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Thread ID: 118605 2011-06-13 07:55:00 Yet more PC BS - Dambusters boob? tuiruru (12277) PC World Chat
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1208944 2011-06-14 07:26:00 :illogical

3. also Digger or Digger Indian Offensive Used as a disparaging term, especially in the 19th century, for a member of any of various Native American peoples of the Great Basin, such as the Utes, Paiutes, and Western Shoshones.
[Sense 3, from their use of digging sticks as foraging tools.]"[/I]

from here (www.thefreedictionary.com)

So, in order to avoid offending African Americans, he's prepared to, maybe, upset a Native American minority (not so many of them to complain I suppose). But has he considered the sensibilities of a sizable UK Asian sector - the pooch selected to play Nigger is a Yorkshire terrier named Paki (www.anorak.co.uk)!! :confused: :rolleyes :illogical 		tuiruru (12277)
1208945 2011-06-14 08:01:00 Here's another option - bleep out the dogs name, much like Tarantino did in Kill Bill. Paul.Cov (425)
1208946 2011-06-14 08:22:00 Here's another option - bleep out the dogs name, much like Tarantino did in Kill Bill.

Now there's a thought! :banana 		tuiruru (12277)
1208947 2011-06-14 08:34:00 Don't forget the Gollywog on the jam jar. Golly, we'd better think of another name. Golly Phil B (648)
1208948 2011-06-14 09:21:00 Don't forget the Gollywog on the jam jar. Golly, we'd better think of another name. Golly

Then there's Noddy and Big Ears living in the same house! And don't even mention Eric and Ernie sharing a bed in the Morcombe and Wise show! :rolleyes: 		tuiruru (12277)
1208949 2011-06-14 09:57:00 "Stephen Fry is trying to re-write history as he re-writes "The Dambusters"."

Don't blame Stephen Fry, the debate about the dog's name predates his assignment as script-writer.
Can't find a link but I have read that changes were made in the US release version of the original film. 		martynz (5445)
1208950 2011-06-14 10:35:00 Makes you wonder how they can rewrite it. It's either true to how it was, or it's hollywood type bs. I'd like to see someone try & rewrite love thy neighbour. There wouldn't be much left Phil B (648)
1208951 2011-06-15 09:28:00 Nope, the dog was not white, perhaps he could be safely called anti-white.
What was the song that had a revised version with the line "Elderly man river . . "? ;) 		R2x1 (4628)
1208952 2011-06-15 09:59:00 Love thy neighbour what a fantastically politically correct show that was I loved it, why not call the dog 'Dog of African American descent'.

Now where did my wife hide my collection of Gollywogs when we had that party, I wanted to leave them on display, I have the original set of the Gollywog band figurines from when I was a kid took me ages to save up all the coupons to get them 		gary67 (56)
1208953 2011-06-15 11:29:00 Don't forget the Gollywog on the jam jar. Golly, we'd better think of another name. Golly

This was the basis of a joke about Idi Amin in Punch Magazine.

"When Idi Amin announced that the Queen was going to be removed from Ugandan postage stamps, Punch magazine announced that Robertsons were going to delete the image of Idi Amin from there jam jar labels."

In those halcyon days nobody gave a dam about this nauseating PC crap. 		KenESmith (6287)
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