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Originally Posted by taranaki
Bugs bunny was a racist when those in charge deemed it to be acceptable. If it had been politically expedient to degrade women instead of Japanese people at the time,I'm sure that the relevant parts of our collective conscience would have been put to the sword in a similar manner.
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Well a show happened that caused many women to get upset.
On July 25, 1998, The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show on CIII-TV (Global Television, Toronto) which aired at 5 p.m., included a recounting of the "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale à la Bugs Bunny. The short cartoon was entitled "Bewitched Bunny". In this revisionist version, Bugs Bunny stumbles upon a witch who is in the process of luring two children into her house, presumably in order to eat them for dinner. Bugs Bunny intervenes and allows the children to escape but, in so doing, he upsets the witch who resolves to have Bugs Bunny for dinner instead. A chase inevitably ensues and the heroic hare narrowly escapes death by dinner by using a bag of "Magic Powder" as a type of grenade. The bag explodes on impact and out of the cloud of dust emerges a beautiful female rabbit. Bugs Bunny, smitten by this newly incarnated female, takes her by the arm as they walk into the "happily ever after".
The complaint stems from the last line of the cartoon. As the happy couple walks away, Bugs turns to the camera and says: "Ah sure, I know! But aren’t they all witches inside?"
http://www.cbsc.ca/english/decisions...98/980203a.htm
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Originally Posted by taranaki
It's no longer politically advantageous to insult and marginalise the Japanese, so those who are responsible for law and order actively promote tolerance to that sector of the community.
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True, but as a war cartoon or other war films, shouldn't people be responsible?
The films Saving Private Ryan or other war films show bits that aren't really nice to Japanease or Germans.
Same with these cartoons. Put them on DVD where you have to go out and get it yourself and buy it before you can see it and get offended.
If you don't like it, don't buy it or see it. Banning stuff from the masses because a small percentage gets offended won't change anything.
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Originally Posted by taranaki
These cartoons could be censored - we could burn every copy and pretend that we never allowed ourselves to accept such abomination. I'd rather their memories were kept alive, for much the same way that the Holocaust is kept alive. To remind us of the evil that gets foisted on us when we stop thinking for ourselves, and hopefully to teach us never to allow it to happen again.
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I agree that we should keep them around, but I do not think they're evil.
For example, we keep the political cartoons of the American Revolution around that show stereotypes and hatred against the British. Are they evil? No. They're a look at what the attitude was at the time.
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Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan
Perhaps in 50 years the same discussion will take place about "Family Guy" or other of today's shows.
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The question though is, if the issue of Family Guy or South Park getting banned for good ever comes up, should we allow it?