Some inmates of this forum may remember I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Charles Dickens fan, and know most of his works quite well, so I was looking forward to watching The BBC's broadcast of 'The Mystery Of Edwin Drood' tonight. Until....................
(I'll keep this bit short, I promise!)
Two of the characters - Neville and Helena Landless are orphan twins who are brought to England from Ceylon to further their education. Now the author doesn't firmly establish their ethnicity in the narrative, but anyone reading it would easily infer that they were white - without a doubt!
Can I leave it up to you good people to guess what the BBC have done?
(PS, the rumbling noise you may be able to hear is poor old Charlie slowly rotating in his grave!)
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They Just Couldn't Resist It, Could They?
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, Jan 10 2012 04:02 PM
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 04:02 PM
"And you were planning to build this mosque of yours where, exactly?"
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 04:17 PM
*groan*
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 04:30 PM
What the media cannot explain is why an apparent 5% (yeah,right!) of the population has to commandeer 30-40% of all contemporary roles, and even 10-20% of pre-mass immigration-setting roles, including regular appearances in mediaeval and post-Roman dramas. Of course this over-representation is limited somewhat by the fact that they are restricted to only playing good guys.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 04:55 PM
Come Badgy, me old mate, its the 'British Bullshit Corporation' what do you expect..........
I mean, why should we be surprised? We should expect nothing more from a highly Communistic Influenced Media.......
I mean, why should we be surprised? We should expect nothing more from a highly Communistic Influenced Media.......
Lo þær drohtoþ ic lóc min fæder, Lo þær dorhtoþ ic lóc min módor ond min gesweostor, ond min gebródor. Lo þær drohtoþ ic lóc séo lang of min Angelfolc. Lo hig drohtoþ gecégan æt mé ond bid mé bryidan min bæcern ámang þæge rice þæt wiusæl of valhalla bæcern þæt mðdhwæt magan búan widan.
"Lo There do i see my Father. Lo There do i see my Mother. My Sisters and my Brothers. Lo There do i see the line of my People going back to the Beginning. Lo They do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the Halls of VALHALLA. Where the BRAVE MAY LIVE FOR EVER."
Harold II Cining of á þæt Angelfolc wæs ond áforþ sy uncer rihtcynn inlendiac cining.
HAROLD II, KING OF ALL THE ENGLISC. WAS AND STILL IS OUR TRUE NATIVE KING.
"Lo There do i see my Father. Lo There do i see my Mother. My Sisters and my Brothers. Lo There do i see the line of my People going back to the Beginning. Lo They do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the Halls of VALHALLA. Where the BRAVE MAY LIVE FOR EVER."
Harold II Cining of á þæt Angelfolc wæs ond áforþ sy uncer rihtcynn inlendiac cining.
HAROLD II, KING OF ALL THE ENGLISC. WAS AND STILL IS OUR TRUE NATIVE KING.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:01 PM
Any chance to ruin anything good they will.
If Halal slaughter is so humane and stress free, it would be used to dispatch criminals on death row world wide.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:02 PM
Charles Dickens once coined the phrase "Telescopic philanthropy" to describe the obsession of many upper-class English with foriegners at the expense of their poorer countrymen and women. Ironically, this is a classic example of the phenomenon.
"It is surely deculturalisation that has opened the way to racist behaviour.
And to implement a systematic denial that a particular people even exist is just about the worst form of racism there is."-John Lovejoy
"Anyone who thinks multiculturalism will ever work is frankly a bit soft in the head." -Me
Holdscipe mec bintst.
And to implement a systematic denial that a particular people even exist is just about the worst form of racism there is."-John Lovejoy
"Anyone who thinks multiculturalism will ever work is frankly a bit soft in the head." -Me
Holdscipe mec bintst.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:23 PM
Yep, I saw this bullshit being advertised the other day. As soon as I saw the brown face appear then that was it for me. Are these people absolutely off their trolley? They rely on us saying nothing in protest, lest we be labelled as those terrible pariahs of society - those nasty WHITE racists. Somehow I think I could live with it. Unlike these morons who'll use any means in their quest of social engineering I haven't totally lost my marbles.
No thanks, I'll stick to either reading the books or watching the pre-lunacy film/television adaptations.
No thanks, I'll stick to either reading the books or watching the pre-lunacy film/television adaptations.
You call it freedom and tolerance. I call it a death dance for England
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:26 PM
Only like having the 'white god' in Thor the movie played by a black man.
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Hense amongst such a mighty multitude of men, the same make and form is found in all, eyes stern and blue, yellow hair, huge bodies, but vigorous only in the first onset: Tacitus
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:27 PM
It's called "rubbing the rights noses in multiculturalism", a job the BBC do awfully well for their socialist friends in the British Labour Party.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 06:20 PM
Andy, on 10 January 2012 - 05:26 PM, said:
Only like having the 'white god' in Thor the movie played by a black man.
That film was an outrage and a blasphemy, we should have kicked up a hell of a lot more fuss than we did, now it's kinda late.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:40 PM
Ceylon as in Sri Lanka? Why would that surprise you that they're foreign skinned - I'm confused.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 09:10 PM
Réod Heáhdeór, on 10 January 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:
Ceylon as in Sri Lanka? Why would that surprise you that they're foreign skinned - I'm confused.
You'll have to read Dicken's to understand that folk coming to England from Ceylon were wealthy planters, not Tamils - they were the one's doing the picking. Think 'sun never sets on' then you'll get it. The BBC used artistic licence to the max to fit ethnoids in a half finished story. Nuff said.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 10:12 PM
Or "Mad Dog's and Englishmen!"
Lo þær drohtoþ ic lóc min fæder, Lo þær dorhtoþ ic lóc min módor ond min gesweostor, ond min gebródor. Lo þær drohtoþ ic lóc séo lang of min Angelfolc. Lo hig drohtoþ gecégan æt mé ond bid mé bryidan min bæcern ámang þæge rice þæt wiusæl of valhalla bæcern þæt mðdhwæt magan búan widan.
"Lo There do i see my Father. Lo There do i see my Mother. My Sisters and my Brothers. Lo There do i see the line of my People going back to the Beginning. Lo They do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the Halls of VALHALLA. Where the BRAVE MAY LIVE FOR EVER."
Harold II Cining of á þæt Angelfolc wæs ond áforþ sy uncer rihtcynn inlendiac cining.
HAROLD II, KING OF ALL THE ENGLISC. WAS AND STILL IS OUR TRUE NATIVE KING.
"Lo There do i see my Father. Lo There do i see my Mother. My Sisters and my Brothers. Lo There do i see the line of my People going back to the Beginning. Lo They do call to me. They bid me take my place among them. In the Halls of VALHALLA. Where the BRAVE MAY LIVE FOR EVER."
Harold II Cining of á þæt Angelfolc wæs ond áforþ sy uncer rihtcynn inlendiac cining.
HAROLD II, KING OF ALL THE ENGLISC. WAS AND STILL IS OUR TRUE NATIVE KING.
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 10:21 AM
Peter Hitchens made a comment that they had altered " an extremely delectable and delicious Pork Pie" described in Dickens original story to a ' Mutton Pie' in the bullshit corporations TV version!.........NOW I WONDER WHY?
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 10:14 AM
I dont know why you even gave the BBC the benefit of the doubt,these days I flatly refuse to watch the BBC.
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 02:15 PM
Just to play devil's advocate for the moment, the two orphans are described as very dark, and the girl gypsy-like.
Ok that's enough of that. There's no justification for making Edwin go off to Egypt with Neville or for Rosa hoping they come back with black wives.
Ok that's enough of that. There's no justification for making Edwin go off to Egypt with Neville or for Rosa hoping they come back with black wives.
