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in some other shit-poor film with I think Van Damme...



Now YOU're joking, right? Casper Van Dien



I cant find it on any torrents ... must suck real hard


You're not looking very hard

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4735312/Cutaway_DvDrip_-_Embedded_Greek_Subtitles_-_Omifast

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4133037/Cutaway.[DVD_rip].Whistler_Chavez.AVI
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in some other shit-poor film with I think Van Damme...



Now YOU're joking, right? Casper Van Dien


I cant find it on any torrents ... must suck real hard

You're not looking very hard

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4735312/Cutaway_DvDrip_-_Embedded_Greek_Subtitles_-_Omifast

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4133037/Cutaway.[DVD_rip].Whistler_Chavez.AVI


Hey , I found it! It`s called "Double Team" (trailer with short skydiving scenes here). But they do not use parachutes, but big bubbles to break their fall! :D Hilarious! :D (there is picture of the bubble on this

link look for phrase "jump out".
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Imagine that!
Being white and coming to a drop zone where everybody are black folks.
Even the planes are black!
And they are having a lots of fun and they accept you like a brother and after you all drink black beer together!

That would be real Jimi Hendrix experience



Factoid: Jimi Hendrix served in the 101st Airborne. About 26 jumps, I believe.

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...Very few black people skydive? I have several black friends and every one of them say they wouldn't skydive. Watch YouTube videos and you rarely, if ever, see black people in the videos jumping.

Now, to be clear here, I am in no way racist nor do I think negatively about black people. It's just something I've recently observed.

Your thoughts please...



I don't know.

I've noticed that some cultures aren't very well represented at swimming areas either.

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a good friend is about as black as it gets; and he done like 1000 skydives over the course of hardly three years. he's also one of the top trackers i've ever witnessed. and this is switzerland.

on the other hand, i dont see much other "non-caucasians" on the dz's i frequent..
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...on the other hand, i dont see much other "non-caucasians" on the dz's i frequent..



Yeah, Switzerland isn't what you would call"racially diverse".
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There are a number of black players in the NHL right now. Jerome Iginla of Calgary is one of the top players in the league.

http://www.diebytheblade.com/2010/2/5/1295983/top-ten-black-nhl-players

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_ice_hockey_players

Just passing along info. I am not willing to speculate as to why there are very few black skydivers. I really have no idea.

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...on the other hand, i dont see much other "non-caucasians" on the dz's i frequent..



Yeah, Switzerland isn't what you would call"racially diverse".


oh, it's not!? at well over 21% "foreigners", i bet u're right.. :S
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There are a number of black players in the NHL right now. Jerome Iginla of Calgary is one of the top players in the league.

http://www.diebytheblade.com/2010/2/5/1295983/top-ten-black-nhl-players

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_black_ice_hockey_players

Just passing along info. I am not willing to speculate as to why there are very few black skydivers. I really have no idea.



He (Jerome Iginla) is half white...
*I am not afraid of dying... I am afraid of missing life.*
----Disclaimer: I don't know shit about skydiving.----

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...on the other hand, i dont see much other "non-caucasians" on the dz's i frequent..



Yeah, Switzerland isn't what you would call"racially diverse".


oh, it's not!? at well over 21% "foreigners", i bet u're right.. :S
how much of that 21% are NON Caucasian
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how much of that 21% are NON Caucasian
PLEASE DEFINE CAUCASIAN :)

Wikipedia's definition of the common usage of Caucasian as a racial classification:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race

Demographics of Switzerland. While race is not specifically identified, origin of non-Swiss foreigners is, from which a reasonable approximation of race may be extrapolated:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland

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how much of that 21% are NON Caucasian
PLEASE DEFINE CAUCASIAN :)

Main Entry: Cau·ca·sian
Pronunciation: \kȯ-ˈkā-zhən, kä- also -ˈka-zhən\
Function: adjective
Date: 1658
1 : of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants
2 : of, constituting, or characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia and classified according to physical features —used especially in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation
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how much of that 21% are NON Caucasian
PLEASE DEFINE CAUCASIAN :)


Main Entry: Cau·ca·sian
Pronunciation: \kȯ-ˈkā-zhən, kä- also -ˈka-zhən\
Function: adjective
Date: 1658
1 : of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants
2 : of, constituting, or characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia and classified according to physical features —used especially by Americans in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation

There, fixed that for you...

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how much of that 21% are NON Caucasian
PLEASE DEFINE CAUCASIAN :)


Main Entry: Cau·ca·sian
Pronunciation: \kȯ-ˈkā-zhən, kä- also -ˈka-zhən\
Function: adjective
Date: 1658
1 : of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants
2 : of, constituting, or characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia and classified according to physical features —used especially in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation


There, fixed that for you...
No you didnt fix it. that definition is also reasonably spread world wide.
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It's about as international as the World Series is.

Other than the anglo-saxon, who uses that word in any other way than meaning 1 of your quote (of or relating to the Caucasus or its inhabitants).
I know it's not used in German like what you highlighted.

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I know it's not used in German like what you highlighted.



Ja, aber im Moment discutieren wir das doch in English.

Yes, but at the moment the conversation does seem to be in English.

So the use of Caucasian is an acceptable term. If one person asked "define Caucasian" to better understand a word he isn't so familiar with in the form of English he learned, that's fine. If it is a way to avoid answering the question by diverting the issue to the fine details of racial classification, which is messy and starts to get a little pointless, then I'd criticize it.

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I was just arguing that it's a world wide used term, but you're right that's getting off topic.

To me the definition is not clear and I keep checking the "Other" box whenever it gets asked on forms here in the US. C'est la Vie....

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I was just arguing that it's a world wide used term, but you're right that's getting off topic.

To me the definition is not clear and I keep checking the "Other" box whenever it gets asked on forms here in the US. C'est la Vie....


Let me help you with this, You are Caucasian:)
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