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Thread #86490   Message #1612623
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
24-Nov-05 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Racial No-nos
Subject: RE: BS: Racial No-nos
Tomorrow belongs to me was not a Nazi song - it was written for the musical Cabaret. It illustrates a point beautifully in that context. I don't think the Nazi's ever knocked up anything of similar worth.

You have made the common mistake of mistaking the words that a character says in story, for the the subtle intentions of the author. Poor old Salman Sushdie is under sentence of death because of similar dumb apprehensions.

I suppose there are people out there who really think Randy Newman hates short People and in favour of 'keeping the niggers down' - a very ironic line from his song Rednecks.

Life must be full of alarums and dangers if you can't think, and insist that your kids don't make the effort either.

Would you favour the banning of the song Summertime in schools because of the patronising view of black society in Porgy and Bess?

educating kids is too difficult, they should start on the parents.