Racist!!!!!!!!

[MajGenl.Meade]

If I call a Welsh woman a dragon, is that racist?

If you did she'd probably break your jaw, to be fair.

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"I warned you not to call her Welsh, didn't I?"

[rubato]

so....

if i see a black guy, wearing a Lone Ranger mask, catching crayfish in a stream, i shouldn t say that he reminds me of a 'coon?

You are morally accountable for any harm caused by a misunderstanding which you appear able to anticipate.



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rubato

[rubato]

Lollipop man = school crossing guard... whatever the local USian term is where you live.

The STOP sign in the UK looks like a lollipop - the round ones on a stick/

The visual reference was obvious. There are other meanings; You don't listen to Parliament/Funkadelic?

"they call me lollipop man,
also known as the longhaired sucker ... "

It made me laugh.


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rubato

[wesw]

i think any black guy catching crayfish in a lone ranger mask, would be a guy with a sense of humor and be disappointed if no one made the coon reference.

did you know that in Scotland, when it snows, they play golf with red balls?

it s those silly kilts....

[oldr_n_wsr]

did you know that in Scotland, when it snows, they play golf with red balls?

What are the red balls handicap?

[Gob]

did you know that in Scotland, when it snows, they play golf with red balls?

it s those silly kilts....

Blue balls surely?

[BoSoxGal]

Both!

[Gob]

The BBC refused to air an interview with a black campaigner because he was wearing a 'racist' golliwog doll around his neck.



Chaka Artwell was set to be interviewed for BBC News about a campaign to save Temple Cowley Pools in Oxford. had travelled to the city to be interviewed by BBC South Today reporter Tom Turrell, but refused to take the soft toy off his neck when asked to do so because it could offend viewers. Mr Artwell said that 'white, middle-class liberal types' had decided his doll was racist and offensive. 'When I was growing up in this country, this guy was a popular figure,' he said. 'Then, without anyone asking me if I was offended by it, people decided I was offended by it. 'White, middle-class liberal types decided I was offended by this guy and in the year 2015 I don't want people telling me what I should be offended by. 'People pick and chose what they want to highlight. This is ridiculous.'

Mr Artwell, who organised talks and debates to mark Black History Month in Oxford in October, added: 'Tom asked me to remove my friend and I said 'why?' 'He told me it would distract from my story and I said I didn't think it would because I am a passionate speaker. 'He said he would not do the interview unless I removed my dear friend, and I am really upset about it.'

BBC spokesman Meera Hindocha said: 'We asked him to remove the large doll because it would distract viewers in a discussion about a local swimming pool and some viewers may have found it offensive.
'When he refused to do so we used another contributor.' Nigerian-born Oxford City Councillor Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan said he 'did not have a clue' where Mr Artwell was coming from. He said: 'Personally I find this image offensive because I think it demeans the image of black people. 'I think he was trying to make a point but on the wrong basis and I think it shows a lack of sensitivity to people who don't like that image.

'I would have said to him 'you might not find it offensive, but a lot of people do - so maybe find another medium to have that conversation?'.'

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[wesw]

told you that black people had great senses of humor.....

thanks gob

[wesw]

no they still have plenty of sheep.....

[rubato]

Respecting certain boundaries is how we demonstrate consideration for the sensibilities of other people and create a more inclusive society.

If the 'campaigner' had nothing to say of interest which outweighed the probable offense then there was no justification for airing his views, and his doll.


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rubato

[MajGenl.Meade]

If the 'campaigner' had nothing to say of interest

It seems we will never know what he was going to say. That's a good reason to refuse to let him speak. It might have been uncomfortable. Good thing it was the UK where there's no 'free speech' article in a written constitution. Couldn't happen here; we USians would never endorse it!

[rubato]

If the 'campaigner' had nothing to say of interest

It seems we will never know what he was going to say. That's a good reason to refuse to let him speak. It might have been uncomfortable. Good thing it was the UK where there's no 'free speech' article in a written constitution. Couldn't happen here; we USians would never endorse it!

For most of us the principle of free speech does not preclude the exercise of judgement. News programs are not currently required to broadcast every flake, nutcase, incoherent idiot &c who presents themselves for admiration.



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rubato

[MajGenl.Meade]

I think that's valid. What is not valid is your apparent assumption that the man they invited to interview about Temple Cowley Pools had "nothing to say of any interest" and is a "flake, nutcase, incoherent flake" and was presenting himself "for admiration."

By what scientific method did you discern first of all that he "nothing to say of any interest" when he was invited by the radio programmers to speak? Secondly, on what do you base your analysis of his mental condition and the reason for which he travelled at their request to be interviewed?

Obviously, you have no basis for any such opinion, if we discount racism on your part which I think we must indeed discount.