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This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.
If you were to follow the same argument, you could also argue that the continued popularity of Top Gear is an equally interesting statement by society about it's stance on (persistent) racial slurs.
Every quote from those three is internally in their voice and cadence. I find that quite amusing.
Anyone have some links or keywords I could look up to read more about that phenomenon?
This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.
This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.
The recent github 'retard' ban is a nice example of forced political correctness.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's well known in the UK and in that article that he ~ambiguously~ mumbled the word "tigger" in a nursery rhyme.
I'm not sure how a guy saying something that offends some people once, is "a persistent racial slur"?
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/here-are-all-the-nonra...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jere...
Here's a useful Graniad opinion piece about Clarkson: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/08/not-eno...
It's a persistent pattern. Whether that should affect what he's allowed to publish is another matter, but it's probably wrong to say he isn't overtly racist.
Some people say "it's just a joke" - fair enough. Here's Stewart Lee responding much better than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7CnMQ4L9Pc
It's a shame they went to Amazon instead of Netflix since Amazon's video apps universally suck in comparison (I'm especially looking at the Xbox 360 and Xbox One Amazon apps). Heck, you can't even watch Amazon Prime Video on your Android device without compromising the security of the device and enabling untrusted app installs.
This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.
How many comedians do you know that never make any offensive jokes? Gender, race, handicaps/health etc are very common themes in almost every comedy program I know. I won't judge on the quality of specific jokes and where exactly a bad joke ends and a racial slur begins, but in general it is an accepted part of comedy.
Is it fine for me to call Roy Chubby Brown lazy and stupid and unfunny because of his bad jokes?
Is it fine for me to ask people providing me content to try harder to be funny, rather than just flinging shit and calling it a joke?
This is an interesting statement by Amazon about its stance on (persistent) racial slurs.
How many comedians do you know that never make any offensive jokes? Gender, race, handicaps/health etc are very common themes in almost every comedy program I know. I won't judge on the quality of specific jokes and where exactly a bad joke ends and a racial slur begins, but in general it is an accepted part of comedy.