"A.I.:
How dare they call the robot MECCA?"

-npgmusicclub

WTF? How dare you pass your religious judgement on anothers art? Aren't we all supposed to live as one and respect eachother? Who's talking here? Was it Prince? Was he disapointed with his new DVD purchase? Has he joined a neo-victorian bregade to instate censureship? ...

answer me this, answer me that

Actually isn't it supposed to be spelled, "MECHA"? As in mechanics? And the flesh are called ORGAS, short for organics?

Though it caught me by suprise in the "Judas Kiss/Judas Smile" NPGMC joint from August 2001, I honestly think that Prince spelled it wrong in this NPGMC post.

But you know prince, words sound and are spelled differently as he sees it -- all that "con" prefix stuff from a few years back -- CONgress, CONtract, CONception, etc.

[w]http://www.cc.gatech.edu/...iew_AI.htm
[This message was edited Wed Oct 2 11:03:44 PDT 2002 by a2grafix]

what doe sit mean exactly? I don't understand.

korovyov said:

The assumtion that is being made is that they called the robot 'Mecca' in refernce to the holy city of Mecca. But as a2grafix pointed out, that's a misconception. The reasoning behind being offended by it would be... that I don't know.

Mecca (Makkah) being a sacred place for worship,
and also being the most sacred of the Muslim
holy cities. (the birthplace of the Prophet
Muhammad)

One who worships there, or simply
knows that others do, with respect,
would not want to associate it with robots.

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[This message was edited Wed Oct 2 19:38:05 PDT 2002 by EchoOfMySoul]

Prince is a fucking dill sometimes.

bkw said:

what´s a "dill"??

EchoOfMySoul said:

This is fair, but non-the-less Prince is misundersanding the intent. Also, it's within the realm of reasonable uses of language to call a character in a movie that name even if the intention was that the robot was the first of many, a bithplace of a race/culture if you will. That whole "How Dare You" crap is what really gets me. How dare he assume that his oppinion is right?

I'm sorry, I still don't get what U guys are saying. I think I still misunderstand the original concept. here's what I thouight it meant:

Saying that how dare you equate scienvce and technology (Robots) with religion (Mecca) could someone spell out what you guys are saying? I am so lost...

PrincPDC said:

So Prince is a Muslim now?

I was only saying that

one who worships there "Mecca"

or people in general just

knowing that other people worship there

"Mecca"

might not want to call the robot "Mecca"

out of respect.

So, how is Prince being offensive? I'm so stupid apparently!!!

korovyov said:

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Echo says:

I don't think he was, I think he
was simply saying to be respectful
of others beliefs, and their
way of worship!


[This message was edited Wed Oct 9 13:14:38 PDT 2002 by EchoOfMySoul]

EchoOfMySoul said:

oh. I told you I was clueless!

Please Prince, get back to doing what you do best! Making & performing music. MECHAS in A.I. were mechanical, or robotic. ORGAS were organic, or human, lifeforms. I suppose next, he'll be attacking Life laundry detergent for violating the sanctity of God's gift to humankind?

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[This message was edited Thu Feb 27 0:10:21 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]