Rant thread

[MattSantos]

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Edited June 1, 2020 by MattSantos

[Bleep1673]

On 30/05/2020 at 16:24, tonyXIII said:

That reminds me of what people said about Manchester city centre after the bombing in the 70s (I think). It had improved the city centre more in one afternoon than the council had in 50 years.

1996 actually. The Arndale was the 2nd most hideous shopping centre in England, just behind Bullring, Birmingham. 

[Bleep1673]

Just now, Bleep1673 said:

1996 actually. The Arndale was the 2nd most hideous shopping centre in England, just behind Bullring, Birmingham. 

The Arndale market always smelled odd. Not Drug odd, just shabby meat odd, the Food Market was ok.

[tonyXIII]

1 hour ago, Bleep1673 said:

1996 actually. The Arndale was the 2nd most hideous shopping centre in England, just behind Bullring, Birmingham. 

Thanks for the correction. I'm amazed it was that recent!

I never liked the Arndale. I found it a boring, unimaginative piece of architecture (sic). I much preferred the old Cannon Street with its many short narrow side streets full of bespoke tailors. Somewhere near there was the notorious Liston's Bar. Sadly I was too young to ever get in it before it was destroyed to make way for the Arndale.

[Gerrumonside ref]

On 09/04/2020 at 13:45, Damien said:

I feel your pain with that. There is nothing more infuriating than talking and being constantly interrupted by people leaving and joining. 

Gerrumonside has left the conference

[ckn]

I am now convinced we're in the end-times. This is another sign that civilisation is breaking down.

It's like making a pork-pie smoothie. Just wrong.

Also, it's jam then cream. Heathens...

[JonM]

On 30/05/2020 at 06:07, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Very annoyed this morning! Woken up to the news that my favourite burger van has been banned from the city centre because "it has an adverse effect on the overall character of the city centre".

For many years,  frying onions was banned in Cambridge city centre, allegedly because Norman St.John Stevas, who was master of Emmanuel college (where he was nicknamed Mein Camp) didn't approve of the smell. So the burger and hot dog vans couldn't do onions with the food.

[ckn]

1 hour ago, Johnoco said:

WTF is wrong with those idiots next door? They must have a constant stream of plasterers, plumbers, etc round to their house. It’s only a tiny house, how can one house warrant so much work? They are deranged. 

Are you sure it's not a porn set and they have a workman fetish? Different sort of banging...

[Shadow]

1 hour ago, Johnoco said:

WTF is wrong with those idiots next door? They must have a constant stream of plasterers, plumbers, etc round to their house. It’s only a tiny house, how can one house warrant so much work? They are deranged. 

Is it a bit like this?

 

[henage]

Do it 

[Moose]

You’d be a fool not to

[The Hallucinating Goose]

My next door neighbour is almost always drilling, must be so many shelves up in that house. 

[Bleep1673]

Why do my builders not have builders bums like that?

I'm going to regret saying that, aren't I?

Edited June 5, 2020 by Bleep1673

[Oxford]

On 04/06/2020 at 21:26, The Hallucinating Goose said:

My next door neighbour is almost always drilling, must be so many shelves up in that house. 

They're very quiet when they're up though!

I think, that even during covid, it's amazing that jobsworths still find a niche for their pastime.

[ivans82]

Friends writers regret not having more ethnic representation on their show ,Little Britain pulled from iplayer/Netflix for portraying certain groups of people in a bad light and writers apologising for doing so , When will it end .Right throughout British television history comedy has never been what you could call PC .So while their at it why not bin Monty Pythons , Rising Damp , Till Death us Do Part , Spike Milligan , Peter Sellers , etc. you could go on forever . That was then this is now , you learn from your mistakes and move on , you can`t erase whats already gone if you do you wouldn`t have much left .

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, ivans82 said:

Friends writers regret not having more ethnic representation on their show ,Little Britain pulled from iplayer/Netflix for portraying certain groups of people in a bad light and writers apologising for doing so , When will it end .Right throughout British television history comedy has never been what you could call PC .So while their at it why not bin Monty Pythons , Rising Damp , Till Death us Do Part , Spike Milligan , Peter Sellers , etc. you could go on forever . That was then this is now , you learn from your mistakes and move on , you can`t erase whats already gone if you do you wouldn`t have much left .

Couldn’t agree more , bloody ridiculous . Very slippery slope to go down . You missed out Fawlty Towers and Porridge , ‘Sonny Jock ‘ . Did I see somewhere Gone With The Wind has been took off ? 

Edited June 10, 2020 by DavidM

[ckn]

9 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Couldn’t agree more , bloody ridiculous . Very slippery slope to go down . You missed out Fawlty Towers and Porridge , ‘Sonny Jock ‘ . Did I see somewhere Gone With The Wind has been took off ? 

Do we pull every film ever where a white person was made up as a non-white person? None would be acceptable now, but were at the time.

For example, Breakfast at Tiffany's with Mickey Rooney playing an asian man in a frankly insulting and outrageous way that would never get broadcast in a modern film.

I genuinely don't know the answer to this. We'd have a lot of content cut if we went down that line, but then is it still acceptable to be there now we know better?

I'm confused...

[DavidM]

3 minutes ago, ckn said:

Do we pull every film ever where a white person was made up as a non-white person? None would be acceptable now, but were at the time.

For example, Breakfast at Tiffany's with Mickey Rooney playing an asian man in a frankly insulting and outrageous way that would never get broadcast in a modern film.

I genuinely don't know the answer to this. We'd have a lot of content cut if we went down that line, but then is it still acceptable to be there now we know better?

I'm confused...

This can’t be the answer , it just can’t . Where do you stop ? Surely you can only learn and take things from where you are , history is of its time , you can’t delete it . This kind of censorship can’t be right , in fact it could just stoke further division . I was thinking of so many programmes and films ... Carry On for instance !  As I say it can be a slippery slope , and who decides all this ? And works of art , buildings , books ?

[Bleep1673]

Gone with the Wind pulled from Netflix because of portrayal of black servants

[DavidM]

ITV 3 and UK Gold will be knackered at this rate . 

Edited June 10, 2020 by DavidM

[ckn]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

This can’t be the answer , it just can’t . Where do you stop ? Surely you can only learn and take things from where you are , history is of its time , you can’t delete it . This kind of censorship can’t be right , in fact it could just stoke further division . I was thinking of so many programmes and films ... Carry On for instance !  As I say it can be a slippery slope , and who decides all this ? And works of art , buildings , books ?

I genuinely have no clue on the answer to this. Unfortunately, many people are making binary decisions, shooting from the hip.

[DavidM]

Just now, ckn said:

I genuinely have no clue on the answer to this. Unfortunately, many people are making binary decisions, shooting from the hip.

Indeed , and in the current climate there’s gonna be very little pushback as no one dare . It’s gonna be a brave man to say ‘ stop that’s silly ‘

[andyscoot]

I've always preferred what was done on Looney Tunes/Tom and Jerry home releases which has a little text warning saying they "may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society. Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While not representing the Warner Bros. view of today's society, these shorts are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed."

[Dave T]

7 minutes ago, andyscoot said:

I've always preferred what was done on Looney Tunes/Tom and Jerry home releases which has a little text warning saying they "may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society. Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While not representing the Warner Bros. view of today's society, these shorts are being presented as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed."

Yes, this is the answer. 

I'm not a fan of censorship of TV/Movies of any kind (legal activity) I think as long as the warnings and context are there anything is fair game. 

And tbf, that is what HBO Max will be doing.

 

On the likes of Little Britain, I think the BBC have every right to disown it, which is in effect what they have done by pulling it from all platforms. There are loads of programs that we don't show now, see "it was alright in the 70's" for example. But there may be a place for it with all the BBC branding removed and sold onto a private distributor.

[DavidM]

2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

On the likes of Little Britain, I think the BBC have every right to disown it, which is in effect what they have done by pulling it from all platforms. There are loads of programs that we don't show now, see "it was alright in the 70's" for example. But there may be a place for it with all the BBC branding removed and sold onto a private distributor.

But you can’t just say yes that one .... because it doesn’t stop . There’s loads and loads of tv shows and movies you can go through and say we’ll disown them . We can agree on the need for honest debate and structural change ... but is this the answer ? I don’t think so , and you don’t know where that path ends