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2012-02-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Belgian Court Refuses to Ban 'Tintin in the Congo'

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Posted by Fred 2012-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Uh, uh, RIN-TIN-TIN + RUSTY HAD A "CONGO/ AFRICA" EPISODE???

Who knew?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-02-12 03:28|| 2012-02-12 03:28|| Front Page Top

#2 The court argued that given the historical context -- the book was written during the colonial era in 1931 -- the author, Herge, "could not have been motivated by the desire" to discriminate, the lawyer, Ahmed L'Hedim, told AFP.

So Racism is an invention of the post-colonial period?

Posted by Skidmark 2012-02-12 08:32|| 2012-02-12 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Belgian Congo, 1931. Nope, no racism there.

Posted by Grunter 2012-02-12 12:48|| 2012-02-12 12:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The horror! The horror!
/channeling Joseph Conrad

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-02-12 13:29|| 2012-02-12 13:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Can we get the un-censored original versions of Tom Sawyers and Huckleberry Finn back?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2012-02-12 13:51|| 2012-02-12 13:51|| Front Page Top

#6 don't be looking for Disney's "Songs of the South". It's been pulled

Posted by Frank G 2012-02-12 14:20|| 2012-02-12 14:20|| Front Page Top

#7 As I recall, the three big tourist purchases in
Brussels were chocolates, lace, and Tintin. He even has his own shop, just off the Grand Place. No judge is going to rule against such a traditional cash cow, not in the city whose mascot is the statue of a peeing toddler whose wardrobe probably by now rival's that of the queen of England, and especially not now that times are so difficult.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-02-12 17:29|| 2012-02-12 17:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Capt. Haddock curses, "Gibbering anthropoids!"

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-02-12 21:32|| 2012-02-12 21:32|| Front Page Top