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Old 10-06-2011, 10:03   #1
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Dam Busters dog to be renamed Digger for remake of iconic film because N-word might offend Americans | Mail Online

Well it was debated some time ago when it was heard there was to be a remake of the war time film The Dam Busters and its happened Guy Gibson's much loved dog, Nigger will be renamed Digger wonder if the next thing will be to call the black ball in snooker the darker coloured one
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Old 14-07-2011, 17:21   #2
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Heard about this and I can't say I'm pleased. It might not be the most politically correct name for a dog but The Dam Busters is historically accurate and all the characters featured played some part in real life events leading up to the air raids. Where do you stop in altering names have been deemed too rude for modern audiences?

Camp Freddie? Dr Lipschitz? Even Mark Twain and Jane Austen's novels are getting a makeover so that any passing reader with a weak heart won't be shocked into paralysis by such shocking prose as was written over 100 years ago.

In my opinion the world has become over-populated with the easily offended.
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Who's playing his wife Molly, or as he affectionately calls her in the original film, Coon?
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As pointed out in this thread, political corectness is nothing new, as the original version of the film, when released in the U.S.A., had the dog's name redubbed as Trigger.

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We might not like what's gone on in the past historically, but try and change it at your peril.
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Seeing it's Hollywood it might look a bit like this....
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Heard about this and I can't say I'm pleased. It might not be the most politically correct name for a dog .
70 years ago nobody would have batted an eyelid if you called your dog nigger blacky or anything like that so why the hell change history to placate some dogooding morons, its a totally bloody nonsense brought about by ignorance
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70 years ago nobody would have batted an eyelid if you called your dog nigger blacky or anything like that so why the hell change history to placate some dogooding morons, its a totally bloody nonsense brought about by ignorance
As posted above, when the original film was released in the States, the dog's name was overdubbed so he became Trigger.

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