Sony Kowtowing to North Korea

[Fishtigua]

Sony Films are pulling the release of the film 'The Interview' due to L'il Kim's hacker attack.

Is this a lily-livered, knee jerk reaction from a poorly run company or a smart move from the marketing dept?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30526406

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-has-no-furt...

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Anyone watching Jimmy Kimmel? Very funny and true.

Edit:

https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/54531102144...

Edited by Fishtigua on Thursday 18th December 04:51

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pork911 said:

Unless they were merely saying 'I know nothing at all about this so it must be fine'

As the OP, may I thank you for royally screwing-up my thread, well played. 5 pages of whinging about your stupid comment, 3rd one in too.

Kowtow is a word that has been used in the English language for many years, I think most normal people understand what it means.

If you would like to learn English as a 2nd language, may I suggest some very good schools?

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PZR said:

Actually, I'd be more interested to hear why the OP chose to use that particular word in the first place.

OP, care to comment?

Trying to add just a little humour, must have been whooshed by some people.

[Fishtigua]

I'm not offended.

Cheers.

Jenny Fleckt.

[Fishtigua]

Jesus H Christ, I know what it means. I've worked and sailed around there for enough years to pick-up the odd hint to the meanings of certain words used.

This thread is about an attack from a sovereign state on a global company. Global means words are used around the world by everybody, and the lingua franca is English.

Case Closed.

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PZR said:

'dogeza'

My Mum's Shih Tzu used to do that on the kitchen floor when excitable.

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PZR said:

I'm sorry, but anecdotes from people who have "sailed around there" or colonialist plantation orphans in Malaysia with 'servants' (LOL) are just not relevant. I'm talking about Japanese sensibilities and prejudices, based on centuries of conflict, that are simmering at just under boiling point at the moment.

To give PZR his due, he is quite correct about the heightened tensions around the South Spratly Islands, daft sailors do understand these things too. Or they get shot at or taken for kidnap.

Sadly, in this analogy, PDRK have fk all to do with them.

Don't mention the Paracel Islands. Leave it out Kev, 'e ain't wurf it.