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buttercup - 'Ridicule is nothing to be scared of'
And should receive EU subsidies in some cases.
joesax - Well, the thing is, he's not actually ridiculing or satirising Kazakhstan. But quite a few people might think that he is. And that's not so great in my opinion.
Buttercup - He's openly ridiculing Americans. Are they fair game because they're not poor?
Huang Guang Chen - I think the Borat vehicle is a great medium to ridicule many facets of the west, which is Cohen's obvious aim, particularly his heavy emphasis on anti-Semitism. However, at the same time, the reason Borat is funny is because there are grounds to "believe" the character. That's not Cohen's fault. Satire tends to bite.
Anyway, Cohen couldn't have scripted it better. Recently the Kazakh government spent considerably on ads in the NY Times and so on to promote their country and overturn the slight they felt Cohen had dealt them. And then recently it turns out they are running out new bank notes with a spelling mistake on the word bank.
Quote:
Kazakh central bank misspells ‘bank’ on money
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The Kazakhstan central bank has misspelled the word “bank” on its new notes, officials said Wednesday.
The bank plans to put the misprinted notes — worth 2,000 tenge ($15) and 5,000-tenge — into circulation in November and then gradually withdraw them to correct the spelling.
The move has drawn the ire of the Central Asian state’s politicians who urged the bank to abandon the notes altogether.
As for his references to prostitutes, well guess what, Almaty is apparently a thriving haven for prostitution and a leading source of women trafficked for that very purpose. Oh, but it's not just women . . .
Quote:
Kazakhstan - Incidence and Nature of Child Labor
Recent statistics on working children under the age of 15 in Kazakhstan are unavailable.[2220] Most working children are involved in agriculture in rural areas during harvest time.[2221] In urban areas, the country’s increasingly formalized labor market has led to a decrease in many forms of child labor. However, children continue to be found begging, loading freight, delivering goods in markets, washing cars, and working at gas stations.[2222] Reports also indicate a rise in the number of children engaged in commercial sexual exploitation, pornography and drug trafficking in urban areas. Children working as domestic servants are often invisible and, for this reason, also vulnerable to exploitation.[2223] Kazakhstan is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Girls in their teens are one of the primary targets for trafficking from Kazakhstan to other countries. Internal trafficking from rural to urban areas also occurs. [2224]
Kazakhstan is benefiting from high energy prices, which has increased domestic demand for prostitution. Maybe they should try and clean up their act.
Tyc00n - bob wrote: Tyc00n wrote:
So its ok when Ali G or Borat tricks ordinary Americans / Brits / whoever, but if its poor villagers its not ok?
Precisely. "If" that story is accurate the guy is a major asshole.
See I don't see hows its worse for poor villagers to be ridiculed but it is ok for high level politicians to get duped? Where is that logic? In both instances the people in question were exploited for the humour of all.
And should receive EU subsidies in some cases.
joesax - Well, the thing is, he's not actually ridiculing or satirising Kazakhstan. But quite a few people might think that he is. And that's not so great in my opinion.
Buttercup - He's openly ridiculing Americans. Are they fair game because they're not poor?
Huang Guang Chen - I think the Borat vehicle is a great medium to ridicule many facets of the west, which is Cohen's obvious aim, particularly his heavy emphasis on anti-Semitism. However, at the same time, the reason Borat is funny is because there are grounds to "believe" the character. That's not Cohen's fault. Satire tends to bite.
Anyway, Cohen couldn't have scripted it better. Recently the Kazakh government spent considerably on ads in the NY Times and so on to promote their country and overturn the slight they felt Cohen had dealt them. And then recently it turns out they are running out new bank notes with a spelling mistake on the word bank.
Quote:
Kazakh central bank misspells ‘bank’ on money
ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The Kazakhstan central bank has misspelled the word “bank” on its new notes, officials said Wednesday.
The bank plans to put the misprinted notes — worth 2,000 tenge ($15) and 5,000-tenge — into circulation in November and then gradually withdraw them to correct the spelling.
The move has drawn the ire of the Central Asian state’s politicians who urged the bank to abandon the notes altogether.
As for his references to prostitutes, well guess what, Almaty is apparently a thriving haven for prostitution and a leading source of women trafficked for that very purpose. Oh, but it's not just women . . .
Quote:
Kazakhstan - Incidence and Nature of Child Labor
Recent statistics on working children under the age of 15 in Kazakhstan are unavailable.[2220] Most working children are involved in agriculture in rural areas during harvest time.[2221] In urban areas, the country’s increasingly formalized labor market has led to a decrease in many forms of child labor. However, children continue to be found begging, loading freight, delivering goods in markets, washing cars, and working at gas stations.[2222] Reports also indicate a rise in the number of children engaged in commercial sexual exploitation, pornography and drug trafficking in urban areas. Children working as domestic servants are often invisible and, for this reason, also vulnerable to exploitation.[2223] Kazakhstan is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Girls in their teens are one of the primary targets for trafficking from Kazakhstan to other countries. Internal trafficking from rural to urban areas also occurs. [2224]
Kazakhstan is benefiting from high energy prices, which has increased domestic demand for prostitution. Maybe they should try and clean up their act.
Tyc00n - bob wrote: Tyc00n wrote:
So its ok when Ali G or Borat tricks ordinary Americans / Brits / whoever, but if its poor villagers its not ok?
Precisely. "If" that story is accurate the guy is a major asshole.
See I don't see hows its worse for poor villagers to be ridiculed but it is ok for high level politicians to get duped? Where is that logic? In both instances the people in question were exploited for the humour of all.
posted by david at 7:35 AM
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