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no offense SmooveMode, but I'm smh at people that pull out the racist card that quick, it happens way too often and way too fast on here. I got called racist so many times on here it's ridiculous.
rocsta said:no offense SmooveMode, but I'm smh at people that pull out the racist card that quick, it happens way too often and way too fast on here. I got called racist so many times on here it's ridiculous.
Most people that are quick to call someone racist are the same people that think racism would only exist in america between black and white and would be part of the american lifestyle.SmooveMode said:I do not believe in the "race card" theory. It' something that some non-minority made up to protect themselves. Racism is a part of the American way of life and most of us just simply deal with it. It's just the way it is. We could be more "politically correct" and say something like "Racially insensitive". I have also seen instances where people from the same race are racist about their own race. My old boss was black but she hated black men and most black women. When someone asked her what race she was, she would say "carribean". LOL!!!
Come to think of it.I have seen non-minorities use the "race card" in a more effective manner. I could list them here. But I prefer to talk about music.
Charlee_Hess said:yeah they are the same. i love the pads on both. i was going to go with the korg,but for some reason at the last second i got the MPD 24. I'm glad i did. great controller.
SmooveMode said:Thanks for that info Charlee. There were some good points made in this forum and I have decided to get either the MPD 24(used) or a new MPD 32. If there is such a debate over the feel of the controller. I know it's something I can get used to. I know I will want to tweak my drums and the padkontrol just does not have enough control for that.
johnswb said:Has anyone been successful in getting the MPD 32 "TAP TEMP" working with Reason? If so, what settings did you make in Reason and on the MPD 32? I've been trying for some time now and have no luck.
AveMcree said:press the "global" button, press on the > button till you reach "midi clock" set the midi clock to "external"
then press edit, then press the tap tempo button, set the tempo of the beat....
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Funsize said:Well, KCsherell, first up we are fully in agreement about racism being utter nonsense, divisive and distructive.
However, do me the basic courtesy, if you are capable, of being a little more reasoned and articulate than just saying my views are bull**** !! Yes, I hear you about the 'stupid' argument, but I was merely eluding to the views that seemed to be , sadly in my humble opinion, about such issues.
You may have visited here, but I was born and raised here in the UK and I have also served on race orientated commitiees that influenced racial equality policies here in the Uk for the better. Being of mixed decent, I choose my words very carefully indeed and they are not impuslive or ill-considered at all - they are very reflective of my experiences here and you cannot equate the American experience with that of the UK by any stretch of the imagination, full stop !
I recently had a very heated argument with a local councillor about an Irish concern. This person, who is actually from Nigeria, came to the UK and remained here intially clandestantly ( was on a visitors Visa and then remained two years past the expiry date and finally was granted grounds to remain after an Asylum application ). After some years of establishing themself, the character was elected to a local council, with impact over local council finance. ( bare with me because I am coming to my point here ). After a funding exercise for a local community hall ( whose member ship is 80% black ), and one which I was arguing more funding for, whilst this incompetent man was refusing the most undeniable eveidence as to why it should reeive the funding asked for ), it was one of the older Jamaican ladies that stood up and called this African guy ' a damn fool African who don't care about carribeans at any time ). This touched a raw nerve with some of the other older folk present who started to emphastically agree with her statement ( they were laregly off carribean decent ). This then led to a series of tussles with three elder African gentelmen who were there over the outburst. The Councillor then tried to calm the situation by using a terrible tactic of immediate deflection by talking about us all being brothers and then daring in the very next breath to mention certain white run local businesses that should be boycotted. This absolutely staggered me, as at least as they were about thirty older white people present. it was at that point that an old irish lady stood up called the councillor a fool and and racist idiot. He then opted to say that it was her ancestors that were partly responsible for the current situation. At this point, I stood up and educated the ignorant African councillor, by informing him that ifact the Irish were enslaved/subjugated by the British for over 800 years - over 400 years longer than modern black slavery lasted. I also informed him of the absolute atrocities of over 1.4 million irish being laughtered by the Brits in the name of that slavery. I asked him to immediately aplogise to the irish woman, which he very reluctantly did. If you are so well in touch with our situation here in the UK, you will understand that the irish and carribeans were always very close historically in the UK, as when they all started to arrive on mass, the message to them was often 'No Blacks, Irish or Dogs' ... However, the Uk has moved away from that attitude greatly and is one of the most progressive systems in the World today.
As regard your feelings about my comments on America, I was speaking from personal experience. However, my views have been backed up by some of my friends, both black and white who regularly travel to the US and all have said that they do not feel totally comfortable with certain aspects of community relations there - so, I am not enirely on my own with my perceptions.
Hey, look, any trashy film coming out of the Holywood suer nowadys talks about 'White man, black man tags' as if the viewing audience do not have eyes of their own wish which to see a charcters skin colour ... so, please brotha ...
Don't come at me with ' I talk bull****' ... you are welcome to jump on a plane and come over, meet up with me and I will educate your mind to how open and integrated a place is we have here. As I stated, what worries me is that a lot of black youth seem to be following very negative aspects of what is percieved as black gangster culture, which is leading to a seperation of races in a way that did not occur for my generation. This is not delusional, but rather a matter of fact.