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Dambusters dog to be renamed Digger for remake of iconic film... because N-word...
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 10th June 2011
Posted on 06/10/2011 4:57:20 AM PDT by naturalman1975
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How about if I, as an Australian, say that I find the use of the word 'Digger' - a term applied to Australian troops since the First World War - offensive if applied to a dog. Do you think anyone would listen to me?
To: naturalman1975
Why are we being reminded what age Stephen Fry is?
Do other scriptwriters get their age appended?
Agere Contra (45)
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posted on
06/10/2011 4:59:24 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: naturalman1975
Why don’t they just call the dog “Politically Correct” ?
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posted on
06/10/2011 4:59:37 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: naturalman1975
What, “nigger?” Fugawdsakes it’s all you hear when you’re in a crowd of blacks in this city.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:00:21 AM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(Hating *me* won't make *you* handsome, intelligent, straight, male *or* white.)
To: naturalman1975
So now we are changing history in the name of political
correctness, THAT I find offensive!
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:01:20 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: naturalman1975
Sorry, patriotic Australians with a sense of history are not an Accredited Victim Group. (Maybe they could have renamed the dog, “Chigger” ;-).
It’s funny, because I heard two black men in the gym on Wednesday calling each other “nigger,” and referring to other blacks as “that nigger,” and then on the way home, I heard Andrew Wilkow, on his radio show, refer to “the n-word.” He can’t say the word, even if he’s simply quoting someone, or he’ll lose his job.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:01:36 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("WWSP?" - What Would Sionnsar Post?)
To: naturalman1975
You know - I have absolutely no reason whatsoever to believe that Guy Gibson was a racist, or that he was racist in naming his dog.
But what about if he was? There still wouldn't be any good reason to change this.
If Wing Commander Guy Gibson, Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, was a racist, then I think the positive aspects of his character and personal history, are more than enough to balance out one unfortunate personal characteristic being shown in a film. He didn't need to be a saint to get the job he had to do done. He didn't need to be perfect, so what would it matter if he wasn't? We don't need to sanitise history or historical figures - we need to show them as they were.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:02:09 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: naturalman1975
To: naturalman1975
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:08:00 AM PDT
by
Salo
To: naturalman1975
M__A__R__K____T__W__A__I__N
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:08:10 AM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(Conservative Christian Capitalists - I encourage you to visit my Profile)
To: naturalman1975
That was not an unusual name for a black dog in that era, even into the 1950’s. Nothing much was thought of it, simply a name ...
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:09:29 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: naturalman1975
How about if I, as an Australian, say that I find the use of the word 'Digger' - a term applied to Australian troops since the First World War - offensive if applied to a dog. Do you think anyone would listen to me?
Do you have dozens of "your people" or rap "artists" calling each other "Digger" every other sentence? If so, then you can be offended.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:12:52 AM PDT
by
The Theophilus
(Obama's Key to win 2012: Ban Haloperidol)
To: naturalman1975
...the long-awaited remake....By whom? Certainly not me.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:13:39 AM PDT
by
onedoug
(If)
To: naturalman1975
Remember when movie makers used to create original films instead of recycling past works?
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:14:24 AM PDT
by
Hoodat
(Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
To: naturalman1975
Actually “Digger” would be a splendid nickname for the present recumbent in the WH. It will take us the better part of decade to dig out of the hole this SOB has dug us into, making us all I suppose, “Diggers,” which I am sure was part of his plan.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:14:30 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(We live in America's "Awkward" Era. Too late to fix the country. Bit too early to start shooting.)
To: onedoug
I’m looking forward to it (now that I’ve heard about it).
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:15:06 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: Tax-chick
(Maybe they could have renamed the dog, Chigger ;-). You can't call them that anymore. You have to call them "Chigroes" (just to be safe you know)
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:15:24 AM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: naturalman1975
"The Dam Busters" was a great movie. I can hardly wait to see how political correctness totally screws the story to the wall.
The book, "633 Squadron" is a fascinating read and covers all of the special missions the squadron conducted from the dam busting mission through the destruction of the Turpiz and the V-3 launching sites.
The irony is that the program for the dinner honoring the Squadron after the first mission called them "The Damn Busters"!
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:16:30 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
To: naturalman1975
right! cause people of color do not exist in jolly old England, right?
(do I really need to post ‘SARC’?)
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:16:48 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: onedoug
I actually am looking forward to it - when the film was made in 1955, some important details were still classified, and I’m hoping they will be included in the new film.
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posted on
06/10/2011 5:17:15 AM PDT
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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