The Confederate State of America
 

Last weekend, Bridgette (121) and I went to go see http://www.csathemovie.com/ . Its a mock BBC Documentary being played for the first time on "Confederate TV". If you are not easily offended I would highly recommend giving it a shot if its playing in a theater near you!

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We all understand that you are into this kind of stuff, CD is not a place for this. CD is about robotics and engineering, not what could have happened if the Civil War was won by the wrong side.


I would like to see this closed. I am not offended by it just to see humorious it really is...

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And this is also in the Chit-Chat sub-forum. If you look in this sub-forum, you can see plenty of topics on Sports, American Idol, Potato Guns, and a plethora of other subjects.

This thread is no different and there is no reason for it to be removed.

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It is in Chit-Chat. This is, after all, home of several other popular threads which don't bear much relation to those subjects.

Besides, I'd be rather surprised if someone tried to turn this into something truly objectionable, by arguing in earnest for the imposition of the South's less noble principles.

Edit: And Mr. Richards beat me to it by mere seconds. The perils of proofreading, indeed.

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To play devil's advocate for a sec... its the off season, and its in chit-chat. There are also other posts not about FIRST/Engineering in Chit-Chat (See http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=47706 ) and http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=45398

This thread was not meant to cause any North V. South issues (I thought we figured all that out in 1865!). Its just an interesting movie, that takes an interesting look at history in an interesting way. FIRST is about people just as much as its about engineering.

Give the film a shot if you are interested in that kinda thing, if not thanks for reading. CD is so large I would imagine its close to impossible for someone not to find at least 1 thread that they find interesting.

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I'd love to see this as a great discussion area, but as a northerner transplanted and living in the old capital of the CSA, I can say without a doubt that this is opening a can of worms that is mind boggling.

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Chiefdelphi is not the place for politics, especially not this topic. I'm originally from the south and now live up here in New England. These discussions bring up all that is wrong in the world, especially since I've heard more than my fair share unfortunately.

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I don't believe that Matt started this post to create controversy. I think he just wanted to make people aware of it. If this was about the new X-Men movie, there would be no debate about its validity on the forums.

During the 2004 election, there was a great deal of debate over whether political topics should be discussed on these forums. Decisions were made to eliminate political banners in signatures, for example. However, it was agreed that political discussion could happen in the chit-chat forum.

I saw CSA with Matt. While it can be considered offensive, it's more of a way to provoke thoughts about what can happen when governments make bad decisions.

As long as the discussion remains civil, I see no reason to close this thread. This is a discussion about a film, not necessarily the politics behind it. Worry about conflicts when they arise, not when there's merely a slight amount of potential for argument.

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No, the only thing resolved in 1865 was the military option for change.

There are plenty of people around who are very willing to waste time arguing the political points that brought about the war. As if it actually might make a difference 140 years later.

Since I only attend two movies per year, I'm probably going to have to miss this one. I already saw "Akeelah and the Bee", and I'm certainly going to catch "Cars" by Pixar. I'm probably not in their demographic anyway, so I'm sure they won't miss my money.

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Having given the web site the once-over, I've got to wonder: What's the fuss? The folks present a what-if scenario, one that we know can not happen (as we in the South have already received our butt-kicking some 150 years ago). Perhaps there is a message, although I'd reserve judgment on it until I saw it (and darnit, it premieres in Columbia two days after I leave town). How is this different than any other form of fiction presented in the medium of film?

There's an easy way to handle it--if you don't like it, don't watch it, berate it, or even talk about it. If the talk dies down, the thread sinks to the background of our collective minds and will most likely be forgotten.

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As a national award winning film maker (a documentarian more specifically) and as a professional video journalist (for a national news organization) , I appreciated this movie for the way it presented an argument or idea as opposed to the idea itself. Both Bridgette and Billfred present reasonable arguments and scenarios associated with this post. Now lets stop the clamor, and comment about the movie if we can.

-mk

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I saw this movie a couple of months ago because I thought it sounded like an interesting idea and because it had sold out several nights in a row at the highly respected Coolidge Corner theatre in Boston. Well, after I bought my ticket, I noticed that the reason it was sold out is because it was playing in the tiniest "theatre" imaginable! There were only about twelve seats in there, and I could see a trace of the "Janitor's Closet" sign still on the door! Plus, the twelve chairs they did have were mismatched; I was sitting in a little folding chair and my boyfriend was practically on one of those volleyball scorekeeper's chairs.

Complaints about the theatre aside, my thoughts on the movie:
I was really underwhelmed by CSA. I didn't think the movie was made very well, and I didn't really think it was that funny. I was prepared to be shocked, but I was mostly just bored. The "commercials" were definitely the best part.

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This is definately one of those movies, like The Da Vinci code, where the more people offended, or even just too closed-minded to see it, who complain about it, the better it will do in the Box Office. I personally havn't seen it yet, but I do want to.

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A controversial movie with Spike Lee's name attached to it?? No.. Can't be! :rolleyes:

Anyways, Matt, thanks for posting this. I would actually like to see this movie, as I see it being no different than the classic piece of literature, and cinema by George Orwell called 1984.

Both present what could be if the other side won, (good? bad? who's to really say?) and seem to be not only a study in human psychology, but the aftermath of war and people's mindsets once in that opposing world very different than ours that we know today.

Nice post Matt. And speaking of politics, but not necessarily how we think of politics, we can definitely pick out the conservatives from the liberals on CD with some of these posts lately. Always a good thing to know.

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"Any book worth banning is a book worth reading."

Plain and simple. If someone tries to ban a book or censor a movie, I particularly want to see the movie or read the book to understand just what it is that they find offensive. An open-mind and a mutual understanding of what the problems are is the first step to getting over them and moving on. Ignorance may be bliss, but it sure as heck creates way too many wars and problems in this world.

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Hmm it seems this thread has caused me to be called a "racist arrogant jerk" and "belitting to others". I am truly sorry if I was ever racist, arrogant, a jerk or belitting to others- however I feel that I have not acted this way to others in this thread and would appreciate an apology... its your choice.

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Okay, honestly, whoever did that should just be ashamed of themselves. All Matt did was bring up a movie that he saw and wanted other people's opinions on the film. ChiefDelphi is getting to be ridiculous if people can't even do that now in the ChitChat forum. Calling Matt a 'racist arrogant jerk' is just about as low as it gets.

If all you have to say are demeaning and vile comments, then please remove yourself from the forums. I'm quite disgusted that anyone would have the audacity to say that.