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| Your concerns addressed: Ricky Martin seeks end to Arab stereotypes |
| 2005-07-25 |
| EFL On his first visit to the Middle East, Ricky Martin declared he will try to change negative perceptions of Arab youth in the West. ...hanging by my thumbs. "I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes," the 33-year-old singer told youngsters from 16 mainly Arab countries at a youth conference on Monday. "I will do for you, what I did for Latino men! You will all look really fem when I am done with you." The children, ages 14 to 16, expressed concern about being labeled as "terrorists" by the West. Soon they will express concerns about looking effeminate. "I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing," said Martin, who was born in Puerto Rico. Not quite the same as murdering innocent men, women, and children... "Those comments are made out of ignorance and we have to sometimes ignore the ignorant, but we also have to educate the ignorant. You have me here as a friend," he said. And who are your new friends Ricky? Martin, whose hits include "She Bangs,""Shake Your Bon-Bon" and "Livin' La Vida Loca," posed for photos with fans, at one point draping over his shoulders a traditional Arab kaffiyeh headscarf with the slogan "Jerusalem Is Ours" written in Arabic on it. Oh, those friends! (Emaphasis mine.) Shake your Bomb-bomb! |
| Posted by:DragonFly |
| #11 lol steve! :) |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2005-07-25 21:22 |
| #10 Went to an Amish horse auction about 20 years ago outside Quarryville, never heard so much cussin, spittin, drinkin and lyin in my life. Thought I was in Alabama. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-25 20:08 |
| #9 Careful Frank. We all know what happens when the seething anger of Amish youth combines with the "Root Cause" thingies. Methinks you've just created two dozen more very bad used car salesmen in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Sure they're there now but wait until they set up shop near you. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-07-25 16:19 |
| #8 Lol, Steve! *applause* |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-25 15:36 |
| #7 "She's into superstition Black rocks and imam calls I feel a premonition That girl's gonna make me fall She's into joooo destruction Jihad and armed strife She's got a new addiction For every day and night She'll make you don a bomb vest And go board a school bus She'll make you live her crazy life But she'll take Away your pain Like a bullet To your brain Come On Upside inside out Livin' la Gaza loca" |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-07-25 15:29 |
| #6 only the Amish, NT....always tapping their toes....creeps me out |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-25 15:03 |
| #5 Lol! "PA, She Bangs!" A catchy new tourism slogan, no? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-25 14:59 |
| #4 Oh what the heck -- I claim Jerusalem in the name of Pennsylvania. [It's okay, our postal abbreviation is "PA" anyway.] Maybe Ricky Martin will try to change negative perceptions of Pennsylvania youth in the West. Frank G, .com -- you guys have any negative perceptions? |
| Posted by: Neutron Tom 2005-07-25 14:57 |
| #3 the goats, sheep, and camels heave a hearty sigh of relief. Nasty fem boys will again be the lust objects |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-25 14:54 |
| #2 Wait. The Puerto Ricans are claiming Jerusalem, too? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-25 14:38 |
| #1 Yes, it's true, "She Bangs"! http://www.tampabayprimer.org/images/suicide_bomber.jpg |
| Posted by: Neutron Tom 2005-07-25 14:15 |