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    Peter Rabbit film producers apologise over allergy scene - BBC News

    The makers of the new film Peter Rabbit have apologised after facing a backlash over their depiction of a character's allergy.
    A scene in the film shows a character who suffers a blackberry allergy being pelted with them by a gang of bunnies.
    In a joint statement, Sony Pictures and the filmmakers said they "should not have made light" of the issue.
    Campaigners condemned the scene and some Twitter users adopted the hashtag #boycottpeterrabbit.
    The charity Kids with Food Allergies Foundation said in a Facebook post "food allergy 'jokes' are harmful to our community".
    A petition calling on Sony Pictures to apologise also attracted thousands of signatures

    #2
    Originally posted by saptastic View Post
    Peter Rabbit film producers apologise over allergy scene - BBC News

    The makers of the new film Peter Rabbit have apologised after facing a backlash over their depiction of a character's allergy.
    A scene in the film shows a character who suffers a blackberry allergy being pelted with them by a gang of bunnies.
    In a joint statement, Sony Pictures and the filmmakers said they "should not have made light" of the issue.
    Campaigners condemned the scene and some Twitter users adopted the hashtag #boycottpeterrabbit.
    The charity Kids with Food Allergies Foundation said in a Facebook post "food allergy 'jokes' are harmful to our community".
    A petition calling on Sony Pictures to apologise also attracted thousands of signatures
    Pathetic, the World's gone mad.

    It's all down to social media
    Do what thou wilt

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      #3
      Originally posted by Dark Black View Post
      Pathetic, the World's gone mad.

      It's all down to social media
      Indeed. The Curse of the Easily-Offended spreads its dreary tentacles ever further.

      “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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        #4
        I thought it seemed crazy but on closer reading:

        - It's the hero who is deliberately firing the berries, not the baddies
        - the victim has a serious reaction and has to use their epi-pen

        All seems very weird for a Peter Rabbit - epi-pen FFS?
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #5
          Originally posted by d000hg View Post
          I thought it seemed crazy but on closer reading:

          - It's the hero who is deliberately firing the berries, not the baddies
          - the victim has a serious reaction and has to use their epi-pen

          All seems very weird for a Peter Rabbit - epi-pen FFS?
          Biological warfare hits the British countryside. What next? Peter Rabbit with a man-bun drinking a Latte?

          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #6
            I was thinking about this last night and think i have found the problem.

            Kids nowadays are bought up to make sure they are a voice for 'those who cannot be heard'.

            Thus obviously why you see people getting offended about things which do not affect them - they are assuming they have a privilege to speak out for these people - as obviously these people cannot do it themselves or they would be doing - with me so far?

            So has anyone who has a blackberry allergy actually got upset about this?

            No - it is simply people who feel that if they had a blackberry allergy they would be offended by this.

            but here's the kicker and the bit we need to work on.

            We need to teach our kids that if someone does not speak out - you do not have a right to do it for them because for all you know they are not speaking out because they could not give a fook.

            And therefore before you got offended you need to obtain written permission from the group you are being offended on behalf of before you can get on your twitter rant.

            Think it should work well.

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              #7
              Presumably the kids will also grow up believing that rabbits talk

              Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                #8
                Originally posted by original PM View Post
                I was thinking about this last night and think i have found the problem.

                Kids nowadays are bought up to make sure they are a voice for 'those who cannot be heard'.

                Thus obviously why you see people getting offended about things which do not affect them - they are assuming they have a privilege to speak out for these people - as obviously these people cannot do it themselves or they would be doing - with me so far?

                So has anyone who has a blackberry allergy actually got upset about this?

                No - it is simply people who feel that if they had a blackberry allergy they would be offended by this.

                but here's the kicker and the bit we need to work on.

                We need to teach our kids that if someone does not speak out - you do not have a right to do it for them because for all you know they are not speaking out because they could not give a fook.

                And therefore before you got offended you need to obtain written permission from the group you are being offended on behalf of before you can get on your twitter rant.

                Think it should work well.
                Ah, the old “kids should be seen and not heard”.

                Go back to the 1950’s, granddad, and take your birch stick with you.


                (First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak up because I was not a Jew... )

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                  #9
                  More political correctness - blackberry allergies

                  Originally posted by meridian View Post
                  Ah, the old “kids should be seen and not heard”.

                  Go back to the 1950’s, granddad, and take your birch stick with you.


                  (First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak up because I was not a Jew... )
                  First they came for the socialists ;-)
                  http://www.cih.org/news-article/disp...housing_market

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by meridian View Post
                    Ah, the old “kids should be seen and not heard”.

                    Go back to the 1950’s, granddad, and take your birch stick with you.


                    (First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak up because I was not a Jew... )
                    No - I did not say do not speak up

                    I said make sure you get permission from those you are speaking on behalf of.

                    In other words before you assume to be in a position to speak on my behalf check your privileges.

                    So you need to get back to last year as we are now in this year and things have changed.

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