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<blockquote data-quote="Emelee" data-source="post: 221200" data-attributes="member: 73">That is just too ridiculous! Yes, it&#039;s racism, but it&#039;s written perfectly. We are not supposed to agree with the Major. He&#039;s from a past generation where these opinions were acceptable. It&#039;s ridiculous to censor views of past times. We are not meant to agree with the Major. Nor with Basil, he&#039;s a complete nutcase. We are laughing at him, not with him. It&#039;s much better to keep them in and show viewers what it was like and what you could actually say back then. No one can be so utterly stupid to think that such opinions back then are as acceptable today. I feel the same about movies like Gone with the Wind. It&#039;s filled with racism, but the movie is from 1939 and it takes place in the 1800s for heaven&#039;s sake. What&#039;s next? No one can make a movie about slavery because it&#039;s racist? Will they remove Roots from all platforms? 12 Years a Slave too racist to show? It&#039;s important to let the ugly truth be out there. If we go to such extremes, then let&#039;s just ban everything with Adolf Hitler too so that no one will think we are all anti-semites. Besides, comedy has always been about testing boundaries and sometimes even crossing them. It&#039;s often about being a little venomous to someone or something. Remove that element and we are left with puns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emelee, post: 221200, member: 73"] That is just too ridiculous! Yes, it's racism, but it's written perfectly. We are not supposed to agree with the Major. He's from a past generation where these opinions were acceptable. It's ridiculous to censor views of past times. We are not meant to agree with the Major. Nor with Basil, he's a complete nutcase. We are laughing at him, not with him. It's much better to keep them in and show viewers what it was like and what you could actually say back then. No one can be so utterly stupid to think that such opinions back then are as acceptable today. I feel the same about movies like [I]Gone with the Wind[/I]. It's filled with racism, but the movie is from 1939 and it takes place in the 1800s for heaven's sake. What's next? No one can make a movie about slavery because it's racist? Will they remove [I]Roots [/I]from all platforms? [I]12 Years a Slave[/I] too racist to show? It's important to let the ugly truth be out there. If we go to such extremes, then let's just ban everything with Adolf Hitler too so that no one will think we are all anti-semites. Besides, comedy has always been about testing boundaries and sometimes even crossing them. It's often about being a little venomous to someone or something. Remove that element and we are left with puns. [/QUOTE]

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