Cancel Culture

[Spangas]

Statues being torn down.

Movies, TV shows being removed from streaming services.

World gone completely mad.

Batshit crazy: refer 'Capital Hill Autonomous Zone'

[Magellan]

They've now removed the Fawlty Towers ep where Basil does the goose step...that's the last straw

Really?

Yep, "Don't mention the war" episode pulled from streaming services as the old Major uses the term "wog" and it's been deemed offensive by 2020.

F*ck 2020.

Kingswood Country's f***ed then

Pickle me grandmother!!

[Magellan]

We've always re-written history otherwise Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would still be revered.

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

[Gozu]

We've always re-written history otherwise Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would still be revered.

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

Slavery isn't?

[whufc]

Sadly the balance has swang way to far in the other direction.

I'm the first to admit some of the stuff especially Kingswood Country was downright racism and i can accept that not being tolerated but we have got to a point where we might as well burn all the history books and not teach history as we arent allowed to delve into it anyway. Wipe it all and start fresh.

[MatteeG]

Assuming 'Love Thy Neighbour' has been long removed?

[Spangas]

We've always re-written history otherwise Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would still be revered.

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

Slavery isn't?

Slavery wasn't illegal.
The statues are a reminder of the history of America, for better or worse. I don't care if they are eventually removed, just not torn down by anarchists.

[woodublieve12]

We've always re-written history otherwise Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would still be revered.

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

Slavery isn't?

Slavery wasn't illegal.
The statues are a reminder of the history of America, for better or worse. I don't care if they are eventually removed, just not torn down by anarchists.

why not??

[RB]

When I heard about the Fawlty Towers thing, I assumed it was due to the portrayal of Manuel being potentially offensive to Spaniards.

But the episode with the Germans?

For Christ sakes, we beat the krauts, we were the good guys in WWII, the Nazi regime committed unspeakable evils. Surely people in Allied countries are entitled to make what would generally be considered fairly light-hearted jokes about the war?

I mean, if anything Basil attempts, in vain and to comic effect, to treat the Germans like any other guests.

[Booney]

Because if they ruled the world we'd all be f*cked.

[RB]

[quote="Gozu"]We've always re-written history otherwise Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would still be revered.

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

Slavery isn't?

Slavery wasn't illegal.
The statues are a reminder of the history of America, for better or worse. I don't care if they are eventually removed, just not torn down by anarchists.

why not??[/quote]This is a difficult one - and I'm not opposed to the statue in Bristol being removed - but I would prefer to see it removed by the council or appropriate authority according to law. We head down a slippery slope when angry mobs start tearing down statues.

Also, as has been pointed out, virtually everybody who existed before the twentieth century had views on many subjects that would be considered utterly appalling today. And that includes even revered figures.

Most of the early American presidents were slave owners. All Australian prime ministers up to the 60s or 70s supported the White Australia Policy. Basically every public figure before WWII was opposed to homosexuality being legal. Etc. Etc.

[JK]

I’dimagjne Allo’ Allo’ will be hard to get hold of now

[Lightning McQueen]

This is a difficult one - and I'm not opposed to the statue in Bristol being removed - but I would prefer to see it removed by the council or appropriate authority according to law. We head down a slippery slope when angry mobs start tearing down statues.

Also, as has been pointed out, virtually everybody who existed before the twentieth century had views on many subjects that would be considered utterly appalling today. And that includes even revered figures.

Most of the early American presidents were slave owners. All Australian prime ministers up to the 60s or 70s supported the White Australia Policy. Basically every public figure before WWII was opposed to homosexuality being legal. Etc. Etc.

My sentiments precisely.

[David Brent]

This is a difficult one - and I'm not opposed to the statue in Bristol being removed - but I would prefer to see it removed by the council or appropriate authority according to law. We head down a slippery slope when angry mobs start tearing down statues.

Also, as has been pointed out, virtually everybody who existed before the twentieth century had views on many subjects that would be considered utterly appalling today. And that includes even revered figures.

Most of the early American presidents were slave owners. All Australian prime ministers up to the 60s or 70s supported the White Australia Policy. Basically every public figure before WWII was opposed to homosexuality being legal. Etc. Etc.

My sentiments precisely.

Saw a good tweet from someone saying Warnie will probably rip down Steve Waugh's statue whilst all this is going on.

[whufc]

I read article where it was suggested countries should invest more in statues of revered indigenous people rather than remove all of our current statues.

To me that was a little bit closer to a fair compromise between acknowledging history but also respecting and appreciating indigenous leaders throughout history.

Im just not sure what outcome is expected if we knock down all statues, the history still exists it cant be taken away, all we can do is learn from it, evolve and insure the future for all people regardless of co lour is treated as equals. We have a long way to go, i still consider Australia a fairly 'racist' country but im not sure knocking down statues fixes that.

[Gozu]

We've always re-written history otherwise Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile would still be revered.

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

Slavery isn't?

Slavery wasn't illegal.
The statues are a reminder of the history of America, for better or worse. I don't care if they are eventually removed, just not torn down by anarchists.

Pedophilia wasn't either.

[gadj1976]

I’dimagjne Allo’ Allo’ will be hard to get hold of now

I'm also imagining that Ted Bullpitt will be turning in his grave.

[gadj1976]

They've now removed the Fawlty Towers ep where Basil does the goose step...that's the last straw

Really?

Yep, "Don't mention the war" episode pulled from streaming services as the old Major uses the term "wog" and it's been deemed offensive by 2020.

F*ck 2020.

Kingswood Country's f***ed then

beat me to it cracka

I don't get this at all. I actually think it's good to know what we've left in the past. Generally speaking you can only gauge that from TV shows of the past.

I think I must be a criminal (maybe 'sick') because I still find these types of shows funny. Fawlty Towers, Kingswood Country, Love Thy Neighbour, Mind your language etc. The list goes on. I obviously must be in the minority - and I'm white, so I must be racist?

On top of this, most Tarantino movies are stuffed too. DJango Unchained, Hateful 8 (whichever one it was that used the N word) a million times.

[Lightning McQueen]

beat me to it cracka

I don't get this at all. I actually think it's good to know what we've left in the past. Generally speaking you can only gauge that from TV shows of the past.

I think I must be a criminal (maybe 'sick') because I still find these types of shows funny. Fawlty Towers, Kingswood Country, Love Thy Neighbour, Mind your language etc. The list goes on. I obviously must be in the minority - and I'm white, so I must be racist?

On top of this, most Tarantino movies are stuffed too. DJango Unchained, Hateful 8 (whichever one it was that used the N word) a million times.

Pulp Fiction.

[Spangas]

That's because they were found guilty of serious crimes, though.

Slavery isn't?

Slavery wasn't illegal.
The statues are a reminder of the history of America, for better or worse. I don't care if they are eventually removed, just not torn down by anarchists.

Pedophilia wasn't either.

Enjoy this new world then.