General News Thread

(12-06-2020 10:45 )HannahsPet Wrote:  its because of this scene not the anti german thing

The BBC removed that scene in 2013 with John Cleese's consent. For some reason UKTV were still showing the unedited version.

(12-06-2020 12:54 )HannahsPet Wrote:  ^^ Always thought he was anti slavery

He was, but still worked as a book keeper. So there's cruel irony.

https://www.scotland.org/features/robert...nd-slavery

i just learned that one of newrys favourite sons who has a statue, street named after him and a gaelic team was a horrible racist and confederate.

john mitchel. just read wikipedia about his exploits. illuminating to say the least. think there's calls to remove the statue and rename the street, though i'm not sure about 'the mitchels gaa' reaction yet.

(12-06-2020 11:16 )HannahsPet Wrote:  i actually have the in sickness and health dvd collection i got it when warren mitchell died and i know why it was banned was funny but very racist and even homophobic

problem is that most people get the concept they are taking the piss out of the character and showing them for what they are but there is a minority and we all know one who thinks because they see it being said on tv then they can say it on the streets

main problem about this week is we are really getting away from the real reason for the BLM movement

Fully agree. When this started with the death of George Floyd, there was lots of coverage & debate on the serious issues with BLM & how they can be addressed & changed.

Yet now for the past few days it’s just been about statues and things like Little Britain and the focus has gone away from the real issues surrounding BLM and those leading this BLM movement need to get the message out to stop focusing on things like statues & Little Britain and get back on track with the real issues that BAME people need to be tackled.

This focus on statues etc won’t achieve anything

(12-06-2020 12:50 )skully Wrote:  As Charle says we have people over here using it as an excuse to cause trouble, which doesn't help the BLM movement.

They're confusing Robert Burns and Robert the Bruce, Bruce pre-dated slavery by 300(ish) years, whereas Burns became a plantation book keeper for a time.

Same with another person that’s on this “hitlist” Sir Robert Peel. BLM “Activists” have targeted statues of him in Scotland and in England. Yet they’ve targeted the wrong man.

The Sir Robert Peel that’s been targeted is the founder of the police force & wasn’t in the slave trade at all.

The “Activists” should have been targeting his father who is also called Sir Robert Peel who was in the slave trade.

Fully agree, there are definately people hijacking this just for an excuse to cause trouble and the BLM movement needs to distance themselves and denounce them

^peel and the irish go back a ways though!

(12-06-2020 13:25 )terence Wrote:  ^peel and the irish go back a ways though!

True. But this Sir Robert Peel was being targeted for being a slave trader when he isn’t whatsoever.

Apparently another case now of BLM “activists” jumping to the wrong conclusions in Liverpool as they’ve vandalised “Penny Lane” street signs saying Penny Lane is named after a slave trader. The slavery museum in Liverpool says this is not confirmed.

Saw this retweet