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"The secret of Bei-Sing sei" new episode tonight

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    avafangirl

    [21]Sep 22, 2006
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    Does it matter? Forgive me because I can't spell words right w/o using spellcheck. you knew what it was.

    yeah...Jet was being brainwashed as the guy was explaining Ba Sing Sei's society
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    Plazewithknives

    [22]Sep 22, 2006
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    already forgiven
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    thndrbndr

    [23]Sep 22, 2006
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    The way they divided thecity between poor, middle and upper was a lot like what Hitler did to the jews in the ghettos pthe poor people are not allowed to leave their area just like the jews were not allowed to leave their area
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    AvatarLover14

    [24]Sep 22, 2006
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    i agree it was like a dictatorship in Bei Sing Sei
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    SaladbarSBC

    [25]Sep 22, 2006
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    I'm wondering how Jet, Smellerbee, and Longshot will get along after the hypnotism.
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    AvatarLover14

    [26]Sep 22, 2006
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    they will probably all get brainwashed eventually
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    thatother1dude

    [27]Sep 22, 2006
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    Colonel_Brian wrote:
    Well does Ba Sing Se has two walls or one?

    They have at least five walls (not counting small walls seperating places in same area):
    Two that surround the whole city: 1. Main wall: protecting it from attacks and seperating from the plain/desert it's in the middle of 2. Inner wall: seperating wilderness and main gates from town
    and two or three seperating different social class: 3. Lower-class wall: between middle and lower classes districts preventing homeless, refugees, etc. from getting to middle class area 4. Middle-class wall: between middle and upper classes districts preventing scholars, businessmen, etc. from getting to upper class area. 5. Upper-class wall: between upper-class district and royal palace, seperating politicians, non-active officers, and other non-royal officials from the royal castle.
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    dude22222

    [28]Sep 22, 2006
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    The Earth Kingdoms are worse than the Fire Nation now.. at least things aren't hidden and brain-washed in the Fire Nation. Burn Bai Seng Sai! BURN!

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    Momolover800

    [29]Sep 22, 2006
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    It is a mix of the Hindu caste system, Communist fear of government, and a forced Utopia.
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    thatother1dude

    [30]Sep 22, 2006
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    Let me try that again (stupid quick-post)

    They have at least five walls (not counting small walls seperating places in same area):
    Two that surround the whole city:

    1. Main wall: protecting it from attacks and seperating from the plain/desert it's in the middle of
    2. Inner wall: seperating wilderness and main gates from town

    Three seperating different social class:

    1. Lower-class wall: between middle and lower classes districts preventing homeless, refugees, etc. from getting to middle class area
    2. Middle-class wall: between middle and upper classes districts preventing scholars, businessmen, etc. from getting to upper class area.
    3. Upper-class wall: between upper-class district and royal palace, seperating politicians, non-active officers, and other non-royal officials from the royal castle.
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    Colonel_Brian

    [31]Sep 22, 2006
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    thatother1dude wrote:

    Let me try that again (stupid quick-post)

    They have at least five walls (not counting small walls seperating places in same area):
    Two that surround the whole city:

    1. Main wall: protecting it from attacks and seperating from the plain/desert it's in the middle of
    2. Inner wall: seperating wilderness and main gates from town

    Three seperating different social class:

    1. Lower-class wall: between middle and lower classes districts preventing homeless, refugees, etc. from getting to middle class area
    2. Middle-class wall: between middle and upper classes districts preventing scholars, businessmen, etc. from getting to upper class area.
    3. Upper-class wall: between upper-class district and royal palace, seperating politicians, non-active officers, and other non-royal officials from the royal castle.

    Awsome Ba Sing Se sounds intersting exept for the 3rd and 4th.

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    onceinabluemoon

    [32]Sep 22, 2006
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    That episode was incredible. That's the only English word I can think of to describe it. The Zuko/Jet fighting scene was a different yet cool style of animation for Avatar. And did anyone else double over laughing when Toph said You been hitting the cactus juice again? (Or something close to that.)
    Avatar is changing. It's not how it used to be. It seems like the directors are trying to make it appeal to older kids. Guess they don't know it already does. Man I sure can ramble on can't I?
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    onceinabluemoon

    [33]Sep 22, 2006
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    Momolover800 wrote:
    It is a mix of the Hindu caste system, Communist fear of government, and a forced Utopia.
    OH MY GOSH! I remember learning about that last year! I am such a nerd for remembering it. But now that you mention it, it makes sense, even to me.
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    Plazewithknives

    [34]Sep 22, 2006
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    why does everyone think there communists
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    Sasahara

    [35]Sep 23, 2006
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    They're not like communists. If they were, their government??would try to make everyone poor. Rather, they have a balanced, albiet stagnent, class system.
    Edited on 09/23/2006 5:22am
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    SaladbarSBC

    [36]Sep 23, 2006
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    Besides The Swamp, this was by far the weirdest episode yet.
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    NoNameLetdown

    [37]Sep 23, 2006
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    Ba Sing Sei is full of commies!

    It was a great episode, though I doubt kids would get the full impact of how the story went. This was the first time my parents watched it, and they thought it was really good. There was a lot more stuff than what met the surface.

    Next to The Chase, maybe one of the best episodes. A lot more satisfying than SotFN... for me, at least
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    Hoshie26

    [38]Sep 23, 2006
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    AvatarLover14 wrote:
    all i have to say right now is Zuko was cute tonight


    Back off.
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    NoNameLetdown

    [39]Sep 23, 2006
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    Plazewithknives wrote:
    why does everyone think there communists

    controlled government... making you only see one side... they control everything you hear and say.


    It seems quite similar to communism


    What they did to Jet is quite another premise
    and also fear implemented... def

    Edited on 09/23/2006 6:35pm
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    NoNameLetdown

    [40]Sep 23, 2006
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    SaladbarSBC wrote:
    I'm wondering how Jet, Smellerbee, and Longshot will get along after the hypnotism.


    Who says Smellerbee and Longshot will get hypnotized? But yeah, Jet will defintely be different
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