old'un Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Am I right in thinking you're trying to accuse us of double standards here? Dont you not want people to have a chance to discuss things in a grown up manner first? We do, which is why we try to let things run if possible. So, do you want it closed now? If so I'll make sure to leave it up so the people who get upset when we do close stuff can see that there are some on the forum who try to get stuff shut down just for the fun of it, and that you are one of them. Let me know and I'll hit the lock button, just for you B25Modelman. Thank you Zap, I think we should be able to talk about this type of issue and like you said so long as the replies are kept civil there is no reason to lock the topic. so guys please keep your replies civil, even though like me you may feel really angry and want to say it like it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 so guys please keep your replies civil, even though like me you may feel really angry and want to say it like it is. That's all we ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 It's pathetic, & what's even more pathetic is the ones that will agree with them to appease them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 It's worth taking a look at 'cultural appropriation', one of the latest ideas and attacks to come from the cultural marxists. It can be considered racist to appropriate elements of one culture, such as dress, from other cultures. Ironically, this is something I suspect the gentleman in question who I cannot quite see might like to consider. He might choose to ask himself if he is racist himself. We have reason to be concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I cannot help thinking that when people see and hear this type of behaviour they will become less tolerant and tar every none white English person with the same brush, its perhaps part of the reason why so many people said emigrants and immigration was one of their main concerns with regards to Brexit and their vote to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Beecham not Beeching and he wasn't Thomas the Tank Engine right thanks for sorting that out, Its obvious now, he was the bloke who invented the hangover cure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yod dropper Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Does this make spray tans racist? This latest incident deserves ridicule but unfortunately has gained traction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 We've been Morris dancing for centuries and will continue to do so. Any idiot who tries to stop it should be keel hauled. Simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandringstar Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) racism is a huge industry, to me, the vast majority of this so called racism is glorified name calling. Most people from all races, have racist feelings, its natural, its just that you learn to control yourself and don't get involved. if someone makes racist remarks, people should laugh and shrug it off like big boys, anything else plays into the industry. I lived next door to a black lady for years, I asked her if since living here since the 60's, had she encountered racism, she laughed and said no, only stupidity, and she kept loads of golliwogs in her window, which she loved. the real racism is positive discrimination, absolutely despicable. p.s what is racsit............. Edited January 10, 2017 by wandringstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil w Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 This Isn't racist, It called non integration by the people that live here, that don't want to recognise our heritage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollieollie Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 There are two England's running in parallel on this island, both of which are very different!! I know which i prefer.. The morris side in question, Alvechurch morris men are my local morris side who's dances i have enjoyed on many occasions! I won't stop enjoying there events any time soon no matter what some idiot thinks! Keep England alive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) right thanks for sorting that out, Its obvious now, he was the bloke who invented the hangover cure Well, his grand-dad invented Beecham's pills, but I wouldn't have used them for a hangover. Wasn't it Archie Andrews who invented the liver salts? Edited January 10, 2017 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hit a nerve did I. I think it was Zapp who hit the nerve as "this member is no longer active" 😂😂 toys out of the pram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Does this make spray tans racist? This may have been posted in jest, but it has really made me think. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil w Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 I think it was Zapp who hit the nerve as "this member is no longer active" toys out of the pram? That's his ultimatum,out right ban. Or 250 cartridges, that's his pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) In the town where I live, and throughout the Fens, Molly Dancing is a long held tradition. The local school children and various Molly Dance groups perform Molly Dances through the town at varies festivities but particularly on Plough Monday. They always black up their faces but this is to symbolise the faces of the ploughmen being blackened by the Fen soil. Last year when the children performed I saw that they now only had a single stripe of black down their noses. I assumed that this was because they now had a black/*****/coloured/ethnic/Afro/non-white*** child in the class. Seems like we have to subjugate all of our cultures these days ***please delete so as to cause least offence. Blimey, the swear filter has deleted a perfectly acceptable alternative to the word black and yes, it did begin with N but not THE N word. Edited January 11, 2017 by KFC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Well, his grand-dad invented Beecham's pills, but I wouldn't have used them for a hangover. Wasn't it Archie Andrews who invented the liver salts? that would be Liberace also part time pianist.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Blimey, the swear filter has deleted a perfectly acceptable alternative to the word black and yes, it did begin with N but not THE N word. That just shows how political correctness has gone to far, laughable TBH, especially when the same race call each other the N word... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powler Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Gets even more ridiculous, Shrewsbury Folk Festival bosses said dancers wearing full black face paint will be banned from next year.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-37172500 Some years back the wife and I went to Kenya, we went to a traditional African dance and guess what they had their faces painted white, It never entered my head to jump up and shout "racist" PC gone wrong. The morris dancers should boycott the festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrisman Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Well, just look at my username to see what I do. I have heard this many times before and I will hear it many times in the future. I don't black up as I dance in all whites but i do it a) for the fun, b)it gets me loads of free beer and c) because I'm English and proud to be so. Anyone want to join? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Well, just look at my username to see what I do. I have heard this many times before and I will hear it many times in the future. I don't black up as I dance in all whites but i do it a) for the fun, b)it gets me loads of free beer and c) because I'm English and proud to be so. Anyone want to join? You cannot say that any more, you are a British Citizen and you will have to start referring to your fellow Morris men as 'Zie' and not he or she. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garygreengrass Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 There is often not a problem with the law but there is often a problem with stupid people's interpretation of it. The guy complaining is an idiot. So true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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