Does all this PC stuff remind anyone else of the People's Front of Judea

[ourbluenation]

What we need is a good dose of Monty Python to lighten the mood!!!
:rofl:

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ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen. The next contest is between... Frank Goliath, the Macedonian baby-crusher, and Boris Mineburg.
BRIAN:
Want some...
VOICE:
Thank you, fellows.
BRIAN:
Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar. Tuscany fried bats.
JUDITH:
I do feel, Reg, that any Anti-Imperialist group like ours must reflect such a divergence of interests within its power-base.
REG:
Agreed. Francis?
FRANCIS:
Yeah. I think Judith's point of view is very valid, Reg, provided the Movement never forgets that it is the inalienable right of every man--
STAN:
Or woman.
FRANCIS:
Or woman... to rid himself--
STAN:
Or herself.
FRANCIS:
Or herself.
REG:
Agreed.
FRANCIS:
Thank you, brother.
STAN:
Or sister.
FRANCIS:
Or sister. Where was I?
REG:
I think you'd finished.
FRANCIS:
Oh. Right.
REG:
Furthermore, it is the birthright of every man--
STAN:
Or woman.
REG:
Why don't you shut up about women, Stan. You're putting us off.
STAN:
Women have a perfect right to play a part in our movement, Reg.
FRANCIS:
Why are you always on about women, Stan?
STAN:
I want to be one.
REG:
What?
STAN:
I want to be a woman. From now on, I want you all to call me 'Loretta'.
REG:
What?!
LORETTA:
It's my right as a man.
JUDITH:
Well, why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?
LORETTA:
I want to have babies.
REG:
You want to have babies?!
LORETTA:
It's every man's right to have babies if he wants them.
REG:
But... you can't have babies.
LORETTA:
Don't you oppress me.
REG:
I'm not oppressing you, Stan. You haven't got a womb! Where's the foetus going to gestate?! You going to keep it in a box?!
LORETTA:

JUDITH:
Here! I-- I've got an idea. Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb, which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans', but that he can have the right to have babies.
FRANCIS:
Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother. Sister. Sorry.
REG:
What's the point?
FRANCIS:
What?
REG:
What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies when he can't have babies?!
FRANCIS:
It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
REG:
Symbolic of his struggle against reality.


GUARD:
Get out there.
BORIS:
It's, um--
GUARD:
Get out there.
BORIS:
It's dangerous out there. Ah ah. Ah! Oh.


Ooh.
CROWD:
Aaah. Ohh...
SPECTATOR:
What a load of rubbish.
BRIAN:
Larks' tongues. Otters' noses. Ocelot spleens.
REG:
Got any nuts?
BRIAN:
I haven't got any nuts. Sorry. I've got wrens' livers, badgers' spleens--
REG:
No, no, no.
BRIAN:
Otters' noses?
REG:
I don't want any of that Roman rubbish.
JUDITH:
Why don't you sell proper food?
BRIAN:
Proper food?
REG:
Yeah, not those rich imperialist tit-bits.
BRIAN:
Well, don't blame me. I didn't ask to sell this stuff.
REG:
All right. Bag of otters' noses, then.
FRANCIS:
Make it two.
REG:
Two.
FRANCIS:
Thanks, Reg.
BRIAN:
Are you the Judean People's Front?
REG:
Fuck off!
BRIAN:
What?
REG:
Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea! Judean People's Front. Cawk.
FRANCIS:
Wankers.
BRIAN:
Can I... join your group?
REG:
No. Piss off.
BRIAN:
I didn't want to sell this stuff. It's only a job. I hate the Romans as much as anybody.
PEOPLE'S FRONT OF JUDEA:
Shhhh. Shhhh. Shhh. Shh. Shhhh.
REG:
Schtum.
JUDITH:
Are you sure?
BRIAN:
Oh, dead sure. I hate the Romans already.
REG:
Listen. If you really wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans.
BRIAN:
I do!
REG:
Oh, yeah? How much?
BRIAN:
A lot!
REG:
Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the Romans are the fucking Judean People's Front.
P.F.J.:
Yeah...
JUDITH:
Splitters.
P.F.J.:
Splitters...
FRANCIS:
And the Judean Popular People's Front.
P.F.J.:
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
LORETTA:
And the People's Front of Judea.
P.F.J.:
Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
REG:
What?
LORETTA:
The People's Front of Judea. Splitters.
REG:
We're the People's Front of Judea!
LORETTA:
Oh. I thought we were the Popular Front.
REG:
People's Front! C-huh.
FRANCIS:
Whatever happened to the Popular Front, Reg?
REG:
He's over there.
P.F.J.:
Splitter!

[ourbluenation]

1. I can't believe I'm the only Monty Python fan around here....

oh well.

[leftstreet]

11. So we'll go onto you Che....

Che Guevara - Coventry City last won the FA Cup in what year? No? I'll throw it open. Coventry City last won the FA Cup in what year? No? Well, I'm not surprised you didn't get that. It was in fact a trick question. Coventry City have never won the FA Cup.

So with the scores all equal now we go onto our second round, and Lenin it's your starter for ten. Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959. What was the name of the song? ... Teddy Johnson and Pearl Carr's song in the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest? Anybody? Yes, Mao Tse-tung?

Mao Tse-tung: 'Sing Little Birdie'?

Presenter: Yes it was indeed. Well challenged. Well now we come on to our special gift section. The contestant is Karl Marx and the prize this week is a beautiful lounge suite. Now Karl has elected to, answer questions on the workers' control of factories so here we go with question number one. Are you nervous? The development of the industrial proletariat is conditioned by what other development?

Karl: The development of the industrial bourgeoisie.

Presenter: Yes, yes, it is indeed. You're on your way to the lounge suite, Karl. Question number two. The struggle of class against class is a what struggle? A what struggle?

Karl: A political struggle.

Presenter: Yes, yes! One final question Karl and the beautiful lounge suite will be yours... Are you going to have a go? You're a brave man. Karl Marx, your final question, who won the Cup Final in 1949?

Karl: The workers' control of the means of production? The struggle of the urban proletariat?

Presenter: No. It was in fact, Wolverhampton Wanderers who beat Leicester 3-1.

[Kailassa]

19. I can't laugh at this because, as a high school student,

(many years ago,) I was told it was ridiculous me to fight for the right of girls to study chemistry, physics, applied maths and calculus, (girls were allowed to do general maths and biology,) because girls just couldn't do maths and science, our brains were not made that way.

It was easy to prove that I not only could do them, but that I could beat any of the guys at those things, but the school would not let me anyway. The principal and senior teachers said they would be irresponsible if they helped me make myself into even more of a freak, and that no man would want to marry me if I did. That was no threat to me, as I couldn't see why any girl would want to marry, but I was not allowed into the classes I was good at and loved anyway, and had to go "girl's stuff." I had wanted to be a doctor, and never could be, thanks to that.

On the other hand, I'm happy to see you posting this and for people to laugh, because I like people to be happy. I just hope people also realize there is a serious side to it.

[porphyrian]

2. "Suicide squad, attack!" - n/t

[blogslut]

3. The People's Judean Front!

:)

[ourbluenation]

6. Splitter!!!! Boo...Hiss!

[blogslut]

9. Blessed are the Cheesemakers

;)

[ourbluenation]

13. Blessed are the Cheesemakers?

(In thick manchester accent!

Bwahahahahahaaaa!

[Beacho]

4. What prompted this?

Just curious, usually my response to PC humbuggery is :boring:

[ourbluenation]

5. this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=925422&mesg_id=925422

[JuniperLea]

7. I think this may have done it... now locked;)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x925422

[Ksec]

8. I liked Monty Python but

I loved Benny Hill.

[Beacho]

10. Yeah, I saw it

I like this poster deciding what *is* and *is not* acceptable at DU.

Gee thanks *finger*

[Duncan Grant]

15. A faux indignity to avoid the difficult subject matter, imho.

*finger* to you, too.

[ourbluenation]

18. nothing "faux" about it - I think he was pretty straight up....

"Posts that insult transgendered people are no longer acceptable at DU."

who died and left you in charge was the crux of the "faux" indignity.

[Nevernose]

12. The audio commentary on the Criterion edition...

...says about this scene something to the effect of "this is a direct mockery of the various leftist groups and organizations that were floating about and were so fashionable in the 1970s."

[ourbluenation]

14. hence why the "other" thread reminded me of this.

[lastknowngood]

16. I thought we were the popular front

n/t

[leftofthedial]

17. always look on the bright side of life

thanks for the quote!

[baby_mouse]

20. There is a point to be made here by the PC crowd, unfortunately...

They are very VERY bad at making it, usually because they are never the actual subjects of the words they find so offensive.

Google "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis"....

[Fenris]

21. Locking.

Please refrain from posting threads which reference locked flamewars.

Thank you,
Fenris
GD Moderator