David Brin is at it again.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2002-11-22 11:28am

I don't understand why the spaniards (and their relatives in South America) are making such a big fuss about Kamino's name.

I mean - Kessel means "kettle" in German, but I have yet to hear Germans, Austrians or Swiss people complain about that.

(insert random "spanish inquisition" joke)

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-11-22 12:55pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:I don't understand why the spaniards (and their relatives in South America) are making such a big fuss about Kamino's name.

I mean - Kessel means "kettle" in German, but I have yet to hear Germans, Austrians or Swiss people complain about that.

(insert random "spanish inquisition" joke)

As I said before:

[According to BabelFish, camino means "way" in Spanish.

So what the fuck does Brin think that's suppost to mean?

Or did all he know was that camino was a word in Spanish, without bothering to look up what it meant?]

And shouldn't the hispanic community know that, too?

They're all idiots.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-22 02:35pm

This reminds me of a group of people (US Politically Correct white people) who bitched that Speedy Gonzales was an insult to mexican people and made every TV channel remove it. Almost every single spanish speaker in the world, specially Mexicans, both foreign and U.S. naturalized, complained that these people were complete fucktards who think that they are doing anyone any good with that stupid kind of reasoning.

So, for those saying "those stupid latin americans complain about nonsense", first start fixing the problem from inside, and find the stupid US americans who complain about nonsense and make it a big deal for the "victims" who really don't give a shit about it.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-22 02:36pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:And shouldn't the hispanic community know that, too?

They're all idiots.

Bigot statement has been noted.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-11-22 05:01pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:I don't understand why the spaniards (and their relatives in South America) are making such a big fuss about Kamino's name.

I mean - Kessel means "kettle" in German, but I have yet to hear Germans, Austrians or Swiss people complain about that.

(insert random "spanish inquisition" joke)

Kessel and Endor, plus (IIRC) a few other names from Star Wars also occur in the Bible. Kamino is also Hellenistic Greek for furnace (and appears in the Bible, in Revelation 1:15). Given the precedent for Biblical words to be used as Star Wars locations, the Spanish Inquistion appears to lose much of their case.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-22 05:41pm

The word 'Vader' means "Father" in German. Clearly the Germans should sue over the obviously racist tones of having a German-speaking dictator.

D.Turtle · Post by **D.Turtle** » 2002-11-22 07:49pm

'Vater' means father.

Slight difference in spelling :p

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2002-11-23 03:36am

The Dark wrote: Kessel and Endor, plus (IIRC) a few other names from Star Wars also occur in the Bible. Kamino is also Hellenistic Greek for furnace (and appears in the Bible, in Revelation 1:15). Given the precedent for Biblical words to be used as Star Wars locations, the Spanish Inquistion appears to lose much of their case.

I've looked up Revelation 1:15 in my Danish bible, and I can't find the word Kamino anywhere.

BTW, Master of Ossus, Vader means father in dutch, not german.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-11-23 04:36pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
The Dark wrote: Kessel and Endor, plus (IIRC) a few other names from Star Wars also occur in the Bible. Kamino is also Hellenistic Greek for furnace (and appears in the Bible, in Revelation 1:15). Given the precedent for Biblical words to be used as Star Wars locations, the Spanish Inquistion appears to lose much of their case.
I've looked up Revelation 1:15 in my Danish bible, and I can't find the word Kamino anywhere.

BTW, Master of Ossus, Vader means father in dutch, not german.

My mistake, everyone. It certainly means "father" in Swissel-duetch, the version of German that I speak reasonably well. In High-German, I believe it is spelled "vater," but the pronunciation is very similar.