Rampant racism

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7321

Ebon Badger wrote:

I see that Big Ethnic has claimed another victim....

Yeah, just like that film with Sidney Poitier.

Ebon Badger · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:51 pm

Bones McCoy wrote:

Ebon Badger wrote:

I see that Big Ethnic has claimed another victim....

Yeah, just like that film with Sidney Poitier.

Even after some google fu, I haven't a clue what you're on about. You must be a shill for Big Ethnic :wink:

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:24 pm

There's a golliwog in the Museum of Childhood. Not a very successful PC campaign, is it?

NickFitz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:43 am

Migrant Worker wrote:

Heh, she helpfully posted their email addresses on that page:

The number in the email address staretheridge08@hotmail.blah (Star? As a name? Seriously? FFS) seems to be susceptible to some one of four explanations:

There are eight more people called "Star Etheridge" than could reasonably be expected to exist in a universe of this size;
There was, until 2007, a competition along the lines of "Touch The Van" which involved people staring at a ridge, possibly in the Cotswolds;
The previous eight ("staretheridge@" through "staretheridge01@" to "staretheridge07@" and assuming no use of "staretheridge00@") were shut down by Hotmail for reasons that must remain a matter of conjecture, but doubtless had nothing at all to do with being used to send hate mail;
Some strange combination of the above.

Of course I may be wrong. Maybe 08 is her mental age, or perhaps her IQ. Does anybody have any facts that could set me straight?

Migrant Worker · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:35 am

Hmm, some of those do sound quite plausible. Another possibility is that someone of her demonstrated intelligence could have forgotten her email password and been locked out of eight accounts previously.

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:07 am

...or has at least 8 hotmail accounts to vote with on Daily Mail polls.

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7321

Ebon Badger wrote:

Bones McCoy wrote:

Ebon Badger wrote:

I see that Big Ethnic has claimed another victim....

Yeah, just like that film with Sidney Poitier.

Even after some google fu, I haven't a clue what you're on about. You must be a shill for Big Ethnic :wink:

Have this one on me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Hea ... ight_(film)

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7321

"Meet at the conservative club to take a stand against the PC brigade"

I regret my diary has a prior apointment.
I appear to have booked that day to saw my nob off with a rusty spokeshave.
Perhaps another time.
Goodbye.

PaulOnBooks · **Joined:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:10 am **Posts:** 414

Star is not an English name: I suspect she has a touch of [gasp] foreign blood in her.

Check out the great products on his online shop - men's incontinence pantss, Kylie brand. I though the diminutive Aussie chanteuse hadn't released much lately, now I know why.

Adam · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:33 pm

Catkins wrote:

Here's the inaugural meeting of their local branch of CAPC last year, hosted in the Con Club bar.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010 ... nd-safety/

I'm sure lots of white whine was on offer.

Looks like a right fucking riot, that party.

bluebellnutter · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:42 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ttles.html

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Excuse me everyone, if this progamme was staged in France, Pakistan, the USA, Sweden, China, India or wherever would we expect to see white middle-class English people living there? NO! I therefore don't EXPECT to see ethnic minorities in our middle-England villages. What a load of BS!
- Oh please!, Herts, 5/4/2011 10:43
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I know of many villages here in England where you will find no asian or black persons, so what is the problem, or is it just the PC brigade doing the shouting?
- S. I. Mather, Bradwell, UK., 5/4/2011 12:16
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John Nettles is wrong. If it becomes more 'racially diverse', the show will go down the pan. A lot of people (viewers) can spot a politically-correct, positively discriminated piece of drama a mile off!
- Jillox, Gosport, England, 5/4/2011 10:55
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Can't the programme just be left alone !!!!! Loved by millions , just leave it as it is
- carol, kent, 5/4/2011 12:08
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Don't be fooled into thinking more minority ethnic characters would be enough to stem the controversy. Prepare for the next 'outrage'; 'why are ethnic minorities always the victims?' or 'why are there more black murderers than victims?' We're up against an industry here - a whole army of paid employees dedicated to seeking out examples of discrimination.
- Graham, Stretford, Greater Manchester, 5/4/2011 10:37
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Nice irony, comrade Kevin Webb. Actually, I'd LOVE the whole of the country to be like Midsomer (without the murders of course). Not necessarily because of it's 'lack of diversity', but because of the emphasis on civility and refinement that most of this sorry society seem to think too much like hard work (and too adult, in the true sense of the word).
- Dave Winstanley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 5/4/2011 10:57
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And what kind of screaming would we hear from the politically correct morons when an "ethnic" character got murdered?
- Robin, Of Croxley, 5/4/2011 9:55
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These aren't reality shows, they give impressions of a certain facet of life that is fiction based. Or are we really expected to belive that 3 or 4 murders happen in equivalent towns accross the country. If you were to buy the book it would be in the fiction section. Too few people like Brian True-May stand up to the incidious PC brigade. Wake up people before its too late.
- John, Wales, 5/4/2011 9:59
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I think John Nettles is wrong. The 'Midsomer' villages are meant to be never-never land with stylised ultra-conservative English folk living in what England once was. In that case, to introduce token ethnics would have been silly, and would have detracted from the black comedy aspect of the series.
- kevin webb, accrington lancs, 5/4/2011 9:57
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Fozzy · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:59 pm

Ffs, does Robin of Croxley seriously think there's some sort of plitklykorrekt diktat forbidding members of racial minorities to be murder victims or criminals in TV series? Has he never watched TV?

Ebon Badger · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:09 pm

Alright then, let's imagine what the UK would be like if it was Midsommer, but without the murders.

Incest? Check.
Drug dealing? Check.
Corrupt multinational conglomerates? Check.
Fraud? Check.
Blackmail? Check.
no post offices? Check.
No corner shops? Check.
No supermarkets? Check.
Pointless local history museums dedicated to stuff of no interest to anyone? Check.
Bookshops full of books no one wants to read? Check.
Punch ups? Check.
Adultery? Check.

It's basically the real world, without any of the things that make the real world bearable! There are so many backstabbing two faced wankers, and so few actual nice people in Midsommer Murders, why the flying fu- oh right, no forrins, never mind.

SewerUrchin · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:47 am

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There is nothing racially aware about sacking producers for being too English. I don't want to watch ethically diverse casts. My life isn't ethnically divese nor do I wish it to be. If liberals in the media wish to ram foriegn cultures and liberal values down my throat I will not consume their products.
- Paul, Sheffield, 5/4/2011 14:59, Rating: 59

What an absolute thundercunt. Why do people think that the whole programme will be ruined if they have some non-white characters? It's not suddenly going to turn into an in-depth look at Islam or anything. Granted, I find the programme duller than a Bible reading by The Stephen Hawking Soundalike Society, but I can't imagine being offended by the mere presence of an ethnic minority.

And no, I have no idea why these mouth-breathers think that there is literally a person who gets paid to watch endless amounts of TV and complain about the lack of black people or whatnot. The "PC Brigade" thing is meant to be a figure of speech, but I get the horrible feeling that most DM readers think it's a genuine organisation that wants to turn them all into gay black disabled Muslims.

Fozzy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:26 am

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There is nothing racially aware about sacking producers for being too English. I don't want to watch ethically diverse casts. My life isn't ethnically divese nor do I wish it to be. If liberals in the media wish to ram foriegn cultures and liberal values down my throat I will not consume their products.
- Paul, Sheffield, 5/4/2011 14:59, Rating: 59

If he doesn't want to watch ethically diverse casts, Midsomer Murders definitely isn't the programme for him.

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