GG Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Cancelled. It oppresses ancient Greeks. As it should, since Ares was their god of war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 As it should, since Ares was their god of war Yes, thus my point. But gatorman appreciates the explanation, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Cancelled. It oppresses ancient Greeks. I think Mars was a Roman God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I think Mars was a Roman God I think it's a chocolate bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 The great God Troika oppresses modern Greeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Yes, thus my point. But gatorman appreciates the explanation, I'm sure. I think Mars was a Roman God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Actually, I think that one was intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Actually, I think that one was intentional. I hope, either way it was hilarious timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I hope, either way it was hilarious timing. Yeah...either way, it was still better than his usual "Double dumbass on you!" retort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 WTF? If Yoga needs a safe space, then I think it's time America sack's up and reclaims the hamburger. Shut down all burger stands outside the country!!! Oh, and WTH are the Canucks thinking? Cultural genocide, and oppressed??? Did they take a !@#$ing look around them and see what they did to their own indigenous people? And they're fretting over copying some stretching moves created centuries ago by someone deeply breathing the morning air sharply scented by the sweet smell of elephant dung and monkey droppings. Swami A.C. Baktividanti Pravhupada wasn't born yesterday, nor in Ottawa. So stop importing all world cultures then, you xenophobes and retreat into your igloos. Oops. Was that culturally insensitive? !@#$ it. Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Upon further review... I'm having second thoughts about this yoga thing. Right now, I'm not quite sure what they are, but I'm having them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Update: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/26/yoga-class-put-on-hold-over-concerns-about-oppression-resumes-with-indian-teacher/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Update: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/26/yoga-class-put-on-hold-over-concerns-about-oppression-resumes-with-indian-teacher/ But I'm sure that's not racist...somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maury Ballstein Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 How's priya's yoga pants booty ? Is it up to code ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 If yoga and rice are cultural theft by white people, I propose that non-whites who are offended by whites who eat rice or do yoga, should not have access to stuff invented by white people such as Alternating Current Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 If yoga and rice are cultural theft by white people, I propose that non-whites who are offended by whites who eat rice or do yoga, should not have access to stuff invented by white people such as Alternating Current Or the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Or the internet. Or pens, phones, and onesies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCinBuffalo Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Yet another case/chapter for my "No Tears for the Etruscans?" book. (I changed the title to make it more derisive) And, yeah, I've done Yoga. Plenty. Like with anything else, before I spend more than a few hours on something, I do the reading. This is why I know that Yoga, of all things, is not some pure ethos developed by one people/culture, and therefore I know this story is a hilarious display of ignorance. Yoga is the perfect speciemen for total refutation of this "cultural appropriation" nonsense , since before it became formalized, it was a dumpter fire of different, often contradictory tenets and philosophical approaches. Its entire history is "appropriation". It comes from friggin India, of all places, which to this day, STILL has 22 official languages...but is a monolithic culture? How do these idiots think the British got/kept India? The British wouldn't have lasted a week without setting one tiny pricipality against the next. And, if it wasn't for the British, there would be no India or Pakistan, since they were also the only thing that cold unite India...against them. Even that wasn't enough, because: Pakistan. How much of Yoga comes from what is now Pakistan? None? Wrong. Yoga is an amalgamation of what works and common sense woven together by an underlying theme. But understand, the "what works" part came long before the theme. Nobody was ever going to buy into the words if the actions didn't produce results. Yoga has always been a solution to a problem first, a philosophy next. Ah, the howls of the ignorant. Such a funny sound. I wonder how much $ India's "Minister of Yoga" gets paid. What a job. What's he gonna do? Start suing women in Yoga pants? No. He's going to sit on his ass, make a few speeches and collect his check, just like every other top-level government d-bag, in every other social program, in every other government. (EDIT: OTOH, spanking non-observant women who wear Yoga pants and putting it on the internet is a sure $ money maker. ) Edited January 28, 2016 by OCinBuffalo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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