"What did Ma Grandma think of black people?"

[vetran]

Where did I mention that Guy Gibson was racist?

As Stephen Fry said when doing a remake:

in a thread accusing people of racism you connected the Dam Busters with a Dog with an unfortunate name.

[SueEllen]

and of course as far as I know there is no evidence that Guy Gibson was in any way racist. I doubt he had any real strong feelings either way he trained many different nationalities without any apparent favouritism.

we judge one of our great heroes based on modern standards and on simplistic issues,

Where did I mention that Guy Gibson was racist?

As Stephen Fry said when doing a remake:

"It's no good saying that it is the Latin word for black or that it didn't have the meaning that it does now - you just can't go back, which is unfortunate.

[MrMarkyMark]

If you create a "them and us" then you can then rule "us".

The wars in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda show how well this works.

Exactly divide and conquer, easy to understand if you have ever studied any history.

In fact in the UK its even more important, given the size of the country.







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[vetran]

and of course as far as I know there is no evidence that Guy Gibson was in any way racist. I doubt he had any real strong feelings either way he trained many different nationalities without any apparent favouritism.

we judge one of our great heroes based on modern standards and on simplistic issues,

[DaveB]

She didn't like 'em. She used to call them darkies.

Bloody racist she was.

[SueEllen]

Sadly it was drummed into people to be racist back then. Looks so stupid with hindsight.

If you create a "them and us" then you can then rule "us".

The wars in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda show how well this works.

[LondonManc]

Sadly it was drummed into people to be racist back then. Looks so stupid with hindsight.

It still is elsewhere, as per the conversation in the other thread.

[BrilloPad]

Sadly it was drummed into people to be racist back then. Looks so stupid with hindsight.

[SueEllen]

She was born at the turn of the 20th century, I'm sure she even realised slavery had been abolished.

The original film was made in 1955.

[DimPrawn]

And her favourite film was the Dam Busters and she had a black dog called N*****.

She was born at the turn of the 20th century, I'm sure she even realised slavery had been abolished.

[SueEllen]

And her favourite film was the Dam Busters and she had a black dog called N*****.

[DimPrawn]

She didn't like 'em. She used to call them darkies.

Bloody racist she was.