Misguided Social Justice Warriors again in the news

[cheng]

....And I thought their attempt to spin it as a 'freed slave' pretty lame (surely a freed slave would get rid of their collar, a bit of careful sawing/filing should do the trick!), perhaps they got advice from VW's PR dept.?

exactly my thoughts (about Geobra's illogical explanation) ...but can anyone help Geobra out and offer a better reply to pre-empt any further thoughts of litigation by her?

[tahra]

Insanely ridiculous. 
She forgot to cry racism about the big skull on the sail being black. 

Hey, it used to be white, like my sister pointed out. WE are insulted! OUTRAGE!

The "slave" doesn't seem to mind - he is smiling!   
Her son on the other hand does look as if he is being tortured!

Correct, on both accounts. Maybe she should get him a gun instead? Is he too young for machine gun instruction?

What is amazing is the amount of atention we give these idiots. Only encourages them, I think. 

[Rhalius]

Its clear that this woman just wants a handout of sorts or likes attention.

That clicky is not black, the collar is clearly shown on the box yet she bought that ship anyways for her kid.

People like this trying to profit from white guilt seem to cause more prejudice than they claim to fight against.

It's pretty much the story of "the boy who cried wolf."  If someone keeps looking for every possible excuse to cry "racism!" then people wont take them seriously anymore by the time they have a real case of racism.

As for how I interpret the clicky with the collar, I see him as a former prisoner or slave who the other pirates resqued.

I bet this woman would object to the black clicky with the western gold seekers too since I believe he is serving soup on the box, implying that he would be the slave of the three white gold seekers. (despite them all depicted working too.)

[Bolingbroke]

If it was meant to depict slavery, wouldn't the ship be run by white pirates and all the darker skinned ones have slave collars?


And btw, I love animals but the dancing bear did not offend me. It was historically accurate.

But this has nothing to do with anything. White people never had a monopoly on slavery!

As I said earlier, Ottoman Turks (definitely non-whites!) enslaved Europeans throughout the middleages and later, and Arabs did the same in North Africa up till colonial times.

The problem, as usual, is with globalization. PM is a European thing, it's hard for Americans to understand where we come from.

But people getting offended over nothing, what a silly thing. Ooooh, Im scarred ... Im gonna sue! Tsk. They're ruining a great toy for the rest of us, people like this woman. If you're offended, then don't buy it. As simple as that.

[Baron Marshall]

Amazon.com has this ship on sale for $62.99 this week... 

[SKlick]

But people getting offended over nothing, what a silly thing. Ooooh, Im scarred ... Im gonna sue!

She's not offended. She's an attention wh... who's looking to make a quick buck. Kind of like the kind folks (sarcasm, obviously) from the Westboro Baptist Church. This is not about racism and it's not about Playmobil. It would be best to not pay attention, imo.

No one complains, when a "white" figure is shown in handcuffs. Besides... it could be just as well a regular sun tan.

Amazon.com has this ship on sale for $62.99 this week... 

Not a fan of Amazon. I'd look, if I can find it elsewhere or ask other sellers, if they can match the price.

[tonguello]

Well... now I WANT THIS SET
 

And BTW Sylvia... all the smileys are yellow. We'll sue Playmofriends! 


 

[Rhalius]

Thats still a thing that confuses me yes, that these people seem to think that the only slavery that ever existed is europeans selling black people from africa to America. And even then they choose to ignore the role of the african tribes in Africa who sold their prisoners to slavers.

No one is alive anymore who took part or was subjected to that particular account of slavery. If they are that concerned about slavery they should focus their efforts on fighting against slavery that actually still happens today instead of playing the victim of crimes that have not happened in a very long time.

If people had to keep grudges for their ancestors for eternity, that would mean us Dutch would have to still hold a grudge against Germany, England, Spain and France due to past wars. Both France and Germany occupied us after all, we fought for our independence against Spain and we had four wars with England.

Going even further back its quite likely that some of my ancestors would have been enslaved by the Roman Empire. Should I hold a grudge against Italians for that?

History happened and we should not forget it. Many horrible things happened. But we can't pretend it didnt. That way no one will learn from past mistakes.

Its just kind of backwards thinking like this that keeps surfacing.. I mean they seem eager to remove all references to implied slavery of black people to america, but at the same time they go out of their way to bring up that subject.

[Bolingbroke]

it's like the roman arena. christians should have called for a ban on that because they were fed to the lions in there.

[tahra]

And BTW Sylvia... all the smileys are yellow. We'll sue Playmofriends! 

it's like the roman arena. christians should have called for a ban on that because they were fed to the lions in there.

Please, don't give them ideas. They have enough on their own.