIT: in retrospect, I'm probably derailing this thread with what I had to say. So I removed it. Please feel free to delete this message.

[Biscuit]

I can relate. It literally bugs the bejesus out of me.

You are a bad bad man.

I have noticed that drunk people seem to use that word a lot more than sober people.

[Madalch]

You are a bad bad man.

I have noticed that drunk people seem to use that word a lot more than sober people.

That's because drunk people don't care what they sound like, and aren't paying attention to whether or not they're speaking correctly.

But I think it's more irritating when people use it in a figurative expression than in your examples. "You literally almost hit me!" isn't as grating as "I literally died from shame!"

[Eyeron]

Yeah, if they literally died they shouldn't be standing and talking.

[Skeptic]

Anybody who is first in the traffic light and who doesn't have his car in DRIVE or in FIRST GEAR when the light turns green should be dragged out to the street and shot.

[Lurker]

Aluminum, not aluminium.

Cricket is clearly a cultural felony and anyone tryin to explain the rules is comitting a 1st degree cultural felony.

[Biscuit]

Anybody who is first in the traffic light and who doesn't have his car in DRIVE or in FIRST GEAR when the light turns green should be dragged out to the street and shot.

Along the same lines and a reason they might not be ready to go are people who listen to MP3 players with headphones while driving.

Actually anyone who walks around all day with the over sized DJ style headphones on should be shot as well. It will be easy because they will never hear you coming.

Also people with visible tattoos of their favorite band. Insane Clown Posse I am talking about you!

[Darth Rotor]

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