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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:13 pm

bimboman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:02 pm https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/1 ... interview/


The world continues its madness.

That’s quite scary

4071 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:13 pm

bimboman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:29 pm Trend.

Yes. The trend of race-changing characters

...the Woke trend of race changing characters...

Which is apparently a one way trend

(a one way trend usually because of politics)

Except no one had claimed it is a one-way trend. Apparently. Even when they have been quoted claiming that it is a one-way trend.

Because apparently this particular poster doesn't even read his own posts.

Protester charged, 11 fined at prohibited transgender rights rally in Sydney

One woman has been charged and 11 others have been fined at a transgender rights rally in central Sydney, after a court granted a NSW Police application to declare the event a prohibited public assembly.

Hundreds of people marched from Taylor Square to Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon to protest against a bill proposed by One Nation politician Mark Latham which seeks to ban schools from teaching gender fluidity.

Hundreds of people marched at a transgender rights rally in central Sydney on Saturday.

On Friday, NSW Police took protest organiser April Holcombe – a representative of Community Action for Rainbow Rights – to the NSW Supreme Court where Justice Geoffrey Bellew prohibited the protest on the grounds of COVID-19 risk.

A prohibition order does not ban a protest outright but leaves participants exposed to criminal sanction for attending, including for blocking roads and breaching COVID-19 regulations.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am Just saw the new Trailer for Roald Dahl's "Witches" ... am I racist for being slightly annoyed that they've set in the USA and made the young boy and his Norwegian grandmother into black people from Alabama (or something)? Why do people have to continually f-ck with characters in movies to make them more "diverse"? I have absolutely not problem if it's a new character, or a not-very-famous story, but f-cking with classics, I just find that annoying.

I guess the author's own cultural heritage that he chose to include in the story doesn't really count for much. All white and Scandinavian and shit.

Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:26 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am Just saw the new Trailer for Roald Dahl's "Witches" ... am I racist for being slightly annoyed that they've set in the USA and made the young boy and his Norwegian grandmother into black people from Alabama (or something)? Why do people have to continually f-ck with characters in movies to make them more "diverse"? I have absolutely not problem if it's a new character, or a not-very-famous story, but f-cking with classics, I just find that annoying.

I guess the author's own cultural heritage that he chose to include in the story doesn't really count for much. All white and Scandinavian and shit.

Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

It's been a while since I've check in on Sen's reach around thread.

I don't think you're racist at all but I think you're making a mountain out of a fucking molehill. The book exists, there's a more faithful movie adaption out there already, that's not going to change, this is just going to be a different version that you can easily ignore if you don't want to watch it. Like I've ignored the Point Break remake with extreme sports.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:30 am Yes. That is entirely fair enough. COVID is boring, sometimes I just have to feign outrage to see if I can start a shit fight with some justice warriors on PR for my own amusement. Hey, at least I'm honest about it.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:30 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:26 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am Just saw the new Trailer for Roald Dahl's "Witches" ... am I racist for being slightly annoyed that they've set in the USA and made the young boy and his Norwegian grandmother into black people from Alabama (or something)? Why do people have to continually f-ck with characters in movies to make them more "diverse"? I have absolutely not problem if it's a new character, or a not-very-famous story, but f-cking with classics, I just find that annoying.

I guess the author's own cultural heritage that he chose to include in the story doesn't really count for much. All white and Scandinavian and shit.

Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

It's been a while since I've check in on Sen's reach around thread.

I don't think you're racist at all but I think you're making a mountain out of a fucking molehill. The book exists, there's a more faithful movie adaption out there already, that's not going to change, this is just going to be a different version that you can easily ignore if you don't want to watch it. Like I've ignored the Point Break remake with extreme sports.

Yes. That is entirely fair enough. COVID is boring, sometimes I just have to feign outrage to see if I can start a shit fight with some justice warriors on PR for my own amusement. Hey, at least I'm honest about it.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:42 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:30 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:26 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am Just saw the new Trailer for Roald Dahl's "Witches" ... am I racist for being slightly annoyed that they've set in the USA and made the young boy and his Norwegian grandmother into black people from Alabama (or something)? Why do people have to continually f-ck with characters in movies to make them more "diverse"? I have absolutely not problem if it's a new character, or a not-very-famous story, but f-cking with classics, I just find that annoying.

I guess the author's own cultural heritage that he chose to include in the story doesn't really count for much. All white and Scandinavian and shit.

Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

It's been a while since I've check in on Sen's reach around thread.

I don't think you're racist at all but I think you're making a mountain out of a fucking molehill. The book exists, there's a more faithful movie adaption out there already, that's not going to change, this is just going to be a different version that you can easily ignore if you don't want to watch it. Like I've ignored the Point Break remake with extreme sports.

Yes. That is entirely fair enough. COVID is boring, sometimes I just have to feign outrage to see if I can start a shit fight with some justice warriors on PR for my own amusement. Hey, at least I'm honest about it.

Fair enough.

I remember when the BSG remake came out and I refused to watch it because they made Starbuck and Boomer women. Then I got over myself and watched it and it was awesome (and Boomer is hot). So I've tried to judge everything on it's own merits, except Point Break of course.

The worst "woke" outrage was the complaints about Emma Stone's character in Aloha not being played by an Asian actress despite the fact the character was half white, quarter Hawaiian and quarter Asian. The pool for finding an actress to fit that was presumably pretty low.

fonzeee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:37 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:30 am Yes. That is entirely fair enough. COVID is boring, sometimes I just have to feign outrage to see if I can start a shit fight with some justice warriors on PR for my own amusement. Hey, at least I'm honest about it.

You're a good egg Mog.

Now go cook something and take pictures of it so we can shit on it.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:42 am

The worst "woke" outrage was the complaints about Emma Stone's character in Aloha not being played by an Asian actress despite the fact the character was half white, quarter Hawaiian and quarter Asian. The pool for finding an actress to fit that was presumably pretty low.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:46 am

fonzeee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:37 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:30 am Yes. That is entirely fair enough. COVID is boring, sometimes I just have to feign outrage to see if I can start a shit fight with some justice warriors on PR for my own amusement. Hey, at least I'm honest about it.

You're a good egg Mog.

Now go cook something and take pictures of it so we can shit on it.

Did that last night! Very little interest though. I expect because it was so delicious nobody could heal shit on it.

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:47 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:42 am

The worst "woke" outrage was the complaints about Emma Stone's character in Aloha not being played by an Asian actress despite the fact the character was half white, quarter Hawaiian and quarter Asian. The pool for finding an actress to fit that was presumably pretty low.

I find the outrages about some black people not having the right black skin colour pretty egregious as well in most cases.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:45 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:42 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:30 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:26 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am Just saw the new Trailer for Roald Dahl's "Witches" ... am I racist for being slightly annoyed that they've set in the USA and made the young boy and his Norwegian grandmother into black people from Alabama (or something)? Why do people have to continually f-ck with characters in movies to make them more "diverse"? I have absolutely not problem if it's a new character, or a not-very-famous story, but f-cking with classics, I just find that annoying.

I guess the author's own cultural heritage that he chose to include in the story doesn't really count for much. All white and Scandinavian and shit.

Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

It's been a while since I've check in on Sen's reach around thread.

I don't think you're racist at all but I think you're making a mountain out of a fucking molehill. The book exists, there's a more faithful movie adaption out there already, that's not going to change, this is just going to be a different version that you can easily ignore if you don't want to watch it. Like I've ignored the Point Break remake with extreme sports.

Yes. That is entirely fair enough. COVID is boring, sometimes I just have to feign outrage to see if I can start a shit fight with some justice warriors on PR for my own amusement. Hey, at least I'm honest about it.

Fair enough.

I remember when the BSG remake came out and I refused to watch it because they made Starbuck and Boomer women. Then I got over myself and watched it and it was awesome (and Boomer is hot). So I've tried to judge everything on it's own merits, except Point Break of course.

The worst "woke" outrage was the complaints about Emma Stone's character in Aloha not being played by an Asian actress despite the fact the character was half white, quarter Hawaiian and quarter Asian. The pool for finding an actress to fit that was presumably pretty low.

Yeah that is very true (r.e. Emma Stone).

For my personal 2c, I quite liked the all-women Ghostbusters. I thought it kept the same vibe and atmosphere of the originals and was quite watchable and amusing. Not the greatest movie ever of course, but it wasn't horrible.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:51 am Not puttenesca!

It's Pasta Marina della Mighty Vic. My own invention thankyou sir.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:51 am

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:47 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:42 am

The worst "woke" outrage was the complaints about Emma Stone's character in Aloha not being played by an Asian actress despite the fact the character was half white, quarter Hawaiian and quarter Asian. The pool for finding an actress to fit that was presumably pretty low.

I find the outrages about some black people not having the right black skin colour pretty egregious as well in most cases.

Those ones are weird, but I'm not black (American) so not my place to comment if there are some actual nuances there, but as I'm both white and Polynesian and my Polynesian ancestors originally came from Asia I think I'm on ok ground with Emma Stone.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:54 am
That movie was what made realise there are a bunch of whiny male dipshits out there that will hissy fit over anything. That movie was slated before release by internet crowd, even though the original principals gave their blessing and were involved.

fonzeee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:02 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:54 am
That movie was what made realise there are a bunch of whiny male dipshits out there that will hissy fit over anything. That movie was slated before release by internet crowd, even though the original principals gave their blessing and were involved.

Some here will probably disagree but I felt the same way recently with the whole Cuties drama.

Not totally analogous of course but it just made me laugh how a movie where the whole point of it is that the sexualization of young girls was a horrible development in our society fell afoul with...people that ostensibly believe exactly that.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:05 am I felt exactly the same way! My first thought was, "thou dost protest too much!". I think they're all closet-paedophiles ... and coming from a country (no offence) where child beauty pagents are considered okay? ... but a French movie that was entirely about the problem of sexualization of young girls, that's akin to paedophilia? I watched the trailer out of curiosity and although a little uncomfortable, it wasn't even that bad. A lot of false outrage and bullshit going on there for sure.

fonzeee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:16 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:05 am I felt exactly the same way! My first thought was, "thou dost protest too much!". I think they're all closet-paedophiles ... and coming from a country (no offence) where child beauty pagents are considered okay? ... but a French movie that was entirely about the problem of sexualization of young girls, that's akin to paedophilia? I watched the trailer out of curiosity and although a little uncomfortable, it wasn't even that bad. A lot of false outrage and bullshit going on there for sure.

None taken, it's weird.

I haven't seen the film itself but the clips/trailers I've seen definitely do make me feel uncomfortable...but of course that's the whole point! The most effective satire really just mirrors reality, and the fact is that this is something that reflects the world of today. I'm super looking forward to having kids but this is something that seriously scares the shit out of me.

People just saw the (admittedly off-putting) posters and starting priming their points. It was all just one big points-scoring routine, just like so much else with this culture war shit.

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:27 pm

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

Agreed, I would be amazed if there were many people who did not know about slavery and how the native populations were subjugated.

The article suffers the same ill that most progressives seem to suffer, the idea that they alone are right and anybody who disagrees with them is racist sexist etc

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:27 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:27 pm

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

Agreed, I would be amazed if there were many people who did not know about slavery and how the native populations were subjugated.

The article suffers the same ill that most progressives seem to suffer, the idea that they alone are right and anybody who disagrees with them is racist sexist etc

The benefits of colonisation and slavery are still enjoyed and celebrated by a wealthy few countries and individuals. Compensation and reconciliation has not been addressed so statues will continue to fall while the elite remain elite.

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:00 pm

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:27 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:27 pm

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

Agreed, I would be amazed if there were many people who did not know about slavery and how the native populations were subjugated.

The article suffers the same ill that most progressives seem to suffer, the idea that they alone are right and anybody who disagrees with them is racist sexist etc

The benefits of colonisation and slavery are still enjoyed and celebrated by a wealthy few countries and individuals. Compensation and reconciliation has not been addressed so statues will continue to fall while the elite remain elite.

Not in the UK they won't the protestors overreached themselves when they started to deface the cenotaph and the statute of Churchill.

There will never be more than token reparations as no party that wants to get the vote of the average working man and women struggling to get by will propose shovelling billions of pounds to another country to pay for the crimes of generations past when there is poverty in the UK.

bimboman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:05 pm Still preferable to 100 million deaths a century that the alternative brings.

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:08 pm

bimboman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:05 pm Still preferable to 100 million deaths a century that the alternative brings.

Oh fine. A few statues falling and a few names erased doesn't seem to be such a big deal then, does it.

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:27 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:27 pm

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:57 am

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:01 am https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ulture-war

This is very self serving article from the Guardian

Basically saying that whatever the left/progressives do is Ok, but if the right/conservatives do it they are taking part in a culture war.

Also denying the left/progressives are not engaging in a culture war. I think it is called gaslighting.

The Guardian is basically a mouthpiece for the Labour Party now as it has given up all pretence of balance (and of course the Twitterati are lapping it up)

I think people a more aware that empire was built on the back of other peoples' suffering and are wanting to highlight and address it rather than hide it as has been the case so far.

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

Agreed, I would be amazed if there were many people who did not know about slavery and how the native populations were subjugated.

The article suffers the same ill that most progressives seem to suffer, the idea that they alone are right and anybody who disagrees with them is racist sexist etc

The benefits of colonisation and slavery are still enjoyed and celebrated by a wealthy few countries and individuals. Compensation and reconciliation has not been addressed so statues will continue to fall while the elite remain elite.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am
Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:03 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:00 pm

Muttonbirds wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:27 pm

mdaclarke wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:27 pm

eldanielfire wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:26 am

I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know the effects of colonialization or thinks it is something that should be done again. There are more real and egregious examples of bigotry impacting individual peoples lives.

Agreed, I would be amazed if there were many people who did not know about slavery and how the native populations were subjugated.

The article suffers the same ill that most progressives seem to suffer, the idea that they alone are right and anybody who disagrees with them is racist sexist etc

The benefits of colonisation and slavery are still enjoyed and celebrated by a wealthy few countries and individuals. Compensation and reconciliation has not been addressed so statues will continue to fall while the elite remain elite.

Not in the UK they won't the protestors overreached themselves when they started to deface the cenotaph and the statute of Churchill.

There will never be more than token reparations as no party that wants to get the vote of the average working man and women struggling to get by will propose shovelling billions of pounds to another country to pay for the crimes of generations past when there is poverty in the UK.

It's a real issue with Capitalism. Wealth is not shared, particularly for society good.

Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:24 pm

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am
Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

Bond had blue eyes in the books, incidentally.

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 8:25 am

Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:24 pm

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am
Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

Bond had blue eyes in the books, incidentally.

Did he really? I thought he had brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on his face that for some reason no Bond in any movie has ever had?

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 8:25 am

Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:24 pm

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 7:22 am
Mind you, for whatever reason, I had a bit of a problem with Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond (they could have at least died his hair brown and gave him brown contact lenses ffs) but no so much of a problem if Idris Elba got the role. Elba is such a stud he could pull it off.

Bond had blue eyes in the books, incidentally.

Did he really? I thought he had brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on his face that for some reason no Bond in any movie has ever had?

Anyway, I believe you. I've never even read the books, it's just something I heard.