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Darts Walk On Girls Removed
Darts Walk On Girls Removed
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Is there ANYONE out there who thinks that the female species, or the world in general, is better off for the removal of the walk-on girls from the PDC Darts championships?
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I do wonder where all this is going to end.
I saw a Facebook Post today on a local community page where someone was talking about how they would feel more comfortable having female tradespersons (ie plumbers, electricians etc.). They may have had a bad experience which would make the comment more understandable but it sounds like they are buying into the latest frenzy. |
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Best to stay out of it when it comes to facebook and twitter tbh. I scrolled down a bit on that womans trust tweet and realised why I keep well away, its the ultimate triggering tool, massive divide tools social media. Youtube is about bearable because i can find what i want to watch and my recommendation tab is full of things i like from previous vids searches etc. No doubt hillary clinton standing there with that ridiculous book is doing the rounds? Twitter will be full of fights and stupid tweets.
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Billions of people on the planet will not qualify for the Bond role jamesdean, what's being human got to do with it for goodness sake.
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Why should billions of people not qualify for the role?
If Dr who can be a woman then so can Bond. Its sexist to suggest otherwise. Many women have been spies over the years in real life so why not in fiction. It's just a film. |
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It's a film they want people to pay good money to watch. Do you think the limping old boy in my corner shop should be able to do media ads for Chanel no5?
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That's a bit different. Lara Croft was similar to Bond and they films were massive Blockbusters.
There's certainly a market for this kind of stuff (half the population are women incase you hadn't noticed) hence why the movie makers will want to reach out to everyone. If its a good film what does it matter what sex the main character is? It must be subconscious sexism or it really shouldn't matter. |
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jamesdean... tranees are not women ,hth
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Men, women, trans, straight, gay, white, black..
Does it matter if it's a good film? What's the objection? |
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I'll leave you to your cuddly Nirvana fantasies jamesdean, there's real life to get on with.
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im with saddo
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It's not a question of it being a good or bad film , it would be a different film
In the same way as a film about George Best is about George Best who happened to play football , James Bond is a film about James Bond an English spy |
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If you don't understand that you haven't understood the film
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Does it matter that he is playing an English spy ? Yes in the same way it matters when someone plays a Russian spy
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Believe it or not but there are women English spies too just like you get English female doctors.
Its a film but if it gives the moaners something to moan about then atleast they will be happy with their moaning. |
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sean connery wasnt an engerlish spy
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Yes and there are women footballers , but a film about George Best is not about football, there are thousands of footballers
The film is about George Best And in the same way the bond film is not about spies , there are thousands of spies all over the world The film is about James Bond |
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I wondered who would be the first to mention Connery
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is darts about darts then?
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Very good point Donny
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I'm sure the movie moguls will be queuing up to invest fortunes in films which people will not pay to watch, just to appease people like you, jamesdean. We'll see.
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You see a Russian spy , no matter what is plying the part of a Russian
And James Bond is playing the part of an Englishman |
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It was another very silly post from donny , which I suspect he knows
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jamesdean is to silly to know so there's not much that can be done about that
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james dean seems to be arguing that he will go whatever gender the star is
its others who want gender specific, not him , or have i missed the point |
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I'm sure his 9 quid will put the film in profit.
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but its you that is threatening to stay away
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That wasn't the question or the point , imo
He would go to see a film , but it wouldn't be the same film, people go to see all sorts of films |
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even when scots men play engerlish spies with a scottish accent and no scar
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The point is do we lose something if Bond is not what he was in the original book ?
Well imo we do, we lose the very essence of Bond itself |
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I'm sure the movie moguls are bright enough to make the right decision. Not everyone is backward thinking thankfully.
Its done no harm to have DR. Who as a woman has it. In fact I think it has actually added to the programme. |
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If we have a film called Raging Bull I like someone like De Niro to play the part
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Jane Bond?
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Why aren't the feminists demanding that more women work outdoors in all weathers like us blokes?
Or do they just wants the top jobs like sitting on the Board of top companies, being James Bond, Doctor Who etc? |
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Being James Bond and Doctor Who is incredibly tough work. Daleks, explosions, villains trying to kill you all the time...
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I was just thinking about that the other day, Injera.
It was a really cold rainy day and I was passing a road maintenance gang, no women, and the a huge building site, no women. If all the men in the world went on strike how would we manage - we wouldn't  |
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Be the same of all the women in the world went on strike. All they hospitals with hardly any nurses or care homes with hardly any carers.
The world would come to a stand still if half the population (men or women) went on strike shocker! |
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I don't think it would be nearly as bad if there were no women.
Lets face it man can learn to become nurses or carers, after all men are doctors, but I doubt it would be as easy for women to learn to be engineers, IT experts, or to have the brute strength of men for some occupations. |
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Come on! We aren't living in caveman times/dark ages
You don't have to have brute strength in most fields today. Agree it does help in some jobs but there are tools for most jobs involved with manual work. We're needed equally. |
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'tools for most jobs involved with manual work.'
 Spoken by a man who's never done any is my guess. |