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So, a group of Palestinian protesters marching against Israeli occupation dressed up as Na’vi, the alien race from James Cameron’s popular World of Warcraft expansion pack, The Avatars. My only question is: WHAT? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict already seemed complicated and confusing enough to me as it was, when people were just people, and not LARPers on their way to Comi-Con. What is next, Furries sticking their tails into tank guns? This guy knows what I’m talking about. We live in a world that is spinning wildly out of control.
There are a bunch more photos here. (Via @vultureblog.)
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Did I not understand this?
All I know is when I dressed as an Orc to raise awareness of global warming, it got results.
Maybe if James Cameron gave $400 million to Palestine instead of make that terrible movie things wouldn’t have had to come to this.
Obviously the Palestinians are protesting Israel’s oppresive anti-yiffing laws. WHO WILL SPEAK FOR THE FURRIES?
I think courageous stands like this are just what attempts at resolving the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict have been missing.
Zionism has done a lot for the blue face paint industry.
The point is Palestinians are reverberating the idea of the Na’vi, or from it’s translation to English, “horrible analogy of Native American struggle made by a pompous, overrated director”, are the true owners of this land and that Israel is oppressing them from it. Or they just might have that blue people fetish that seems to be swinging around the internet. Either way, fuck it. I’m going back to grading papers.
They are true fans of revisionist history, good point!
See what happens when you don’t freeze settlements?
are we sure this isn’t some heroic effort of self-sacrifice? i’m fairly certain the end result of this is Palestinians and Israelis coming together, as one, and realizing their differences really aren’t that big because everyone can make fun of these guys.
Hey guys! I’ve got meetings this afternoon (boo!) or otherwise I’d be joining in the chat, but if you all want to talk, just a reminder that chat is always open: http://videogum.com/chat
It doesn’t matter anyway. It’s not like anyone’s going to remember the on going struggle in the middle east come Oscar time anyway.
“I?m afraid I just blue myself.”
-Those Guys
Goddammit. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/palestinian-protesters-po_n_460560.html
I’m such a Zionist fuck that this actual makes me angry. Way to make less sense then you did before Palestinian protesters!
Yiiiiikes…
I know. Sorry.
Didn’t mean to sound so harsh, your downvotes will be my cross to bear
As a former Catholic, I just wanted to point out, I’m suppose to be the one bearing crosses because Mel Gibson said so.
You’ve got to admit it’s a solid PR coup. Whether or not you liked the movie, it’s a quickly recognizable reference, and the images of them choking on tear gas are eerily reminiscent of some scenes in the film. I was fifty-fifty on the film, but this was kinda bold, despite being weird in its nerdy, cos-play attachments.
And the fact that it’s highly manipulative.
Avatar is sooo 2009… this would have been way more effective if they’d dressed as the cast of Valentine’s day…
Geared healer LFG peace in the middle east.
If they were shooting for that whole “brave natives band together to overcome oppressive occupation” theme, they should have gone Ewok.