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My name is Roman N..(Last name edited by F@ker) and I am writing to leave my comments on
your article "Borat's Tiff With Kazakhstan Shows Comedy Wins" posted
on Bloomberg's web site:
In the first place, let me comment on this ". . . Kazakhstan doesn't
get a lot of attention. And when we do read something about it, we
sometimes don't like the sound of it." So, may be Kazakhstan should
change its name, so as to please your ears, if you "sometimes don't
like the sound of it?" Or you may better stick earplugs into your
sensitive ears whenever those times of not liking "the sound of it"
arrive? Here is a free advice so as to keep you from "audio
irritation" if you "sometimes don't like the sound of it" then,
please, don't bother writing about it at all times. It will preserve
your health.
Further, even if the country's human rights record remains "poor" it
simply does not follow that the whole nation "deserves some gentle
mocking and then some." Why should the people of Kazakhstan be
ridiculed if, according to your passage, they already
experience "corruption in law enforcement, the arbitrary arrest and
detention of government opponents as well as limited freedom of
assembly?" Even if we take U.S. State Department data as true, then
how mocking at the people of Kazakhstan will in any way alleviate
their situation?
Likewise, if "outside observers criticized last year's elections"
(and not all of them did observers from Russia, for example,
considered the results as perfectly just) then how does that justify
Cohen's mockery of Kazakh people in ways that are remotely related
to elections law, but are mostly concentrated on the matters of sex?
If you, Mr. Lynn, feel particularly critical of Kazakhstani
political regime, then feel free to criticize it. Do not, however,
let your criticism of political situation in Kazakhstan transform
into the endorsement of ridiculing Kazakhstani people. Keep the
subject of your disfavor clear in your mind, do not get carried
away, argue to the point - ridicule those who you believe perpetrate
corruption and hinder freedom of assembly in Kazakhstan. Do not
promote derision of more than a hundred peoples and ethnic groups
inhabiting Kazakhstan through your web site instead. Your views are
important not because they are particularly bright but just because
the general public may access them. This levies responsibility on
you to persuade your brain to analyze the subject on which you
wish to share your views with the public thoroughly before hitting
the keyboard.
You have also mentioned that "Laughing at [Kazakhstan] may not be
kind -- laughter seldom is -- yet if it helps ease some of the
tension between very different cultures, it is probably a good
thing." The logic of this argument of yours simply eludes me. How
can derogatory humor and statements targeted at one culture "ease
some of the tension" between it and a "very different culture" that
endorses the person making such statements? In fact, there has never
been any tension between British and Kazakh cultures before Cohen's
TV appearances. I believe one should not be a genius to understand
that Mr. Cohen's factual statements about Kazakhstan are false and
position Kazakhstan in an unfavorable light. His derogatory jokes
affect the population of Kazakhstan and hurt its multiple cultures.
So, how would Borat contribute to mutual understanding and
appreciation between Britain and Kazakhstan?
Finally, this pearl of yours "authoritarian, backward regimes such
as Kazakhstan are a reminder that not all the world is signed up to
the values we regard as civilized" is the most amusing. So, what are
those values you regard as "civilized" Mr. Lynn? Is it the
Civil Partnership Act that legalizes homosexual marriages in
Britain? Incidentally, Cohen has proved to be very "well-rounded" on
this topic he likes mentioning gays and their actions in his
movies. Britain truly nurtured good values in him. And while
Kazakhstan is still struggling with its alleged "limited freedom of
assembly" Britain is unfolding a whole new world of civil liberties
for itself. Now that Britain made gay marriages legal the next steps
are child adoption by married homosexuals, legalization of
prostitution, adultery, fornication and obscenity as well as
decriminalization of incest and bestiality. There are exciting
new "civil values" and liberties on your way. Britain may
truly become Borat's dream land. You are on the right track with you
civil values, Mr. Lynn. Keep on going.
With wishes of success and prosperity,
Roman N. (Last name edited by F@ker)
Сообщение отредактировал F@ker: 14.10.2006, 20:45:19
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