Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: Are we the baddies?

Na man, I might not have done much school but I kn...

2009-11-04T21:22:08.956Z

Na man, I might not have done much school but I know whats what, cuz. What im saying is that yeah, dees symbols are bad, and the shit behind them is bad, no doubt man, fully, and course I see the joke in realsing it. Wot im saying is dat symbols dat have blooded much more r not seen in the same light of revulsion by the gen pop ‘n should be, man. Dees people still campaign under the banner of dees symbols and we got people on high in our gov that are past members, n I just thing that people should recognise the sheer bloodyness of their beliefs and where it ahs lead in da past, man.

That’s all. wots wrong with dat man?

Hey Philippa. My missus - who I may have mentione...

2009-11-04T20:38:15.861Z

Hey Philippa.

My missus - who I may have mentioned is quite clever - has pointed out that I missed the main bloody point of your comment in my haste to show off that I read a book about Robin Hood once.

Marital arts indeed.

@ God is a DJ: That's either a great way to miss t...

2009-11-04T12:47:32.876Z

@ God is a DJ: That's either a great way to miss the point ir great satire. Great either way.

@ Ernie: And on that very night, going home and having an old man strike up a conversation who turns out to be a holocaust denier. True story.

@ Philippa: Depends on the kind of monk! It would also be unusual for a Friar to be in England during the reign of King Richard at all since there weren't any for another couple of hundred years. The surviving early ballads set the story much later (hence the friar), and much of what we're familiar with - King Richard, Maid Marian, Robin being Earl of Locksley - was added later. Something gets changed about Robin Hood virtually every time the story is told. I don't think it was the 'martial arts expert' bit the Mail was bothered about though.

The Black Friar Tuck article also says: But for ...

2009-11-04T11:46:45.419Z

The Black Friar Tuck article also says:

But for the latest instalment of the BBC show, producers have reinvented Friar Tuck - as a black marital arts expert.

Which is unusual for a monk.

It is a bit like when you were at school with some...

2009-11-04T00:52:32.860Z

It is a bit like when you were at school with someone called Dick, then when they get older they insist on being called Richard but it turns out they are more of a Dick than ever

Ah yes, of course. People who make observations a...

2009-11-03T21:10:58.694Z

Ah yes, of course. People who make observations about society that don't conform to the Daily Mail's view are not only like Hitler, but like equally evil tyrants Mao and Stalin too.

Just like all people who are left of centre, who all love Mao and Stalin and never criticise them. Apart from when we do, of course.

Yeah man, funny! Tell you what always does my head...

2009-11-03T20:57:33.646Z

Yeah man, funny! Tell you what always does my head in ‘doh is that the red banner and hammer’n’ sickle of the extemey leftys has been the symbols for the worst human atrocities ever but it never seems to be dissed and vilified.

F*$! ‘nows how many mills they’ve done in, innit?

Good post, you'd think people would get a slight s...

2009-11-03T19:23:16.936Z

Good post, you'd think people would get a slight stab of guilt just once in a while.
And I'm sure they didn't find a single, respectable professor who felt anything like 'fury' at the Robin Hood issue, although some of the commenters were certainly frothing at the mouth.
Blogged about one of them, but I'm starting to wonder if there's really any point: http://violetta-crisis.livejournal.com/9573.html

Hadn't seen the Black Friar Tuck article before. ...

2009-11-03T18:54:52.178Z

Hadn't seen the Black Friar Tuck article before. Fantastic quote:

"But the radical transformation has sparked fury among professors who believe the portrayal is historically inaccurate."

HA HA HA!!

Because Robin Hood productions are usually historically accurate - that's because we know so much about him!

Brilliant analogy, I often think that of those tha...

2009-11-03T17:39:02.898Z

Brilliant analogy, I often think that of those that are the 'baddies' can they not tell by the people they surround themselves with and the imagery they use that they are on the wrong side, so to speak?