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Mark Corby Posts: 25 Joined: 23rd Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:07 on 16th February 2009 next on the list to be banned! coal for one its black might be racist blackbirds too theyre pretty dark well have to go round shooting them. |
| Mark Corby Posts: 25 Joined: 23rd Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:08 on 16th February 2009 black paint tubes in an artist shop some people may find offensive too ok lets ban them! woo hoo this is good fun banning everything left right and centre! Such power! Edited by: mark corby at:16th February 2009 15:12 |
| James Carter Posts: 4 Joined: 2nd Oct 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:24 on 16th February 2009 I agree with all the comments made. Children are not racist, it's just a minority of the grown-ups! This was a wonderful toy, and I'am sure many children loved it as you would a teddy bear. I also remember as a child making sure my mum collected the Golliwog stickers from the Robinson Jam, so I could get collect 10 and then get the enamel badge! Maybe if they had been called Golly's perhaps the PC brigade would not have made such a fuss? Perhaps not! |
| lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 16:43 on 20th February 2009 you laugh but schools no longer use 'Blackboards' due to PC, prefering to call them wipe-boards. Jim bowen (the ex-comidian and 'Bulls-eye' show presenter) was sacked from his job as a morning DJ on BBC Radio Lancashire a few years back for jokingly refering to someone as a silly Nig-nog. by the way you can still buy gollywogs in our local high street |
Richard Sellers Posts: 4691 Joined: 16th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 16:51 on 20th February 2009 Hi Michael (dont think we were introduced,so...Hi !) That is very interesting,having been raised in Atlanta Georgia (very Southern ,you know) it seems to be making news all the time. and what store would sell those?market?etc. |
| lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 10:01 on 22nd February 2009 hi Richard, it happens to be a souvenir shop in our our high street as I live on the coast but I also know of other shops that sell them. Its quite innocent realy, I remember my sisters when we were younger asking for and getting a 'black doll' for Christmas, they also got bride dolls, baby dolls, spanish dolls, the list was endless and those days no-one was offended, and why should they, we are what we are. Why cant people just agree to be different, not inferior or superior but different and be proud of what they are. Take some of these fantastic pictures on this site, most of them are stunning, but they are different. |
| lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 10:33 on 22nd February 2009 On 10th February 2009 11:42, David Donnelly wrote:
Interesting, David. I was brought up reading Enid Blighton as a popular choice in reading lessons at school. her secret seven and famouse Five books where as English as the pictures on this site. Noddy, Bigears and Mr Plod (Still an affectionate name for a policeman) were characters of our childhood. I think it was the uk government of the 80's that introduced PC and banned Enids books as offensive, this lead to free speech as we knew it disappearing. we had liable and slander laws to protect people going to far (strange that at westminster in the House of Lords and the house of commons, members can say anything they wish without the risk of prosecution, using Parlimetary Privilage. as a curtain to this issue I was watching a Tv documentry last night about the Police keeping our streets safe, they were called to a house where the owner had detained a burgular. as the patrolman placed the thief in the back of the patrol car the thief complained that he was held against his will by the householder armed with a baseball bat and what are the police going to do about it? lol |
| Richard Sellers Posts: 4691 Joined: 16th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 11:42 on 22nd February 2009 On 22nd February 2009 10:01, michael gerrard wrote:
you would be a breath of freash air in government!! |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | It depends in what context she used the word. If used as an insult or putdown then obviously it is wrong. As for banning Gollywogs that is stupid, and where will it stop? Will this chap be banned too? http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/premierfoods/fms//Brands/Homepride/homepride_middle1.jpg Well he is very white so where's the difference ?
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| lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 14:01 on 23rd February 2009 sorry richard, i may be too honest for government lol, speak soon Mike |
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