Basil Fawlty now scolded

This is somewhat of a distraction from the fundamental issue isn't it? I mean who has been calling for these shows to be axed? I could be wrong but I don't think taking faulty towers off air was a fundamental pillar of the BLM movement.

It's a bit like Preston's rallying cry to stop captain cook's statue from being taken down. Who was actually calling for this? It's almost like they're trying to rally their base or something.
 
SE4 Red said:
This is somewhat of a distraction from the fundamental issue isn't it? I mean who has been calling for these shows to be axed? I could be wrong but I don't think taking faulty towers off air was a fundamental pillar of the BLM movement.

It's a bit like the Preston's rallying cry to stop captain cook's statue from being taken down. Who was actually calling for this? It's almost like they're trying to rally their base or something.
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Captain Cook is on a 'hit list' apparently.

Regarding this episode, it doesn't constitute the show being taken off air. Just one really racist bit of it.
 
xenophobic rather than racist... however above all funny

Humour, black / dark humour, has always been used to lampoon & highlight bigots.... Fawlty & his ( societies / generational ) views were being shredded in the sketch.. same as Blazing Saddles.
 
BobUpnDown said:
xenophobic rather than racist... however above all funny

Humour, black / dark humour, has always been used to lampoon & highlight bigots.... Fawlty & his ( societies / generational ) views were being shredded in the sketch.. same as Blazing Saddles.
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It’s been removed because the Major uses a racist term to describe the West Indies cricket team and for the scene when Fawlty was shocked to be treated by a black doctor.
I expect they will cut those 2 scenes and the episode will air again.
 
What is really, really important and so many can’t, don’t or simply won’t grasp, is the Importance of living in the here and now. It is doing that which really shapes all our futures. I understand people being offended by not having equality of opportunity in the here and now, but the past is gone. Instead of wallowing about the past, understand it, learn from it and use the knowledge to shape the future constructively.

The power of reflection is extremely strong, removing the past from view limits others ability to see it, educate themselves on it and then reflect in the future. Evidence of the past is vital to keep, to ensure future generations can learn from It. I suppose some must think ISIS demolishing the cultural heritage of Palmyra was perhaps a good thing. Maybe we should remove Hadrian's wall as it is a reminder of invasion and an affront what with them calling those that lived to the North Barbarians. Oh, lets remove the memorials at Bannockburn so we the English are not offended. Same at Flodden Field to avoid offence to our Scottish cousins. It is truly never ending and really sad.

I just wish some people actually put as much effort into ‘being kind‘ as they seem to enjoy doing into ‘being offended’ on behalf of themselves and others, maybe then, real progress could begin to be made.
 
coluka said:
What is really, really important and so many can’t, don’t or simply won’t grasp, is the Importance of living in the here and now. It is doing that which really shapes all our futures. I understand people being offended by not having equality of opportunity in the here and now, but the past is gone. Instead of wallowing about the past, understand it, learn from it and use the knowledge to shape the future constructively.

The power of reflection is extremely strong, removing the past from view limits others ability to see it, educate themselves on it and then reflect in the future. Evidence of the past is vital to keep, to ensure future generations can learn from It. I suppose some must think ISIS demolishing the cultural heritage of Palmyra was perhaps a good thing. Maybe we should remove Hadrian's wall as it is a reminder of invasion and an affront what with them calling those that lived to the North Barbarians. Oh, lets remove the memorials at Bannockburn so we the English are not offended. Same at Flodden Field to avoid offence to our Scottish cousins. It is truly never ending and really sad.

I just wish some people actually put as much effort into ‘being kind‘ as they seem to enjoy doing into ‘being offended’ on behalf of themselves and others, maybe then, real progress could begin to be made.
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Post of the week 👍
 
"Instead of wallowing about the past, understand it, learn from it and use the knowledge to shape the future constructively."

So is this your message to the entire black community?
 
It's a bit like the police knocking at the door and saying in 1990 you were doing 65mph on the a19. Here's a speeding ticket. You say hang on the speed limit has always been 70 mph. They reply. We've decided we were wrong all along and want to change it to 60 mph so we are punishing you on today's rules even though the original offence was 30 years ago
 
atypical_boro said:
"Instead of wallowing about the past, understand it, learn from it and use the knowledge to shape the future constructively."

So is this your message to the entire black community?
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What a pathetic inference, deary me, how sad, never mind.

It is clearly my message to some (most likely but not exclusively) white male posters on a Boro messageboard silly, I had assumed you would realise that. If it was to the entire black community, I would have chosen a different media. Grow up Atypical and as my mam used to say play nice or not at all!!
 
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