Prince Philip's gaffes

Galaxy

Yes because those who only talk about his good deeds arent really talking about the man at all. Only about a pretence of the man. We are all a mixture of both good and bad. I hope people dont remember me in the way they have PP, it's not real. But then none of these people actually know him anyway.

Attended lots of funerals when I set up a local gynae cancer support group and most participating had ovarian cancer.

Funnily enough there was never one funeral where the less pleasant side of the deceased was dragged up to vilify them.

Those were antagonistic

Alegrias1

"Do you still throw spears at each other?"

"Looks like it was fitted by an Indian"

Not even going to write down the Chinese one.....

Actually the person the comment about spears was made to has said it was a joke

I have been to lots of funerals where the deceased was referred to as blunt, a character, didnt suffer fools, not to vilify but to you know recognise peoples humanity. I wasnt particularly talking about the funeral either more about the conversations I have seen and heard.
I was sad to hear about Nikki from Big Brother for example, but if someone came on and said crikey she was over dramatic on TV I wouldnt argue. It's about having some sort of grip on reality rather than treating people like puppets.

anniebach How on earth can you argue that those comments don’t meet the dictionary definition of racism?!

"Looks like it was fitted by an Indian"

He did say afterwards that he meant to say cowboy.

But that could be anti-cowboy of course, if someone objects.

What a disgusting and ill timed thread. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone seems apt here.

AmberSpyglass i am not arguing, just giving my opinion

Ailgrias
An explanation, just for you.
www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-03/prince-philip-was-not-a-racist-indigenous-performer-says/9504278

Callistemon so like someone saying “kicked the ball like a girl” then afterwards saying they meant to say “kicked like a child”, for example?

The man has just died. What benefit is there in discussing what he was or not guilty of.
An unpleasant and ill timed thread.

nanna8

What a disgusting and ill timed thread. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone seems apt here.

But nanna8 did you not know that if your sins aren’t made public like those of Prince Philip, or other famous figures, they don’t count.
So in the anonymity on GN you can cast as many stones as you like.

You’re not wrong there molly

Well, he's entitled to his opinion. Just because he didn't think it was a racist comment, it doesn't mean I have to agree with him.

Lots of women don't mind being called girls. Doesn't mean its OK to refer to them that way.

BTW, its Alegrias Thought I'd point that out, just for you.

Alegrias
So your offended on behalf of a person who it was said to who wasn’t offended. Brilliant ?

I think this thread was posted deliberately to get derisive responses about PP.
A silly, unpleasant and badly timed thread.
As a poster said upthread, he who is without sin, cast the first stone.

Erm.. who said I was offended? I know there are certain people who think racism is just about offending snowflakes, how wrong you are. Get yourself educated on the subject.

Prince Philip must have met more people of more races than almost anyone else in the world. He was renowned for being intensely interested in people. The last sort of person likely to be racist.
I heard a paralympian saying that after some race that had involved water he said that at least she wouldn't have got her feet wet in her wheelchair. Another girl who is sometimes confined to a wheelchair said she thought it was hilarious but no doubt some people would be offended.

Except, Deeda, he repeatedly made racist comments. So much so that he was known for it.

How unpleasant this thread is. It should be deleted.

Racist comments ?

Do you eat Welsh rarebit every day

Not wise to go to Hereford we can shoot you

You should have been born black with so many coal miners in your family.

Bet you go to Chapel

One disgusting Liverpool councillor called the poor man " a facsist inbred sh*t "in her Facebook post. Is it any wonder the Labour party is in ruins with such a disgraceful person running the show ! What a pathetic excuse for a representative of the party. Sarah Morton---look in the mirror !!

As far as I m concerned the Chinese ‘little gaffe’ is more than enough for a lifetime, without going into any others
Just like Johnson and his watermelon picaninnies and Trump and his mocking the disabled
People need to think before they speak and not call it a ‘joke’ a joke makes you laugh these don’t, a ‘gaffe’ is just sugar coating a nasty distasteful remark

That doesn’t make me hate Prince Philip but it certainly makes me realise he’s not a blooming saint and the fact that he and others don’t see a problem makes it even more worrying

Do you mean ‘irreverent ‘

Why are you bringing this up now ?