Resident Evil 4 Sells A Million

Just the kind of game Wii needs, but most developers can't be asked to create. Bravo to Capcom, port or not.

What was that about 'Silent Hill being to hardcore' for Wii. Konami will be eating a slice of humble about now.

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Great!!! Hispanic Racism Sells!! Yeah go Resident Evil 5!<sarcasm/>

Oh please, weren't they all controlled by some kind of brain parasite? Whole story sounds like a Lovecraft ripoff anyway...and they weren't Mexicans or anything...they were in Europe, weren't they?

Dont know where they were but i do believe they spoke spanish??, but i know i was using sarcasm hence the <sarcasm> ni light of the recent ResiEvil rascism bullshit.

you were actually using double secret sarcasm then.

See, someone who was actually offended by the imagined racsism would have said something like you did, sarcasically.

Its my understanding that hispanics are of South American extraction. People who speak Spanish and are from Europe are Spainards...unless they aren't.

Wow you really read too much into it, ok they can be spaniards if you really like, or they can be french or italian it doesnt matter but for the record Hispanic - a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, European Spanish/Spainards or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

the term Hispanic refers to the persons ancestrial links rather than the location on the map, although the mexians use the term, actually forget that the Americans use that term to refer to Mexicans.

therefore i am not being double secret sarcastic but you were being pradantic, although i have come to expect that of you...

Actually the double secret bit has nothing to do with the Hispanic bit.

For the record, when referring to "Hispanic rascism", I don't think ANYONE is referring to prejudice against Spainiards. Prejudice BY SPAINIARDS perhaps, but thats another story. So I think in this case the "American" definition is applicable.

Your statment, taken as sarcastic (per the tag), appears to denigrate Resident Evil 4 and its apparent rascism. Taken as doubly sarcastic (secret, since you didn't use nesting <sarcasm> tags) it would have the intended meaning.

You were using two different levels of sarcasm at once. The fact that you called attention to only the one level muddied the waters further. A reasonable person reading your original post would have taken away the impression that you were upset about the rascism and success of RE4. Thats not my fault, thats all on you.

No i think a reasonable person would of picked up exactly what i was saying, but you didnt, perhaps because mostly your not reasonable. but for the record,

1. Not upset about any rascism that may or may not be placed into the resident evil series as i beleive there is none and find that people who look to closley at something see something that isnt there (previous post.. take note),
2. Very happy that Resident Evil 4 sold well for Wii, as it is truly deserving of that for making possibly the best Cube game, better.
3. If anyone else found my comment to be of a dis-taste to there senses and feels the need to point out that i may or may not of been making a comment about something that may or may not of thought.... feel free to without any concesquence from me as i do understand that some people have nothing better to do than point out others faults & fobiles to make up for there own sense of self loathing and loneliness.. (kind of like when the guy at school who says only sad guys masturbate and that he doesnt because of all the sex he gets....you beleive him in immaturity, its only when you become mature you realise that other peoples comments although their free to have them, dont mean squat!)...

now if there are no more questions i shall retire.

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I understand something different. I believe that Hispanics have the blood of the Spanish and Portuguese settlers who colonised south and central Americas - possibly mixed with local blood. Hispania was the Latin name for the Iberian peninsula.

The ones who have emigrated to the USA now seem to want to call themselves Latinos. As a result of this, I saw an interview on a "Latino" culture website recently where a female celebrity said she was keep her booty for Latino types and not dating Italian men. The implicit racism aside - where the f**k does she think that "Latin" comes from? To be specific Latin people are from all of Southern and Western Europe - but that's because the Roman Empire conquered all that area. Even English takes roughly a third of its words from Latin. The Romans and the Latin language from which these people take their name came from Italy.

I know that racial identity is a sacred cow, and that people are allowed to call themselves what they like, and white, black, hispanic, latino, whatever, we're all brothers and sisters. But it pays to have some concept of the etymology of the term you are using.

Look I know, one of the first things I did was confirm that it indeed did refer to the Iberian Peninsula.

But words...mean what I choose them to mean...err, damn you Humpty Dumpty...

Look, when "someone of possibly mixed Spanish/Indian/African blood heritage" says "Latino" pointing out the orgins of the term is all well and good, but doesn't change the contextual meaning of the word. When an American liberal (in all likelyhood the people who voiced the complaint aboout the "rascism") uses the term "hispanic", especially in connection with rascism they mean the same thing. The fact that your average rascist is too ignorant to recognize the difference between a Spaniard and a Mexican is immaterial, he probably hates Catholics too...plus, if he's seen True Romance, the whole Moor thing...but I digress.

The only reason I brought up the distinction in the first place was to illustrate how ridiculous the accusations of rascism are. Personally I think its an important distinction to make, as the two really don't share as common a culture as the term would suggest. You could even make the argument for a new and distinct etymology for the term "hispanic" referring to "Latinos" exclusive of Europeans, from Hispaniola, Point Zero for the tragedy to come. I also wouldn't be too quick to blame "Latinos" for saddling themselves with that moniker. Sounds like something an "Anglo", their term for Whitey, which I find extremely amusing, would come up with, calling an entire racial grouping by the name of a single tribe (see "Negro"). Prolly the same genius who gave us "Caucasian".

So yes, you are correct. The definition of "hispanic" as given in the dictionary does include Spainiards, (but not Portugeese or Brazilians interestingly). I would make the observation that the term is used in actuality to refer to, however incorrectly, those who refer to themselves as Latinos, possibly inclusive of Brazilians. This definition is also supported by its usage by the United States Government to refer to persons of Latin American origin. Its a Western Hemisphere thing, yo. You wouldn't understand, you from the East Siyeed.

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Did a bit more research into this...apparently they favor Latino (short for latinoamericano, so no, Spanish and Italians don't count) over hispanic for several reasons. Apparently they favor the more Spanish origin (whatever, holmes...you want to be a Latino but you too good for Latin, ese?), and the presence of a feminine form in Latina.

Ah, sorry! The etymology comment was aimed at the silly cow on LatinasCaliente.com (or whatever) not at you.

The whole Hispanic/Latino thing is confusing, and is more about their desire (and right) to be called what they want to be called. Hispanic means/meant (it seems) any subject of the Hispanic empire, whether they be of European or native descent. The use of Latino seems to be an attempt by those of Spanish/Portuguese descent to distance themselves from Mexicans and other assorted south/central Americans.

Oh yeah, thats another huge deal. I had a teacher (actually a professor, she was Dean of Foreign Language at a local University) at the private school I attended who was an aristo-type. I think she even had red hair when she was younger. When I originally chose this school, one of the things I found extremely exciting about it was that they offered Russian. Unfortunately, during the summer session before I began attending she suffered a flashback to the Battle of Stalingrad while walking though the elementary school area. Apparently she saw dead children lying in the snow everywhere. So I was forced to take Spanish (a Foreign Language was Mandatory). Anywhoo, one day she assigned us a Spanish presentation. Now, like many people, I'm sure, I learn easiest about things I'm interested in. One of the things we had done recently was translate the song "La Bamba" which has a line in it. "...Yo no soy malinero, soy capitan...". This shakes out roughly to "I'm not (just) a private, I'm a captain". This, coupled with political issues of the day inspired me to create the tale of "Pedro en el Campo del los Contras" (Pedro in the Contra's Camp). The story of Pedro, a young boy wandering around the jungle redoubt of Col. North's favorite Freedom Fighters. He is understandably proud of his fathers officer rank. ĦEl no es malinero, es capitan! But I never even got that far. She heard the title and got a funny look on her face, as I began she looked frightened/horrified...then stopped me from continuing. She also insisted that I produce another presentation immiediately. Since I only had the one presentation ready I think I said "This is a pencil, the pencil is black" (Berol Black Beauty) and sat back down. I think it was just the idea of common Indians running around armed with modern US weapons, and a politically motivated insurgency that freaked her out. I don't think she was a Sandanista supporter she struck me as more right-wing than anything. Her familiy just probably spent centuries with their foot on the neck of local Indians...hell they might have had to put down a few insurgencies...bloody Mexizollerns...

So I got a 0 for the day, but I think I learned more that day than most.

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