Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
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(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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The DambustersITV dub "Nigger" into "Boy" when they show it. Apparently fewer people now complain about the dubbing than used to complain about the dog's name.
Guy Gibson must be spinning in his grave.
(, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 13:23, 7 replies)
saying that though,they haven't dubbed over any of the dialogue in Blazing Saddles.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 15:23,
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the dialogue in blazing saddles is sending up racismnaming a dog 'nigger' is racist, albeit from a time when attitudes were less enlightened
hardly the same thing
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mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 16:11,
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It's quite an interesting question though:given that the dog was actually called Nigger, is it racist to call it Nigger in the film? I'd say no, but be interested to know what other people think
(, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 17:01, closed)
"The Rats in the Walls" by H.P. Lovecraft......features a cat called "Nigger-Man".
Of course, Lovecraft was incredibly, virulently racist, and even wrote a poem called "On the Creation of Niggers". His horror stories are excellent, though.
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 3:47, closed)
Shirley...it's "more" people complain about the dubbing?
Since this is historical fact, no matter how unseemly it may seem now, it's ridiculous to change it.
Ansd they don't seem to have a problem with there 'rap' videos do they?
Outrage I say
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 8:39,
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that's what I'm talkin' 'boutmust agree with the comment that it is a fact that this was the dogs name. You can't change history just because you feel uncomfortable with it now. The word Nigger simply means black, the dog was black, would it be unacceptable to call a white dog Snowy?? Or a red haired cat ginger?? Plus if it's ok for one black person to call another (or indeed a white person) "my nigger" why is it offensive if I say it? That my dear sir (or indeed madam)is racist!!
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 13:29, closed)
I don't get it.Why is it racist to call the dog Nigger?
Yes, the original dog was certainly named so due to the less-enlightened times in which it lived but, as has been pointed out, it's a historical fact that that's what the dog was called.
Also, for it to be racist to call the dog Nigger, that surely implies that it's the dog that would be offended, does it not?
I mean, I realise the word itself has offensive connotations but that's when it's directed towards black/coloured (delete as is appropriately PC) people, isn't it?
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 13:34, closed)
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