LordChaverly   10 #1 Posted February 3, 2009 The artist who drew that iconic jam jar label probably had no inkling of the controversies he would cause.  http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2009-02-03-BBC-drops-Carol-Thatcher-over-golliwog-remark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
depoix   11 #2 Posted February 3, 2009 everyone knows a golly is a doll or a label on a jar,about time people stopped reading things into statements that are often twisted to cause controversy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mattenmurg   10 #3 Posted February 3, 2009 So if she'd just said 'golly' would it have been ok? Is the One Show actually live then? otherwise I guess they would have edited it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
depoix   11 #4 Posted February 3, 2009 So if she'd just said 'golly' would it have been ok? Is the One Show actually live then? otherwise I guess they would have edited it out.i think it would, golly can still mean gosh:hihi: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MR BENN Â Â 10 #5 Posted February 3, 2009 madness - the political correct brigade strike again:rant::loopy: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
max   13 #6 Posted February 3, 2009 Oh dear Lord of the Chavs, it's as we've never left the 1950s. What next, no blacks, no Irish, no gypsies signs on b&bs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LordChaverly   10 #7 Posted February 3, 2009 So if she'd just said 'golly' would it have been ok? Is the One Show actually live then? otherwise I guess they would have edited it out.  'Golly' has a different, and older, etymology. Generally speaking, it is a very mild euphemism for 'God' (as is 'gosh'). So we can still 'golly' all we want. However, regardless of etymological considerations, words can still be viewed as offensive, as the US official who used the word 'niggardly' found out to his cost some years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fishcake   10 #8 Posted February 3, 2009 I have a golly, I used to have one as a child and he was called "Golly Austin" named after Steve Austin. It was just a toy to me. I had a black friend who collected them too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CHAIRBOY Â Â 10 #9 Posted February 3, 2009 Could account for the fact that I never hear Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk" on Radio 3 anymore? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cloudybay   17 #10 Posted February 3, 2009 So if she'd just said 'golly' would it have been ok? Is the One Show actually live then? otherwise I guess they would have edited it out.  She was in the 'Green Room' when these comments were allegedly made having a private conversation.  This topic was discussed on a live channel 5 show this morning. The overwhelming consensus was that the snivelling little back-stabber who saw fit to report this non event should be put up against a wall and shot. Rather like those who choose to look for and find offence in anything and everything just for the sheer hell of it, swiftly followed by the hand-wringing liberals amongst us whom condone their behaviour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CHAIRBOY Â Â 10 #11 Posted February 3, 2009 So if she'd just said 'golly' would it have been ok? Is the One Show actually live then? otherwise I guess they would have edited it out. Â I believe the One Show is live, as I hear the Ulster mouthpiece was marooned by the weather on Monday at Belfast airport and unable to take her place alongside her 'chum' Chiles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fishcake   10 #12 Posted February 3, 2009 we all make comments to friends, that if other people heard, they may well take offence to. If you heard some of my comments intended for friends who know me well enough not to take seriously everything I say, you may think me an ignorant fool..........if you don't already! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...