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[Ya-ta Boy]

[contrarian]

Atilla is one fo my heroes. he is just a tad leftish but to a forgiveable degree.

[New Balance]

[endo]

[just another day]

how am i being nationalistic if i just want the truth of attila and honoria's story to come out?

a braveheart with attila as



is obviously very accurate.

yet look what movies about attila, how he was portrayed.



to me this is the ultimate insecurity, when you can't even portray Attila as an Asian man.

Hey why not portray General MacArthur as a Korean man?


ULTIMATE insecurity. it takes the gold medal.

[JMO]

I see we've moved on from the part where you claimed Atilla was east asian without any evidence. good, good.

I got to say that, that picture mightn't have been too far off if Atilla was of more turkic origin. But it would be better to see him played by a more central asian looking type. That would be a better bet to get it right.

I don't think the casting of Atilla like that is a sign of insecurity, its a sign of knowing your market.

I'm still praying for a 3 part trilogy on Genghis Khan, with mongol actors. That would be cool, if it was big budget and they tried to keep it as true to life as possible. Or even one on Kublai Khan would be good. He really knew how to play into the chinese people, and made himself in the image of the chinese. Behind closed doors of course he was as mongol as ever. It was he who rebuilt Beijing and the forbidden city, which at the time was a mini steppe within the city. Interesting guy.

That picture you have on your avatar is as far as I can tell one of the ones he commissioned to make his family look more chinese. A very very smart man. He knew how to play into the nationalistic ideals of your common and garden idiot. Theres a lesson to be learned there I'm sure.

[just another day]

^ Well western Huns today who claim to be descended from Attila I don't think would approve of that poster where Attila looks 100% white either. but i see what u are saying.

But its strange how its more covered up than anything else. both genghis, attila, and others. of course, i understand that this is probably because of tamerlane, who was pretty ruthless and condoned torture and senseless killings, he tainted the entire mongolian history in the eyes of the west. but tamerlane wasn't even a descendent of khan. he faked it and lied about it, and had no ties to genghis whatsoever. but knowing that, it makes it more understandable why mongolian history is so shunned in the west. tamerlane sounds like a real jerk.

but in the end, genghis and attila both tried to play down their appearances. their thought that their spirit mattered more than anything else.

[endo]

[just another day]

[JMO]

[itaewonguy]

by any chance that woman was Audrey Hepburn ? hahahhaahha

[endo]

[just another day]

[endo]

Nah man, I'm fourth generation Canadian and I've been pretty well naturalized.

But as I've gotten older I've grown in interest in exploring my own culture.


It's interesting how Koreans and Ukrainians share a lot historically. I mean in terms of being surrounded by much powerful nations which saught to supress or even eliminate thier perspective cultures.


The more I've dwelved into the Ukraine's history, the more aware I've become over just how brutal it's neighbours were to it.

As a result I can somewhat associate myself with Koreans.

But I really try not to turn this historical legacy into my own hatred towards the Russians, Poles, Germans, ect.....

It is what it is, and I'd just prefer to look towards the future than dwelling on victimhood.


Now if only the Ukrainians could put their act together. The South Koreans did a hell of a job (although with a lot of outside help), and I wish the Ukrainians could do the same.

As much as I biatch sometimes about some of the problems I have with Koreans, I far more critical towards my own nation.


So don't take things too close to heart JAD. Please see that I'm not just picking on Koreans. And I also think there's a lot of positives out there.

[Zulu]