Current Events > Lawsuit over a racist cartoon. Is this fair?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0jTNfM0-Bw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnq_8Q0Qjg

Some scenes from the original version of the comic book (they were later put in color):








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Whats the lawsuit specifics cause no way Im watching those videos.

Cal12 posted...

Whats the lawsuit specifics cause no way Im watching those videos.

Shit hole without free speech trying to bring a civil case against a book publisher and for some reason the suit isn't doa.

Also apparently they changed some "objectionable" words in other books and they think that's peachy and not a creepy totalitarian way of shitting on the author.

"Other places have freedom too . . ." ~Derpyrepostspeech
Shut the fuck up.
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A lawsuit for what? Is there something illegal about cartoons?
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This is kinda like suing Warner Brothers over their racist cartoons way back when right? I guess the best thing to do in this case is just have future publications of that book that contain a warning like those Loony Tunes compilations that have those racist cartoons.



Total censorship and suing the publisher is not the way to go. Also, any follow up to this? This videos are from 2011.
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Cal12 posted...

Whats the lawsuit specifics cause no way Im watching those videos.

Someone wants a book published in 1930 banned because it's there's some racist tones in it.

Southernfatman posted...

Beautiful.

that ain't worth suing over
that's an ugly ass history lesson

im black and i hate old racist cartoon shit like that, but it happened
thats important to acknowledge so present day people understand there's reasons things needed to change
even Disney got their hands dirty with that crap
remember them racist caricature crows in Dumbo? And Song of the South

you don't see that shit all over the place now do you
cause we remembered
covering it up won't do anybody good, presenting it in proper context will, like education on historical racism
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Country without true free speech laws, so fair by their standards.
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I don't have much of an opinion on the lawsuit, but these cartoons are disturbing as fuck if you're aware of what Belgium was doing in that part of the world irl
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eston posted...

I don't have much of an opinion on the lawsuit, but these cartoons are disturbing as fuck if you're aware of what Belgium was doing in that part of the world irl

@eston

I don't really know about it... I guess it was really bad?
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NonDairyMiltank posted...

that ain't worth suing over
that's an ugly ass history lesson

im black and i hate old racist cartoon shit like that, but it happened
thats important to acknowledge so present day people understand there's reasons things needed to change
even Disney got their hands dirty with that crap
remember them racist caricature crows in Dumbo? And Song of the South

you don't see that shit all over the place now do you
cause we remembered
covering it up won't do anybody good, presenting it in proper context will, like education on historical racism

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Censoring history is one of the biggest crimes we can do.
Once we start, where will it end?
Who gets to decide what to censor?
We've always been at war with Eastasia.
Martin Luther King talked about giving blacks more rights, that implies that we allowed racism back then, thereby we must remove all traces of Martin Luther King in history.

See it for what it is, a reminder of how much we have changed for the last 100 years.
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Here's another strip from the book:


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eston posted...

but these cartoons are disturbing as fuck if you're aware of what Belgium was doing in that part of the world irl

And this as well. They were basically torturing the natives and even maiming them just to make them mine more precious minerals.

Those who did not meet the quota had parts of their hands chopped off.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057090/Tintin-Congo-placed-shelf-racism-fears.html

Top-shelf Tintin: Children's cartoon hero placed under wrapper over racism fears of Congo book

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I'm usually in a quandary as to censoring stuff like this even coming up. Like I'm old enough to have had Song of the South and the crows of Dumbo (though I was a kid so I didn't get the connotations of it at the time) whereas most of the Looney Tunes were older than I was alive. The most "controversial" thing in Looney Tunes when I was watching them was cross dressing. But I don't see any of these really in a large circle of popularity. Only getting mentioned when someone wants to censor or try and wipe them from existence. Seemingly giving them more light than they should get.

Yes, these things existed, and as the advisory from WB, southernfatman posted, they were a product of their time. So leave them in that time and not give them the attention they don't need, I guess.
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frozenshock posted...

Here's another strip from the book:

Is he hunting monkeys? I dont see an issue with this strip.
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Effort to ban Tintin comic book fails in Belgium

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/may/14/effort-ban-tintin-congo-fails

Offensive as Tintin au Congo may be, recourse to the law is misguided and counterproductive

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Ah, good old Tintin. Your go-to source for classic comic racism.

frozenshock posted...

Here's another strip from the book:

Yeah, no one is suspicious of a tall, upright-walking chimpanzee with a pith helmet carrying a rifle. XD
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Wow the dog is fucking racist. The guy was not that bad, but the dog, wow. He doesnt look so smart, the DOG being strict to the students, etc.

The your country, Belgium line sounds fake. There is no way the Belgium would accept colonized people from Congo as fellow Belgium people.

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I legit thought Tin Tin was the dog until this morning.

But yeah those comics are fucked up.
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Wolf_J_Flywheel posted...

frozenshock posted...

Here's another strip from the book:

Is he hunting monkeys? I dont see an issue with this strip.

You're kidding, right?
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I don't know why I'm surprised that old Tintin comics were so outrageously racist >_>
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Cal12 posted...

Whats the lawsuit specifics cause no way Im watching those videos.

Shit hole without free speech trying to bring a civil case against a book publisher and for some reason the suit isn't doa.

Also apparently they changed some "objectionable" words in other books and they think that's peachy and not a creepy totalitarian way of shitting on the author.

"Other places have freedom too . . ." ~Derpyrepostspeech
Shut the fuck up.

Calm down dude you're arguing with yourself
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Holy shit.

A talking dog!
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LMAO, people get upset over a comic strip that's poorly drawn and from the looks of it, very old. Why not just destroy everything that reminds you of something bad now? It's gotten rigoddamndicious.
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It kills me that people forget that censorship is one of the biggest tools of oppressors.
This failed, years ago, but the last 6 years have not given me confidence on these issues.
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Wikipedia article about the book:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_in_the_Congo
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Side question, why the fuck had production companies been trying to save the series? (Other than the obvious making a buck)

Didn't they have a cartoon out a few years back? I'm not pro-censorship but let the character stay in history.
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Sidenote about Belgium: They have the best beer, chocolate and cheese.

Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Side question, why the fuck had production companies been trying to save the series? (Other than the obvious making a buck)

Didn't they have a cartoon out a few years back? I'm not pro-censorship but let the character stay in history.

Well in Belgium and France, Tintin is basically their equivalent of Mickey Mouse. Perhaps the most recognizable fictional character in existence for them.
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When you try to ban something, people will go out of their way to get it just out of defiance.

But the Tintin TV show has an awesome opening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb-9TIr31i0
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While I don't think they should sue, fuck the writers of it and fuck those people producing it today.
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I don't remember the dog talking in the cartoon.
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Oh thought this was Australia at first
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Southernfatman posted...

This is kinda like suing Warner Brothers over their racist cartoons way back when right? I guess the best thing to do in this case is just have future publications of that book that contain a warning like those Loony Tunes compilations that have those racist cartoons.



Total censorship and suing the publisher is not the way to go. Also, any follow up to this? This videos are from 2011.

That's so much better than on the Disney Treasures releases where they just have Leonard Maltin yapping on about that exact same sentiment, but much less elegantly put and it's also Leonard Maltin yapping.

TheGrindery posted...

Sidenote about Belgium: They have the best beer, chocolate and cheese.

Excellent football players too, but also Bruges is a beautiful city/town.
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Vita_Aeterna posted...

but also Bruges is a beautiful city/town.

Did you see the alcoves?

NibeIungsnarf posted...

Vita_Aeterna posted...

but also Bruges is a beautiful city/town.

Did you see the alcoves?

Nooks and crannies, yes.
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