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Hans Zimmer to rework Saudi national anthem (tribune.com.pk)

submitted 4 months ago by marioms@lemm.ee to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer just branched out into unchartered territory.

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[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

I would be down for a national anthem that sounded like a movie trailer. Opens with BWAAAAHMMMMM. Then another. Then narrator in a grisled and wise voice starts in, "We're not a good country. We've done horrible things." BWAAAAAHMMMMMM!

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

He gonna reuse the dune theme 😂

[+] PanArab@lemm.ee -22 points 4 months ago (3 children)

People from countries that just enabled a genocide being hypocritical about Saudi Arabia in the comments.

I really can’t wait for the West to stop being so dominant.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You don't think saudi arabia also enables genocide? wow.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In Gaza? You are probably referring to Yemen and no international body be it ICC or ICJ declared it a genocide as far as I know.

War crimes have been committed, and they happened with US support, as Saudi Arabia was fighting Iranian proxies on their behalf and with their weapons.

Now would the responses here be the same if the anthem in question was the US’s, or Germany’s or the UK’s?

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not going to happen in your grandchildren's lifetimes.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

History is riddled with empires that thought they were eternal.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I don't think it is eternal but it will take decades to centuries to undo the concentration of wealth that occurred as a direct result of colonization.

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure youre wrong to think people from the West on Lemmy support Israel. No one on here seems to 😅

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I still get a lot of genocide apologia here, but not as bad as Reddit

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am against all war. That means, I am against; the Hamas terrorist group, Israeli government, Russian government, even the Indonesian government,and any other group/government starting wars.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Are you against Ukrainians resisting the Russian invasion? What if the Russians decided to colonize Ukrainian territory and brought their families with them? What if 2-3 generations passed and the Russian settlers had children and grandchildren? Do Ukrainians lose the right to resist and reclaim their land? If not, then why are you against the Palestinian resistance to the illegal occupation and blockade? You support the Papuans right to resist -as do I- but not the Palestinians? You can’t even be consistent. Racism? Willful ignorance? No way to know.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I never said said anything about not resisting. But isn't hamas a terrorist group? And I condemned both Israeli government, and the terrorist group. Not the civilians of both countries.

But assume what you like, if that makes you happy. All I want is peace in the world.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

He evidently does need the money, huh...

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I wonder how he’s gonna include the part about slavery and misogyny

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

Oof. Well, for his sake I hope he gets it right 🪚

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

How much you think they're paying him?

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