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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:05 pm
I don't see anything shockingly wrong with Jonathan saying he wants an all Caucasian final four assuming that he is saying it because they were the people that were on his team when he started the game. I agree that Brad got a raw deal this week. He stayed loyal to his team and got booted off as a result. Nate's actions toward Brad were very disappointing. On top of being unnecessarily mean, getting rid of Brad doesn't seem to be a good logical strategy.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:24 pm
Julie, it sounds racist...just like if I said " I want an all white cheerleading squad" or 'all white' whatever.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:25 pm
a better way to say what he said would have been ' I want our original tribe in the final 4' it basically means same thing but doesnt come across as racist
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:29 pm
Yes that would be more politically correct. 
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:30 pm
Pardon me for butting in here, but didn't they start out as being divided by race? <--------retreats to her corner
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:40 pm
I don't think Brad even considered the possibility of moving. We never saw any confessionals that talked about it. He stayed complacent in his safeness.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 1:46 pm
Heck, when the game started, almost everyone here referred to each team by their race - the caucasian team, the black or African American team, the Asian team and the Hispanic/Latin (there was debate on this) team.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 2:15 pm
Yeah, the "gimmick" of this season was the race division. I still don't see anything racist by calling the 4 caucasians "4 caucasians."
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Sasman
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 2:39 pm
IMHO it is quite wrong to see anything 'racist' in J's comment. After all, they were divided by race. I don't like this PC way of thinking. There was no racism implied at all in the way he said it. This is way off base.
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Nerovh
Member
06-11-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 2:59 pm
It didn't bother me that Jonathan said he wanted the caucasions to be final four, it only bothered me to think that Jonathan, Adam, and Candace (who are caucasion) could actually be IN the final four LOL. I dislike the three of them, and do NOT want them anywhere near the final four. Parvati has kind of grown on me, I like her better than I did at first, so she can be the caucasion representative in the final four if necessary!
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:18 pm
The only 2 people I really care about at this point are Ozzy and Yul. I thought it was funny at TC when one of them said that anyone who tries to lead gets cut up. Do they not see that Nate basically decides who's going. Wait a minute. Wasn't it Nate that said that? Or Brad maybe?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:25 pm
It's fairly evident that the show was set-up to create controversy about race. If Jonathan had been on a multi-racial team to start the show and at this point had said that he would like to see a Caucasian final four, then one might think that there is some implied racism. However, he was originally with a Caucasian group and the fact that he wants them to stick together in the end is not necessarily different than any starting tribe wanting to stay together to the end. Different topic - Ozzy and Yul are definitely my favorites at this point.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:34 pm
Looks like Ozzy & Yul are the favs, for me too! I like the girls on their tribe too. Other tribe, I like Nate & Adam & starting to like Parvati. I think it is so funny that Candice wanted to get away from Jonathan and then he jumps too.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:36 pm
Was Candace really wanting to get away from Jonathan or was she just trying to put the bad light on him knowing that both of them were targets?
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Sallycat22
Member
08-31-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 3:52 pm
She evidently wants to be with Adam. Adam seems kind of like a big goofy guy. Not too cool. Probably nice, but not particularly hot.
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Snee
Member
06-26-2001
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 5:22 pm
i can't stand candice and adam. jonathon irks me too. not loving jenny. love love love yul. didn't like ozzy (challenge-throwing) but he's growing on me all the time. i was yelling 'HELL YEAH!' when little aitu beat the big bad raro. muahahahaha!
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Rehtse
Member
08-17-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 7:49 pm
So many of you have said so many of the things/thoughts I wanted to say. It sure was an interesting episode last night. Can't way for Thursday!
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Rubberducky
Member
09-02-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 8:02 pm
My first thought was racism when Jonathon planned out the all white final four. It was sad to see the 4 members that were left. I was so happy that they won both I & R!!!!!! I was lol watching Jonathon trying to hit the targets. The only thing that would have made the night more perfect was if they had voted him off.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 8:17 pm
Why do so many here not like Jonathon? I have not seen him do anything "bad"?
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Sallycat22
Member
08-31-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 8:31 pm
We don't like Jonathan because he thinks he is a great manipulator and game player when he wouldn't make a pimple on a deal makers's butt.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 8:33 pm
I don't think he thinks he a great manipulator at all. He jumped ship, that is a desperate move, he obviously did not feel safe. Then at the new camp, he admitted he needed to kiss butt, not a sign of a manipulator.
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Sallycat22
Member
08-31-2005
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 8:47 pm
You may be right, but all that earlier manuvering just didn't sit right with me. Maybe it's the hat.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 9:03 pm
I haven't found anyone's play to be super irritating this season. Cao Boi knocking the birds nest down didn't endear him to me because it was kind of a dumb thing to do. As I mentioned earlier, I didn't like the way Nathan was playing Brad as I thought it was unnecessary, mean and bad game play. Other than that they've all been pretty harmless. Jonathan doesn't bother me much either. He's trying hard to play the game but he's not being too successful (though he is still there and I guess that counts for something). LOL - I always liked Alan Alda so that may influence my feelings as well.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, November 10, 2006 - 11:43 pm
I already didn't like Nate that much but after last night I don't like him at all. Brad did not deserve that treatment from him. If any black, asian or hispanic had said they wanted FF to be all black, asian or hispanic no one would even be talking about this comment. It would just be considered racial pride and said about it. It's only 'wrong' to some of you because a white person said it.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, November 11, 2006 - 12:48 am
Chilliwilli, I said in another thread that I wished the remaining whites would get picked off because of their mutiny, and I had two people take offense, and call me racist. Trust me, it's considered wrong if you say it about the whites around here too. Odd, considering the it's gimmick of the season, but we can't talk freely about it.
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