RobinXe wrote:
Ernest, isn't that a Robinson's Golliwog? As I recall they had to abandon them for being offensive to middle aged white housewives, no, I mean, um, black people, yes, thats it!
That picture could very well be an image of (predominantly white) terrier puppies being trained to participate in race lynchings! I would suggest Paul censor, um, I mean moderate, it at once, and call the pee-cee police and report it to the image hosting site, and have the perpetrators locked up and won't someone please think of the children!
I think you have hold of the wrong end of the stick.
The family pets are merely PLAYING with the golliwog, not being encouraged in ATTACKING it! You appear to have jumped to entirely the wrong conclusion based only on what you see... or were allowed to see!
These are young dogs that would not know any better. Later when they are all grown up, then they might be liable to have their owners prejudices imposed on them!
Of course all this depends on you accepting the view that a golliwog is actually representative of an ethnic group.
Nowadays little girls play with dolls that pee, and come in a range of ethnic types. When Robertsons used the golliwog symbol, they could well have been taking the first steps to exposing youngsters to other cultures!!
Of course the risking of life or injury is wrong - everyone accepts that - but so too is the climate that breeds these lunatic groups who actually carry out what the rest of us occasionally feel when we let off steam.
I know I have the means to destroy a speed camera, and probably not get caught, in fact it has just got a whole lot easier - the higher they are the further they fall - but I am a better person than that.
I know that eventually the penny will drop when the 24 hour a day propaganda machine is broken, and a compromise will be reached which allows the Govt. to save face, and they'll be cut back.
Others are not so restrained and take the law into their own hands.
All the time nobody is hurt, I can look on with amusement - as I did when John Prescott got egged, and turned around and started throwing punches!