Racist Cowards

[royfromaus]

Apparently.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/george-floyd-memorial-racist-graffiti-19919685


Why is Manchester paying homage to an American misogynistic cowardly criminal?

[Mozz71]

Okay Roy.

They're not. They're paying tribute to a murder victim.

[jno]

what is needed is memorials to white British thugs. Fortunately, we have the British film industry to help out.

Ronnie Biggs' tragic story, as told by Ronnie Biggs
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098651/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Then there's the lovable romantic comedy about Buster
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094819/

And of course the St Trinians version.

Now let's see, how many films can we churn out about the Hatton Garden job?

[Ellipsis]

Roy, I have plenty of idea what the graffiti said, but, once again, my point doesn't rely on what it said. My point is that you're using this story to have a go about the mural itself, not the subject of the story which is the mural's defacement.

[royfromaus]

Mozz71
Okay Roy.

They're not. They're paying tribute to a murder victim.
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It's a strange one this isn't it.
Once upon a time on Answerbank you would be jumped on for suggesting someone was guilty before he was convicted.

What happened to that?

[Peter Pedant]

Why is Manchester paying homage to an American misogynistic cowardly criminal?
i dont know
maybe Trump had relatives in Manchester
oh oops - you dont mean Trump do you?

[Spicerack]

I'd imagine there's a lucrative money-go-round attached.
And the satisfaction of rubbing white peeps up the wrong way.
Showing us who has the whip hand, as it were.

[Barsel]

Why is Manchester paying homage to an American misogynistic cowardly criminal?
Write and ask Andy Burnham.

[Mozz71]

I might agree with you if Floyd's killing wasn't captured on video in full and broadcast numerous times around the world.

Okay, for the interest of fairness, replace "murder victim" with "accidentally killed"

[Peter Pedant]

hey everybardy - aryanbank is back !

[Spicerack]

Consult a doctor, jno, Something's gone terribly wrong, I'm afraid.

[Spicerack]

Or replace accidentally killed with misadventure by George.

[Spicerack]

Are you complaining we didn't make enough films about black thugs back in the day, jno? They used to be quite light on the ground, you'll
be pleased to hear.
There was Zulu (fazends of em) but that doesn't count, does it.
Olivier's Othello, maybe. Unlike today, we couldn't just shoehorn black actors into white roles (for diversity?) They insisted on making serious films believable in the old days(for some strange reason)

[Mozz71]

//Olivier's Othello, maybe. Unlike today, we couldn't just shoehorn black actors into white roles (for diversity?)//

Wouldn't Olivier's Othello be shoehorning a white actor into a black role?

[Spicerack]

Not really. Olivier was Othello.

[Mozz71]

Look, I have nothing against Olivier's Othello, and you're right, hos performance (as with most of hos Shakespeare) is definitive, but you can't complain about black actors playing traditionally white roles, while accepting the opposite.

[Spicerack]

I did it on purpose, mozz, for fun. Thanks for playing along. ;-)

[Mozz71]

Then you're a bigger pillock than I thought you were, and that's going some.

[Spicerack]

So you liked me better when I was playing a totally un-self-aware racist bigot. Wasn't easy, you know.

[Mozz71]

When did I say I liked you in either version? ;-)