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Offensive or not?
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5296198 /Golliwog-doll-row-breaks-out.html
Mr Clarke, chairman of the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality, said: "It is offensive � all the people I have talked to about it say it is."
He should get out more and speak to more people, I find them rather cute.
Anyone live anywhere near Thing-Me-Bobs in Sudbury, Suffolk,?
Mr Clarke, chairman of the Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality, said: "It is offensive � all the people I have talked to about it say it is."
He should get out more and speak to more people, I find them rather cute.
Anyone live anywhere near Thing-Me-Bobs in Sudbury, Suffolk,?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What a sad individual Mr Clarke must be. "To depict a black person etc etc"
Having read the link I saw no reference to black people, the word "golliwog" is in the dictionary defined thus:
"A soft doll with a black face, usually made of cloth or rags."
No mention of it depicting black people.
This is a classic case of "I'm going to feel offended about this, and I'm going to say so!"
Get a life! There are far more important and serious matters happening in our world.
Having read the link I saw no reference to black people, the word "golliwog" is in the dictionary defined thus:
"A soft doll with a black face, usually made of cloth or rags."
No mention of it depicting black people.
This is a classic case of "I'm going to feel offended about this, and I'm going to say so!"
Get a life! There are far more important and serious matters happening in our world.
Not again!
Look for the last time - she did NOT compare him to a Golliwog doll
She did not say "Oh he looks just like a Golliwog doll"
She said at least he beat that golliwog
Now do you think she'd have said that to his face?
Clearly not as she defended herself by claiming it was a private remark.
So clearly she could see that it was offensive
Why can't you?
Look for the last time - she did NOT compare him to a Golliwog doll
She did not say "Oh he looks just like a Golliwog doll"
She said at least he beat that golliwog
Now do you think she'd have said that to his face?
Clearly not as she defended herself by claiming it was a private remark.
So clearly she could see that it was offensive
Why can't you?
They can ban the dolls, they can leap up and down and get all heated about "racism" and "ethnic minorities". They can get them banned, get the unfortunate shop owners prosecuted, but one thing they (who is they?) will never in the future of mankind be able to control is what people think inside. And believe it or not, incidents like this do nothing to help black people.
spot on knobby
jake-the-peg
Thurs 29/05/08
16:01 And here's one less piece of biker filth drink driving
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/74 22443.stm
If he'd crashed into a pub that would have been poetic justice don't you think?
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jake-the-peg
Thurs 29/05/08
16:01 And here's one less piece of biker filth drink driving
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/74 22443.stm
If he'd crashed into a pub that would have been poetic justice don't you think?
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If its offensive and hurts peoples sensitivities why haven't the security services reacted. They could covertly monitor the shop owner, tamper with his mail and internet, track her whereabouts and make life thoroughly unpleasant. They could make use of secret societies such as the Masons to put the pressure on until that person cracked.
And she would finally wake up one day and say 'what have I done wrong' I was only trying to do the right thing?
And she would finally wake up one day and say 'what have I done wrong' I was only trying to do the right thing?
Why are golliwogs offensive? They are a toy that happens to have a black face and curly hair.
I apologise in advance for my next comment as it is not intended to hurt or offend anyone.
BUT.
Does anyone who suffered during Hitlers' tyranny find blonde haired, blue eyed cabbage patch dolls offensive!!!
I apologise in advance for my next comment as it is not intended to hurt or offend anyone.
BUT.
Does anyone who suffered during Hitlers' tyranny find blonde haired, blue eyed cabbage patch dolls offensive!!!