Re: How EXPENSIVE was your 1st VHS, Betamax, or DVD player?

You need to simmer down on the LECTURE, Skyhawk. I'm a purebreed FILIPINO. Your so-called 'opinion' on the term, IS NEITHER OFFENSIVE... nor ANYTHING NEW!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_(slang)

The term 'FLIP' is not RACISM. I use it. My friends use it. THEIR FRIENDS USE IT. It has ZERO MEANING in contrast to the 'N' word that HAS GENERATIONS of slavery attached to it.

You BRAG A LOT ABOUT stuff in this message board. DON'T ASSUME YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE.

You were NEITHER BORN, NOR EXPERIENCED HARDSHIP, from where I was born, like I did.

You just go there for your vacation.

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Feb 3, 2008]

Well Skyhawk I don't know where you grew up but I was raised right in downtown Toronto which is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, if not THE most diverse.

I personally would never call any of my black friends Niggah but they sometimes say that to each other. The Flip word for Phillippinos has never been an issue here for anyone so unless one of them finds it offensive I guess they will still say it from time to time. If they don't find it offensive I have no reason to and yes we are all adults.

Anyway moving on to something a little more uplifting...do any of you remember the original Beta and VHS VCR's have the little wheels inside to manually tune the channels? They didn't have digital converters built-in those days

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Feb 3, 2008]

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You BRAG A LOT ABOUT stuff in this message board. DON'T ASSUME YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE.

This coming from the guy who doesn't know a single word of Tagalog.

And yes, although I don't live there anymore, we try and go back every year. I suggest you take a vacation there too, and see how long you last in Manila referring to everyone around you with your "endearing" American term.

Why can't you just accept that many find the term racially offensive and be respectful of people that do?

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This coming from the guy who doesn't know a single word of Tagalog.

Well, that's what you think. You're on a NEED TO KNOW BASIS. You neither deserve my ethnic attention, nor my RESPECT on the subject. You have zero clue.

It's interesting how this thread, all of a sudden, extended.... due to your IGNORANCE on the term. It was not racism until YOU INSTIGATED IT AS ONE.

YOU WERE NEVER BORN THERE. YOU NEVER EXPERIENCED HARDSHIP THERE. I did, and spent most of my teenage years with my lower-class relatives.... WHILE YOU CONSIDER THE SPOT AS A VACATION RESORT!

You want to extend this 'conversation'? Let's both get out of this thread (to keep the topic relevant for others), & converse on a different site.

GROW UP.

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Feb 3, 2008]

xplaytendo, you have no clue to where I was born, nor what "hardships" I've been though. I do know I wasn't "spawned" anywhere.

Frankly I don't care what degrading racial terms you call others, but I'm free to express my displeasure when called them. You're allowed to be racist - America's a free country after all, di ba?. But the worst thing some people might call you is "Joe" if you ever did visit the Philippines. Head over to Filipino.ca and start posts referring to everyone as "F.L.I.P."s and see how long you last before getting axed. I'll enjoy the show.

Skyhawk says:

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But the worst thing some people might call you is "Joe" if you ever did visit the Philippines.

I have a brother-in-law named Joe. I got other friends that was born in the Philippines named Joe. Apparently, you're TOO STUPID to realize that JOE could actually be a NAME of a person, that extend to other countries, like the Philippines. You've never experienced HARDSHIP or CLASSIFICATION in my country, like me & my relatives did. ALL YOU DID WAS GO THERE FOR YOUR VACATION! You just keep digging yourself a bigger hole.

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You're allowed to be racist - America's a free country after all, di ba?.

Thank you for clarifying your BIGOTRY, but I doubt the rest of Canada has your narrow-minded view of the world. You're a sad individual.

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Feb 3, 2008]

xplaytendo said -

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"Where the ousted First Lady (the ex-president included), was popular for her Elegant Parties, VAST COLLECTION of Expensive Shoes, and numerous home videos of George Hamilton- ever-so-tanned while joining her, at many Ballroom Dances. Ahhhh.... corruption."

Yeah , I knew you were referring to the Philippines, when you wrote the above note (pg. 2), as here in America there was so much constant publicity about the Marcos dictatorship, and his wife's amazing over-indulgence in shoes.

Years ago, the Philippines was again in the news, by it's impressive computer-school students, and how one was responsible for a major computer virus, I think it as the "I Love U" one. I realized then that this country is on it's way back from the sufferings under Marcos. I read they elected another female president a few years ago too Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and she's been doing a good job trying to improve the country's standing in the world.

-LH (The Loverboy)

I think our fitst VHS player was around $1500 and this was say in 1979 or so...Then my dad got a betamax shortly afterwards maybe a year or so, and that was like $800, I remember the thing had a wired remote!!! We also had this machine that played these movies that looked like big plastic album covers!!! Anyone remember that player??? I had Lord of the Rings (animated) on it and watched it all the time. Hell, in our den my dad had this projector type tv with a red/green/blue light on it, and it projected to a screen. I remember the first big screen we got musta weighed about 900 lbs and it looked like a big piece of furniture!!! Alas, those were the days.

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We also had this machine that played these movies that looked like big plastic album covers!!! Anyone remember that player???

Hey, I've seen one of those, back what I was a kid. What the heck do you call that?

[Post edited by xplaytendo on Feb 3, 2008]

Was it a LASERDISC, perhaps?

-LH (The Loverboy)
~ (long-time collector of LaserDiscs, since 1982) ~