Oh man, I love this table but...

[curtisrollo]

I love the table. I've only played it once at a convention before so I don't remember much from it. But I cringe every time Pepe and Haji comes up. Their accents are really not politically correct 25 years later. Especially Pepe, he's not any worse than Speedy Gonzalez, but every time he has 'Arriba' it makes me twitch a little.

 

[gooche77]

They were never really politically correct.

 

[shaderbytes]

Please explain what a "politically correct accent" is?

What does an accent have to do with politics?

Why do you feel it is bad to use an accent to suggest/portray a persons nationality/district/state/town. These generalizations are not true for everyone yet are based on truths as well.

Are you saying 25 years later nobody in the world has an accent when speaking a foreign second or third language..?

I dont know what world you live in but in my country (South Africa) we have 11 official languages and accents flying all over the place everyday as people communicate. We do make fun of each other at times and its not offensive, well most of the time.

 

[DokkenRokken]

Please explain what a "politically correct accent" is?

What does an accent have to do with politics?

Why do you feel it is bad to use an accent to suggest/portray a persons nationality/district/state/town. These generalizations are not true for everyone yet are based on truths as well.

Are you saying 25 years later nobody in the world has an accent when speaking a foreign second or third language..?

I dont know what world you live in but in my country (South Africa) we have 11 official languages and accents flying all over the place everyday as people communicate. We do make fun of each other at times and its not offensive, well most of the time.

The table is basically mocking each ethnicity.

It would be like someone saying that just because you're from South Africa, then you must ride elephants all day.... or something stupid, ignorant, and nonsensical as that. lol

 

[DanBradford]

Dude, there would be nothing offensive about saying he rides elephants all day, and only an idiot would take offence from it

I see nothing wrong with strong accents, and I think the world will be poorer when we are forced to pretend everyone is the same as everyone else.

 

[DokkenRokken]

Dude, there would be nothing offensive about saying he rides elephants all day, and only an idiot would take offence from it

I see nothing wrong with strong accents, and I think the world will be poorer when we are forced to pretend everyone is the same as everyone else.

It was the best example I could give at 3am in the morning, but you know what I meant. lol

 

[kinggo]

They were never really politically correct.

so, they should have made them all sounds the same? Like in those east european synchronized movies where one guy/girl speaks for all the charathers.
Joke is a joke, politically correct or no and one should recognize it and accept it as a joke. Jokes don't hurt or kill people. But people behind politically correct ideas does.

 

[canuck]

The characterizations aren't mocking ethnicity, it is political satire. The characters are stereotypes of politicians from the late 80's, relics of the cold war. This table is an historical artifact more than anything. A hundred years from now, the humor and political messages in the table will be lost on most except for perhaps historians.

 

[Fungi]

I once heard someone went on a killing spree after having their feelings hurt from a pinball machine. It's true. I read it on the internets.

 

[Eaton Beaver]

I remember a bunch of 1980's and 1990's arcade games bringing out racial slurs or homophobic slurs against characters found in the games. I occasionally still see it on YouTube comments on game play videos. On the Howard Stern show they play audio of people arguing on like the XBox while playing Call Of Duty with full on racial slurs.

 

[Fungi]

I occasionally still see it on YouTube comments on game play videos. On the Howard Stern show they play audio of people arguing on like the XBox while playing Call Of Duty with full on racial slurs.

Yes, but that's not caused by games.

 

[Dedpop]

I once heard someone went on a killing spree after having their feelings hurt from a pinball machine. It's true. I read it on the internets.

That's true. I read it too.

 

[Fungi]

That's true. I read it too.

Wow. And now I just read confirmation!

 

[PitchBlank]

What I really want to know is why Boris has no particular accent. The other four are stereotypes, but Boris has no discernible Russian accent. Just sounds like some generic American dude yelling "I'll have burgers... and fries", except burgers sounds more like burglars.

 

[Dedpop]

Wow. And now I just read confirmation!

I just read it AGAIN guys !!!

 

[Heretic]

political corectress if that isnt an oyxmoron in itself what is

politically corectness is simoly a univerisal and culture spanning form of passive rasim, since it can apply to the norms or trends of that sociiety culture or nation

can we all go play linball not with big teeted weemens and shurnken heads in the pf, what abkut kur xenophboic attiude to anilens in afm

gimmie a bloody break

have a nice day

dont use the three sea shells youll hpget ****ty hands word to the wise

 

[superballs]

Serious,

PC crap is all about people who have lost the ability to have skin of any thickness whatsoever. It's like their skin is thinner than carbon nanotubes.
An accent is nothing more than attributes of one's native language, or way of speaking their native language regionally, creeping in to the speaking of another. Some of those attributes make very recognizable traits when speaking a second language.

The results can be, at times, very humorous,
Anyway, being offended at a spanish speaking person yelling Ariba, would be like getting offended by a portrayal of a french speaking character yelling "debrouillez vous" seriously...

 

[Krooze L-Roy]

My only concern with regard to cultural sensitivity is that nobody bothered to warn Hajii that the hotdog he ordered probably contains beef.

 

[Bonzo]

Serious,

PC crap is all about people who have lost the ability to have skin of any thickness whatsoever. It's like their skin is thinner than carbon nanotubes.

The funny thing about it is, that most often it's people being all PC to "protect" others. Mostly without said others needing or wanting that help. Very pretentious and patronizing if you think about it...

 

[Wizened]

Serious,

PC crap is all about people who have lost the ability to have skin of any thickness whatsoever. It's like their skin is thinner than carbon nanotubes.
An accent is nothing more than attributes of one's native language, or way of speaking their native language regionally, creeping in to the speaking of another. Some of those attributes make very recognizable traits when speaking a second language.

The results can be, at times, very humorous,
Anyway, being offended at a spanish speaking person yelling Ariba, would be like getting offended by a portrayal of a french speaking character yelling "debrouillez vous" seriously...

Right. So let's have a pin called Mammy with Al Jolson in blackface on the backglass. Or maybe a football themed game called Redskins. Because those certainly wouldn't offend old white people,right?

Maybe certain people are overly sensitive, that doesn't make it any less racist because it doesn't apply to you.