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BNP Guest-writers for Basil Brush episode
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7300000/newsid_7301800?redirect=7301840.stm&news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1
Seriously, I fell out of my chair in fits of incredulous laughter - how the hell did this get through to TV?
Seriously, I fell out of my chair in fits of incredulous laughter - how the hell did this get through to TV?
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a letter of complaint to the Beeb would have been more appropriate than calling in the peelers (who probably could have used the time wasted to deal with some real hate crimes)
^That.
Fucks sake. OMG a joke that barley is even hateful on TV. Then we have racist comedians coming on later like fucking Bernand Manning.
NEWS STORY POINTLESS. Fuck off. Leave Basil alone.
aye, agreed.
Bloke: And what happened?
Basil: He'd stolen my money and watch, I had to walk.
My goodness is that it? Hardly news worthy.
Let's try this again. It's a stupid complaint. It's a total waste of police time. I'm sure coppers have got better things to do than investigate something a TV character once said. I wonder if you'd be as vocal in your complaining if this was the late Bernard Manning we were talking about? Or is this simply another case of "oh, but a cute little puppet isn't supposed to say naughty things about people like that"?
Let's say he'd taken the piss out of some Christians - would you be as vocal then? Why do I suspect your silence would be deafening?
So you're saying some stereotypes don't have an element of truth to them...?
I agree in that it doesn't seem like much, but racism against gypsy's generally goes unchallanged and that's wrong.
If this joke had implied it were a black man rather than a gyspy that stole his wallet then there would have been uproar. I don't see much of a difference here.
I think it's just irresponsible and thoughtless writing, but that's not to say it shouldn't be an issure.
Racism isn't funny. Racist jokes often are.
Get over it. If we all went out of our way not to offend people, no-one would EVER say ANYTHING to ANYONE. People need to lighten up. Possibly take real life more like you would take the internet, and not expect to be protected from everything. You go online, someone will be a dick and post something nnoying/rude/disgusting/offensive. Expect it to happen. But you don't take it seriously and run off to the internet police and go "OMG this guy he liek put GOATSE on my forum WTF! Arrest him!". You just sigh, and move on.
That doesn't mean they're right and certainly doesn't mean racist jokes are OK on kids TV ffs.
Far from it. But this joke isn't specifically racist, is it? You could replace the fact it was a gypsie with ANYONE AT ALL and it would still be funny(ish, it wasn't a great joke).
So a white middle class man does it, it is still a joke. It just happens that gypsies have a repution for such things as both fortune telling and thievery. Would though, there be this controversy if it was a joke about council estate dwelling chav children? I think not.
Gypsies can shut up. This is television, and I bet the gypsies don't pay thier license fee. Also can we have back the Angel of the North kthx. I wanted to put rockets on it and fire it to space.
It is racist for the reasons you decribe below.
No, chavs are not a race though I do think it would be very poor . Romany gypsies are a race however and have been persecuted for hundredes of years.
That's a very stupid thing to say and makes you look like a cock.
The police shouldn't have been called but it is racism, and racist jokes on kids TV is a news story I think.
An Teh Gerbils comments just go to show how people still think it's acceptable to be racist as long as it's aimed at Romanies, so it is an issue and it deserves discussion.
Did I say that? No. I didn't. I said the joke would still be funny with any group put there, and that gypsies have a repution for this.
The English have a reputation for being louts and drunks. Do we complain when this is expressed on TV? The Germans have plenty of people still mocking them for the Nazis. The Russians still get called communist dogs. The Americans... well, there is more comedy material there than anyone could need.
So. When I have seen childrens shows often making material from other groups, not least Noddy, this sudden uproar here... is a bit pointless. What makes gypsies excluded from the common treatment everyone gets? Can they join Israel in this little club now?
Sigh. If Gypsies want a good reputation, they should organise themselves better and exclude and grass up to the cops the groups amounst them that are the theiving cunts. This is the problem - they are too protective of thier own, even when they DO commit crimes. This is why people dislike them. Follow the example much of the Islamic community has set, with many helping the authorities in cases of possible terrorists.