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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on July 07, 2020, 10:35:56 am ---I remember a TV show called Love Thy Neighbor.
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That always was grim, but there was one that was even worse: "Mind Your Language".
The BBC is, I believe, not showing the classic "Till Death Us Do Part" due to racism concerns. Apparently audiences nowadays are to dim to realise that Alf Garnett's frequent racist statements are designed to show that racism is wrong and stupid.
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 07, 2020, 10:55:58 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on July 07, 2020, 10:35:56 am ---I remember a TV show called Love Thy Neighbor.
--- End quote ---
That always was grim, but there was one that was even worse: "Mind Your Language".
The BBC is, I believe, not showing the classic "Till Death Us Do Part" due to racism concerns. Apparently audiences nowadays are to dim to realise that Alf Garnett's frequent racist statements are designed to show that racism is wrong and stupid.
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John Cleese has time after time defended the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans. He said that, like Life of Brian, it was pointing out the stupidity of stupid shit.
After all that, now one part of that episode that has never before attracted scrutiny suddenly caused those in charge to erase the episode even though it had nothing to do with it's actual 'target'.
LOL
PlainName:
--- Quote ---done when it is black outside
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Nothing to do with outside. Just black being no colour, no light, not visible. If whoever coined the term had thought deeply about it they might have said 'transparent', but that's a mouthful and a bit posh, so black it is.
Same thing occurs with white collar: you wear a white collared shirt if you're in a desk job. Doing so in a manual job would cause too much dirt to show on it, so manual jobs wear darker coloured collars typically some shade of blue. Nothing to do with working in daylight.
paulca:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on July 07, 2020, 10:35:56 am ---And in regards to Gingers. I wish them no pain. I think they should be killed humanly.
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Just tie them down in the sun, minimal effort.
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: paulca on July 07, 2020, 11:44:45 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on July 07, 2020, 10:35:56 am ---And in regards to Gingers. I wish them no pain. I think they should be killed humanly.
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Just tie them down in the sun, minimal effort.
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:)
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