Even here in our enlightened Antipodean society, we have the same crass stupidity:
'Nigger Brown' stand gone, Coon cheese next on hit-list
Personally, I believe the Government should remove Idiot Pills from the sunsidised pharmaceuticals list!
Found this:
In 1999, the British television network ITV broadcast a censored version with each of the twelve utterances of Nigger deleted. Replying to complaints against its censorship, ITV blamed the regional broadcaster, London Weekend Television, which, in turn, blamed a junior employee as the unauthorised censor. In June 2001, when ITV re-broadcast the censored version of The Dam Busters, the Index on Censorship criticised it as “unnecessary and ridiculous” censorship breaking the continuity of the film and the story. Versions of the film edited for US television have the dog's name altered to "Trigger".
The name has caused some controversy with a new remake of The Dam Busters, produced by Peter Jackson. A 2009 newspaper article suggests that the name will be changed to "Nigsy" in the new film.
And we accuse other countries of re-writing history..........
RAAF Warrant Officer Len Waters (1924 - 1993) flew 95 missions in Kittyhawks during WWII. Len left school in grade seven, became a sheep sheared and enlisted in the RAAF intending to become a driver/mechanic but ended up a pilot.
Len was an Australian Aboriginal. He named his Kittyhawk "
Black Magic". I guess some will find that name offensive too?