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Channel 4 apologises for Jon Snow’s ‘white people’ remark
Channel 4 apologises for Jon Snow’s ‘white people’ remark
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I got banned off here for the other N word, just like Big Ron got banned off ITV.
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I think people use their common sense, when you hear people complaining about the term en masse, it's quite a good sign. Amber rudd for example knew it was not which is why she apologised, but when she said it was a case of old habits dying hard, she was not going to call her coloured in order to whip up a racism storm.
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Everyone knows the N word is not acceptable to use these days, you don't need a letter in the post to inform you.
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yeah but I put a space between the n and the rest of the word
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Why mention colour at all? We are all in the same small boat trying to get on with our lives. Snow is just a small-minded bigot who should be pensioned off now.
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Foinavon • April 2, 2019 10:15 PM BST
We are all in the same small boat trying to get on with our lives. Possibly an ill-conceived analogy , given the subject matter  |
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Not for me it isn't. I like to give you something to think about.
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Everyone knows the N word is not acceptable to use these days, you don't need a letter in the post to inform you.
The phrase 'The N-Word'is entirely acceptable. Because no one has the gumption to question why a bunch of soundwaves or pixels or ink, used in entirely the correct context, is offensive now. It's only a matter of time before the playing of 'Olivers Army', Holiday in Cambodia', 'March of The Black Queen' etc is outlawed, no matter the word in question is used entirely justifiably |
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My favourite one is the censoring of Grace Jones' I've Done It Again on the Betfair forum:
I was on the first ship to Peru Charted all the courses like all sailors do First to cross the Mason-Dixon line Overseeing ****s for good Californian wine I'd been strumming/listening to that song for over 40 years without realizing I'd been offending Mexicans.  |
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Black widow, black witch, black cat, black out, snow white, white wedding dress, black funeral attire. In the Wizard of Oz, the wicked witch wears black, whilst the good witch wears pink or black. The dark side in Star Wars. Black represents night and danger. White represents daylight, beauty and safety. Maybe this interpretation of colour is inate going back millennia?
I recall the book "The Story of Little Black Sambo". I'm sure my parents have a copy. Not the 1899 original though. Seems that will set you back £4.5k. It's the story of an Indian boy and iirc he meets different animals in the jungle and trades his clothes and possessions for his safety as he goes along, until he's got nothing left and meets some tigers who want to eat him. They end up chasing each other round and round so fast that they turn into butter and the boy is turned into a hero. It's got shades of Jack + The Beanstalk and The Gruffalo in it. Anyhow, I assumed it would be banned now, but it's reprinted and still avaialble. |
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typo correction ... the good witch wears pink or white*
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Snow being investigated by Ofcom
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The irony is that the vast majority of those who have taken 'offence' and complained to Ofcom wouldn't have batted an eyelid 20/30 years ago , but see this as an opportunity to highlight the sheer ridiculousness of all the PC nonsense that's taken over every day life and every day language . Basically it's a case of "Two can play at that game" .
If only those with nothing better to do than seek out offence where none is intended , such as innocently labelled chocolate ducks etc, the world could return to something resembling normality . Of course , only normal people will understand this .  |
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agreed, Reynard. T it for tat never helped anything or anyone; but to see Snows smirk disappear for a second or so, is i admit appealing
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In the days before social medias these silly stories would just go away.
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they wouldn't have been made Mr Mouse. A great deal of is the 'playing to an audience' syndrome
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