Re: Talking Pictures in trouble again for broadcasting words offensive to black peopl
 

But if I complain about the use of "Jesus" as a swear word it would be ignored as common usage so why not show material that uses "offensive phrasing" because it is in use (or was). Just because it's used doesn't mean that the makers agree with the usage.

There is also a difference between racist and racial that depends a lot on the intent but the law as stands is on how the "listener" perceives the usage. This is what's led to many people finding themselves in hot water because some comment is felt to be "hate speech". Even innocent comments can be said to be hateful because someone hearing is in some unique circumstance that possibly the speaker isn't aware of.

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I'm just waiting for some idiot to issue a complaint about New Zealand rugby team being call the All Blacks.

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TP is the most inoffensive of channels, showing films your granny went to see. Tbh theres much more violence bad language in the soaps each night. They probably have limited resources to check for every potentially offensive word. If we don't want the giants like Sky to dominate everything, these smaller channels need to be encouraged, otherwise we'll just end up with no choice.

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For once, Mr K, we seem to agree!

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I think the reason OFCOM got involved is contained in the very first sentence, "It follows the pre-watershed broadcast." I Suspect if it had have been after nothing would have happened.

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Fair enough, but when I was a teenager, I watched these programmes without censorship.

Is the snowflake generation unable to function without this protective mechanism in place?

Bless!

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Or it could be that they are taking the easy option and just not showing archive material for fear of getting into trouble (as TP have found out).

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The watershed was also in place when you were a teenager. As we don't know what time the programme was actually transmitted other than it was pre watershed, it could have been viewed by children younger than their teens.

Also the terms objected to are not in common use these these days is there any point in adding them to the playground lexicon.

Re: Talking Pictures in trouble again for broadcasting words offensive to black peopl
 

The second incident (where the word 'Sambo' was used) was broadcast at 15:25 on 13/9/17.

Re: Talking Pictures in trouble again for broadcasting words offensive to black peopl
 

As multiskilled states this word was used far more 40 years ago as l certainly know as most of our family and l were called it on a pretty regular basis along with many other names but generally we have come a long way since then thankfully.

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We’ll never know...

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I just wish these programmes would return
Till Death us do Part
Love thy neighbour
Etc etc

Its about time the PC brigade got off the fence and let life continue as it should
I have been called some really offensive words such as W**** H**** by various people - l am not allowed to mention who they are. As this is how stupid the system is now getting.

I am just waiting for someone to be taken top court over an offensive remark.

We are talking about telly from the past, which is extremely popular today.

So please get a life.

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As I child I seldom heard the word, children were more likely to call each other white honkey or black honkey after hearing it on Love Thy Neighbour.

It must have been particularly hard for your brother at this time when it was deemed socially acceptable to make insulting remarks.

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Once you have been called those names a few times our family generally just ignored it and just rose above it Richard and got on with our lives.

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You were called a Welly Hoyer? I didn't realise you did Welly Hoying?

Almost as bad as being accused of Morris Dancing... ;)