Reply to: Gone - league of gentlemen

[minestrone]

Good, tulipe just like Little England.

Netflix is a private (publicly traded) company, they can ban whatever they deem appropriate.

And did they use protected characteristics in this case?

It's helpful to Netflix, which is what Directors of Netflix are legally required to care about

Are you going to cancel your subscription in protest?

Do you think many people will?

Number of people who watched that tulip on Netflix is probably 0 anyway

That's life....

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Starting to see some pushback from people on the left against this now, rightly pointing out that nobody is calling for a culture war and that all of this is just creating a distraction from important matters.

People are pointing out that this is probably being driven by largely white people on boards of these companies who are terrified of doing the wrong thing and their knee jerk reaction is to just start pulling stuff off their platform. It’s a lazy response.

The latest thing is Fawlty Towers - the germans episode. Or more accurately, the “n****s” and “w**s” episode. The BBC cut this scene out with John Cleese’s blessing 7 years ago and have been showing it edited since then so I’m baffled as to why UKTV and Netflix are showing the original version.

People need to start getting a grip.

[Lockhouse]

This will never stop. It'll only start with comedies. That is why it's unacceptable.

[DoctorStrangelove]

At the end of the day, if you really want to watch outdated comedies you can presumably buy It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Love They Neighbour etc on DVD.

And if not, I'm going into business - there must be a real matket there judging by the comments I've been reading on various sites . Kerching!!

Got it.

And the "outdated" Fawlty Towers.

[Excursion UK]

At the end of the day, if you really want to watch outdated comedies you can presumably buy It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Love They Neighbour etc on DVD.

And if not, I'm going into business - there must be a real matket there judging by the comments I've been reading on various sites . Kerching!!

[elsergiovolador]

They won't censor it. They will make it available in DVD only, put an RFID in the DVD case, which will activate your smartphone to trigger a 5G lethal dose ray of Covid 19.

It will also send 52% of your account balance to HMRC and erase the rest.

[Old Greg]

This is just the start.

Buy content on DVD/BR or secure download while it's not censored.

They won't censor it. They will make it available in DVD only, put an RFID in the DVD case, which will activate your smartphone to trigger a 5G lethal dose ray of Covid 19.

[d000hg]

This is just the start.

Buy content on DVD/BR or secure download while it's not censored.

[vetran]

Sorry I have no idea what that means?


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Search "only gay in the village".

[DoctorStrangelove]

That's life....

Dogs that say "Sausages".

YouTube

[TheGreenBastard]

Could this kind of knee-jerk reaction end up having a negative impact on the cause itself? How is it actually helping Black Lives Matter?

I'd say yes, it will help weaponise alternative narratives, some of which are moderate but my worry is there are many that will be fuelled that derive from true racism.

[AtW]

But it does just seem yet another distraction that will be endlessly debated and distract from real problems.

That's life....

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Are you going to cancel your subscription in protest?

No. I respect their right to take whatever content off their platform they want even if I don't agree with their stance. But it does just seem yet another distraction that will be endlessly debated and distract from real problems. Instead of having a conversation and debate and educating people about *why* these are problematic, people will just spend time arguing about whether or not they should be removed.

[AtW]

I think that remains to be seen.

Are you going to cancel your subscription in protest?

Do you think many people will?

Number of people who watched that tulip on Netflix is probably 0 anyway

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

"Song of the South".

Well that one isn't on Disney+ at all but it keeping that one locked up in the archives isn't exactly a new policy it would seem.