The World Has Gone Mad

[Martin71]

Mary Poppins film age rating raised over 'discriminatory language'

Just saw this on the bbc UK news...unbelievable..... also a sub article at the bottom of the page Watership Down (the kids cartoon version) would have it's age classification raised because of 'strong violence' and 'unacceptable language'......

 

Some people out there really do need to get a life.....they must just spend their life trawling the internet looking for things to be offended by...pathetic...

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68402362

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35924936

[AlexRich]

There is an actor called Dick in a starring role. I rest my case m’lud.

[Martin71]

8 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

There is an actor called Dick in a starring role. I rest my case m’lud.

I'm offended by that word Dick, it has traumatised me....(sarcasm intended)

Edited February 26 by Martin71
stupid

[AlexRich]

5 minutes ago, Martin71 said:

I'm offended by that word Dick, it has traumatised me....(sarcasm intended)

And Van Dyke … is offensive to rug munchers. 

[OneMoreFarang]

I try to ignore those woke idiots.

And it seems more people are annoyed with those woke idiots.

I don't know if it has to get worse before it will get better or if we are already at that point.

Luckily Thailand is far away from the woke idiots from America and the rest of the west.

We can see what they do over there and laugh about it and ignore it.

[chickenslegs]

It should be banned, if only for Dick van Dyke's awful imitation of the Cockney accent.

[SingAPorn]

Europe and the west are slowly destroying their identity and culture and are pauperising their populations with all the absurd environmentalists, co-funders-wokes-feminists and pro-migrants and pro Russian sanctions imposed by the USA.

[treetops]

I just read the BBC News article about 10 minutes ago and when I saw the thread title I thought it could very easily be about this, so 100% agree with the OP.

[sherwood]

A planet about to implode is my thought.

So long and thanks for the fish.

 

[spidermike007]

The terribly dangerous aspect of all this sense of victimhood, safe places and a lot of this other woke and PC nonsense is that it's fostering a spectacularly weak generation of people who are not prepared for any of the problems that life will throw their way. Any of the challenges they might face in the coming years or something catastrophic like war and famine, and they would just crumble. The slightest issues, problems or catastrophe might be too much for this overly coddled group to handle.

 

Gen Z could be the weakest generation in the history of mankind. We are most definitely moving backwards as a civilization. Social media combined with the lost art of parenting are primarily to blame. 

[Dexxter]

"woke" is the new derogatory swear word.

[IAMHERE]

14 hours ago, Martin71 said:

I'm offended by that word Dick, it has traumatised me....(sarcasm intended)

I understand, sometimes sarcasm traumatises me too.

[CygnusX1]

13 hours ago, AlexRich said:

And Van Dyke … is offensive to rug munchers.

Google “Mary Tyler Moore joke”.

[Dexxter]

"Watership Down"

From the article ...

"The BBFC continues to receive "one or two complaints" each year over its content, which includes scenes of rabbits fighting, being throttled and gasping for air."

 

So because of one or two snowflake idiots (or trolls) classic movies are now deemed inappropriate for children.

Just wait till they get their hands on all the old cartoons such as Bugs Bunny who is constantly being attacked by that violent Elmer Fudd, Tom and Jerry always fighting and getting the cat's face blown up, The Roadrunner and the Coyote with far too many violent scenes to mention here, Popeye and his spinach enhanced punches, and many more children's favorites from yesteryear. All must be reclassified to 18+. Think of the children!

[BritManToo]

5 minutes ago, Dexxter said:

"Watership Down"

From the article ...

"The BBFC continues to receive "one or two complaints" each year over its content, which includes scenes of rabbits fighting, being throttled and gasping for air."

 

So because of one or two snowflake idiots (or trolls) classic movies are now deemed inappropriate for children.

Just wait till they get their hands on all the old cartoons such as Bugs Bunny who is constantly being attacked by that violent Elmer Fudd, Tom and Jerry always fighting and getting the cat's face blown up, The Roadrunner and the Coyote with far too many violent scenes to mention here, Popeye and his spinach enhanced punches, and many more children's favorites from yesteryear. All must be reclassified to 18+. Think of the children!

They've already cut Tom and Jerry to remove all the racial jokes.

[spidermike007]

Personally, I despise PC. And social justice authoritarianism. I think it represents alot of what is wrong with contemporary culture, and especially America today. It is a major form of weakness, when you allow yourself to be easily offended, and take everything personally. Granted, there are things that can be perceived as offensive, but allowing yourself to be offended by tiny little things people say and do is a bit much! But, the people who are offended daily, by things others say, are just weak, and would benefit by growing thicker skin. Life can be rough and caustic at times, and for those of us who have grown thick skin, it is like water off a ducks back. No big deal, at all. Think what you want to think. It just does not mean anything to those with self esteem, and a sense of who and what they are. Granted, these are just my opinions, and some will take offense to them. LOL. 

 

The US is by far the most tolerant country in the world when it comes to the whole trans, non-binary, amorosexual, decide whatever you want today, if it fits mentality. No other country is as loose, driftless, and as silly as the US.

 

 

The notion that political correctness has “gone mad” is familiar to anyone who follows even vaguely any aspect of modern political or cultural life. The phrase, ostensibly referring to language or action that is designed to avoid offence or harm to protected groups, has become a sharp criticism. It is synonymous with a sort of cultural McCarthyism, usually committed by the left.

 

https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/has-political-correctness-gone-too-far

 

No woman would survive more than 30 minutes in the NFL. Women will not participate in men's sports because they won't be able to handle the physical endurance required, nor the brutality, nor the talent level.

 

A woman ranked #5 on the WTA could not beat a #758 man on the ATP as John McEnroe so truthfully stated.

 

Hopefully all this craziness will pass and we'll return to some form of normalcy and indecency. 

 

The term first appeared in the Marxist-Leninist vocabulary following the Russian Revolution (really, a coup) of 1917 to describe strict adherence to policies and principles of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party. “Political correctness” was invented by the communists to camouflage the truth about events and policies in the Soviet Union that had resulted in mass murders, the starvation of millions, and slave labor camps. It was “politically incorrect” to reveal such facts; the “party line” was for all loyal communist party members to promote the same “politically correct truths” about the “good life” under totalitarian government. 

 

 

[wombat]

The world has gone mad.

[soalbundy]

Woke seems to be very resilient despite the normal majority rejecting it, whose behind this $hit, it would seem anybody in power, be it politics, media or police have lost their backbones. I remember some years ago at a German car firm an engineer seeing two new black technicians when he walked into the office asked, "Has there been a fire in the office", everybody, including the two black guys laughed but a woke secretary reported him to HO and he was sacked immediately, she was mobbed afterwards and didn't last long.

[Dolf]

15 hours ago, Martin71 said:

Some people out there really do need to get a life.....they must just spend their life trawling the internet looking for things to be offended by...pathetic...

Like you just did

[wombat]

14 hours ago, AlexRich said:

And Van Dyke … is offensive to rug munchers. 

I got a 30 day ban in another place for using the word dyke 

[Dolf]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Gen Z could be the weakest generation in the history of mankind.

Wait for 2060. 

[kingstonkid]

14 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I try to ignore those woke idiots.

And it seems more people are annoyed with those woke idiots.

I don't know if it has to get worse before it will get better or if we are already at that point.

Luckily Thailand is far away from the woke idiots from America and the rest of the west.

We can see what they do over there and laugh about it and ignore it.

Imagine trying to have most of teh tb shows that we grew up with.

 

MASH

All in the family (forget the British version name)

threes company

the Jeffersons

Maude

Happy days ( all white cast but stereotype of Arnold)

There would be nothing on TV

 

Then we have the commdians from then

Imagine George Carlin or John Belushi

 

Aminal house would have never made it anywhere 

 

Instead we get all this CGI vanilla crap or Disney 

 

 

[kingstonkid]

5 minutes ago, wombat said:

The world has gone mad.

YES

 

[AlexRich]

22 minutes ago, wombat said:

I got a 30 day ban in another place for using the word dyke 

Yes, and so you should. But if you put Dick and Van before it, your fine.

[Wrwest]

23 minutes ago, wombat said:

The world has gone mad.

Reading many of the comments on ASEAN Now, while entertaining, does bring forth the absurd hypocrisy of some. Denouncing the “woke” censorship while supporting the removal of books from libraries and subjects allowed to be discussed in the classroom (you know in a state ,”where “woke” goes to die”. Then there is the observation of a younger generation engrossed in victimhood while in the US, the most vocal claim to being victimized is a man in his 70s. Ya gotta appreciate the humor …

[pomchop]

So are "woke" people the same ones who seem to be offended by certain books in libraries and want them banned?

 

Or are "woke" people the ones who do not want them banned.

 

Are "woke " people offended by someone using a derogatory term or are the "woke" people the ones who defend their right to say things that may offend someone?

 

Very confusing and i suspect the vast majority of people either don't know or don't care.

[Skeptic7]

Hottentot.

THERE, anyone offended❓

If not...GOOD

If so...GOOD❗🤣

[charleskerins]

15 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I try to ignore those woke idiots.

And it seems more people are annoyed with those woke idiots.

I don't know if it has to get worse before it will get better or if we are already at that point.

Luckily Thailand is far away from the woke idiots from America and the rest of the west.

We can see what they do over there and laugh about it and ignore it.

Let's get Woke!  

[Red Forever]

2 hours ago, Dexxter said:

"woke" is the new derogatory swear word.

Maybe, but the delicious irony is that those using the new swear word don't/can't understand that the person who they aim the "woke" word at is happy that they've wound up a gammon bigot.

I feel flattered to be called woke.

It shows that I'm offending the right people.

[topt]

1 hour ago, AlexRich said:

Yes, and so you should. But if you put Dick and Van before it, your fine.

What about the boy who put his finger in the dyke..........oops I meant dike..........