saunaman   10 #1 Posted November 2, 2016 The Guardian does not approve of cultural appropriation. People can only write literature if they have direct experience .  So someone who is not a whale should not have written Mobey Dick...  and Lionel Shriver should not have written the book We Need To Talk About Kevin because she's never mothered a mass highschool shooter?  Where does this nonsense end? A Muslim woman on channel 4 last night was speaking in favour of the Sharia court system here in the UK. She was not only wearing a big loud poppy headscarf but was also wearing a poppy .  What part of cultural appropriation does she not understand? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
altus   534 #2 Posted November 2, 2016 The Guardian does not approve of cultural appropriation. People can only write literature if they have direct experience . So someone who is not a whale should not have written Mobey Dick...  and Lionel Shriver should not have written the book We Need To Talk About Kevin because she's never mothered a mass highschool shooter?  Where does this nonsense end? A Muslim woman on channel 4 last night was speaking in favour of the Sharia court system here in the UK. She was not only wearing a big loud poppy headscarf but was also wearing a poppy .  What part of cultural appropriation does she not understand? The bit where her relatives fought as part of the British Empire troops in WW1 and/or WW2? Or perhaps she has a relative who is a current member of our armed forces.  Perhaps you should stop trying to politicise poppy wearing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
horribleblob   212 #3 Posted November 3, 2016 The Guardian does not approve of cultural appropriation. People can only write literature if they have direct experience . So someone who is not a whale should not have written Mobey Dick..  You do realise that Melville's 'Moby-Dick' was written from a whaler's perspective, and not from a whale's, don't you? Yes, of course you do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest sibon   #4 Posted November 3, 2016 You do realise that Melville's 'Moby-Dick' was written from a whaler's perspective, and not from a whale's, don't you? Yes, of course you do.  Oh, what is an "r" between friends, eh:D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
martin6 Â Â 10 #5 Posted November 3, 2016 Cultural appropriation like racism is a one way street. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RootsBooster   24 #6 Posted November 3, 2016 Maybe people shouldn't title threads about sombreros if they're not about sombreros Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Detetcive   10 #7 Posted November 3, 2016 .... Where does this nonsense end?  Surely that is up to you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
RonJeremy   10 #8 Posted November 3, 2016 The real question,OP, is why do you take anything written in the Grauniad seriously? Or indeed anyone who reads it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
LeMaquis   10 #9 Posted November 3, 2016 ....Mobey Dick...  It's spelt Moby which just sums up your ignorance and stupidity. You did manage to spell Dick right however, perhaps because it's your middle name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bob Arctor   11 #10 Posted November 3, 2016 The Guardian's cultural appropriation fetish is daft. Maybe they supported apartheid all along; whites had the vote and blacks didn't, so giving blacks the vote would be cultural appropriation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Penistone999   10 #11 Posted November 3, 2016 The Guardian does not approve of cultural appropriation. People can only write literature if they have direct experience . So someone who is not a whale should not have written Mobey Dick...  and Lionel Shriver should not have written the book We Need To Talk About Kevin because she's never mothered a mass highschool shooter?  Where does this nonsense end? A Muslim woman on channel 4 last night was speaking in favour of the Sharia court system here in the UK. She was not only wearing a big loud poppy headscarf but was also wearing a poppy .  What part of cultural appropriation does she not understand?  My biggest concern is why would anyone waste valuable time reading that left wing rag ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
saunaman   10 #12 Posted November 3, 2016 To be fair , I read the on-line Guardian with a peg on my nose and feel the need to go and have a shower after reading some of the articles . Know the enemy and all that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...