Thomas the Tank Engine "Right Wing"
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Look at it this way.The Kangaroo said:
Thomas lives on an island called Sodor. On this island is a total of 65 vehicles, most of them trains.
The island of Sodor is approximately 62 miles by 51 miles.
Now, even ignoring the strange resemblance of the Sodor sign, which in no way resembles anything Godwinesque, isn't that an AWFUL lot of trains for a community of about 80,000 people (Given it's based around the Isle of Man)?
Yeah, every time I watched Thomas as a kid, I felt oppressed because I'm worth less than a man.
Dear lord, next they'll tell us that Sesame Street is secretly racist because Mr Hooper is black and apart of the working class while the Bourgeoisie (Big Bird and Burt and Ernie) laugh in his face.
Dear lord, next they'll tell us that Sesame Street is secretly racist because Mr Hooper is black and apart of the working class while the Bourgeoisie (Big Bird and Burt and Ernie) laugh in his face.
You do know that Oscar was originally orange, but he was made green due to "changes". In Mexico he's brown, while he's still orange in Israel...coincidence?Radelaide said:
there is a lot of this sort of thing, i had a Latin American History class where we watched some Disney animated movie set in Latin America, called The Three Caballeros., then we read this article that made all these ridiculous claims about neo-colonialism. people have a habit of reading way to much into things.(off topic rant) t But my teacher was a hardline communist so i didn't find it to surprising. He at one point said Cuba was better than the US because it has free healthcare, because being able to freely leave the country and not be imprisoned for political views doesn't matter apparently. (/off topic rant)
I grew up on Tomas...
No, I think people are looking far into this sorta of thing. Can't their be any child innocence anymore? Why does everything have to be scrutinized under a microscope.
No, I think people are looking far into this sorta of thing. Can't their be any child innocence anymore? Why does everything have to be scrutinized under a microscope.
er...the report is from the 'Daily Mail', guys. The same people who, a few years ago, said that a school banned Christmas, whereas what the school actually did was advise students not to bring and distribute Christmas cards in school so they wouldn't waste time in class. After the school made it perfectly clear to the 'Daily Mail' that this is what they did, the 'Daily Mail' changed the headline to "School bans Christmas for fear of offending Muslims!"
Seriously, guys, ignore the report. It's a fuss over nothing!!!!
Seriously, guys, ignore the report. It's a fuss over nothing!!!!
I used to love this show when I was like, 3 or 4 years old. I didn't end up becoming sexist or a Fascist. Anyone who watches children's shows looking for subliminal messages is an idiot. Well, okay my sister looks for subliminal messages in children's shows, but she doesn't take it seriously. I guess I should be saying, you're an idiot if you speak out against children's shows because of "subliminal messages."
My god! I never knew! Why don't they just drap the trains in swastikas and have them pull up to the local death camps - if the creators are willing to show such blatent inhumanity and fascist views in a childs program! - And here i was thinking Thomas was just a simple talking train!
Oh, this story can go die somewhere else. This is what I hate about the Times and Fox News. Same company.
I loved Thomas the Tank Engine when I grew up, and I'm about as liberal as they come. It was my second favourite to Fireman Sam, except the face creeped me out a bit. Considering the Times is the most right wing "news"paper in the UK, it's very much a case of the pot and the kettle. This story makes me angry. You know the smurfs taught communism too?
Crazy solution. Make all kids watch Thomas and Smurfs. Then they can make up their own mind about politics without even noticing it. Bang. Out of the park.
I loved Thomas the Tank Engine when I grew up, and I'm about as liberal as they come. It was my second favourite to Fireman Sam, except the face creeped me out a bit. Considering the Times is the most right wing "news"paper in the UK, it's very much a case of the pot and the kettle. This story makes me angry. You know the smurfs taught communism too?
Crazy solution. Make all kids watch Thomas and Smurfs. Then they can make up their own mind about politics without even noticing it. Bang. Out of the park.
It's an opinion piece in the Daily Mail, and therefore (in my bleeding heart liberal-commie opinion) a non-story.
I'm surprised the article didn't blame Gordon Brown or the Labour Government for it...
Anyway, it's a story about some proffesor in Canada who has two much time on her hands. One of her points was that there are few girl charachters. Well, at the time the books were written and when the TV series was first made, boys were traditionaly seen as the gender that loved trains and wanted to be train drivers. She also pointed out that the female charachters were "Bossy know-it-alls". I imagine if you asked a 6 year old boy what he thought of girls, he'd say that they are "Bossy and yucky." It's just pandering to the intended audience.
I'm surprised the article didn't blame Gordon Brown or the Labour Government for it...
Anyway, it's a story about some proffesor in Canada who has two much time on her hands. One of her points was that there are few girl charachters. Well, at the time the books were written and when the TV series was first made, boys were traditionaly seen as the gender that loved trains and wanted to be train drivers. She also pointed out that the female charachters were "Bossy know-it-alls". I imagine if you asked a 6 year old boy what he thought of girls, he'd say that they are "Bossy and yucky." It's just pandering to the intended audience.
Why do people assume that just because something is right wing it's sexist and hateful. You guys are aware that it regards the power of government vs individual (by the way it's actually more pro individual than government, look it up). Besides, I'm a conservative (well, a Canadian conservative) and so far I havn't had any civil rights groups coming after me, so I must be doing something right.
