By force? There is no force. We live in a society with taxes that benefit everyone. If they don't like it they are free to get the fuck out

I've heard the "worrying about where this is going" bit from women before, is it not possible to ask your partner? Or do men just not respond well to that sort of inquiry?

Even if it did it DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER. She isn't wearing her hair in a way that provides a deliberately poor view for the person behind her. By your logic tall people shouldn't be allowed to be tall

True.

Did you even look at the picture? Her hair wasn't inconveniencing anyone.

No harm done, without discussion and argument minds rarely change. I'd hate to go to bed today having learned nothing more than I knew yesterday.

Did you see the picture of her hair? It isn't even terribly big and is already down, what else is there to do?

Lots of people block the view at movies, concerts or operas, the adult thing to do is to seat yourself in such a way as to not have your view blocked, not by making demands of the other paying viewers around…

Ignorance is only an insult to people who don't understand what it means(or can't be bothered to look it up).

I'm still not sure I really care much who gets the roles, provided they do a good job portraying the character, but I can at least better understand the perspective of people who do.

To get it out of the way: the controversy of changing Heimdall to a black character was only controversial for garbage people. For the rest of us we realized that it was a story that is 100% made up and was just another opportunity to see Idris Elba.

I hadn't considered the problem beyond the "I am watching and…

A genuinely good and interesting read. Thanks!

I may have a different viewpoint, it's hard to say from where I stand today since all I have is the perspective I have.

I don't know, maybe I'm all wrong on this but I just don't understand why the actors matter(in any production) beyond the necessity for them to be good and not terrible.

I'm a troll for pointing out that the author made a statement that is patently false?

Fair enough. I'd be curious to see who auditioned(assuming auditions is how operas work) to see if this was a conscious decision on the part of the casting people or a function of who showed up.

Passing up more talented performers to exhibit a preference for whites is a problem, but I don't have the information to make…

No, it was an idle comment that I thought was odd.

Yes, because you see I am a Time Lord, I saw this post coming and I've been waiting for my moment.

Clearly I don't as I still think it doesn't matter what the racial makeup of operas or movies is. In what way would Aida be fundamentally different if the actors(is that the right word to use for opera? I genuinely do not know) if they were played by someone who is black? Or asian? Or [insert race here]?

Maybe I have…

Did I ever say they were white? I was saying that they aren't BLACK, as is claimed by the author and was the subject of the original comment I was responding to.

Before you proclaim someone a troll I would suggest you read AND understand what they have said.

So I can't be annoyed by something other than the main thrust? I have nothing to add about Old Man Opera's commentary on her hair, he was acting like an asshole in a public place, I think that was well enough covered by the author, no?

And it would have been super rude to derail the original posters thread with a topic…

Never said that they did, just that "black" isn't exactly how you would describe most people from Egypt. And my point on invasions was that regardless of what their original ethnicity was it would have become very mixed as a result of new people coming in and the children that usually accompany an army. I'm talking…

Much better than minis