Another Daily Mail classic

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3512829/Meet-Raul-Yong-Bao-Ashima-new-characters-brought-help-revamp-Thomas-Tank-Engine.html

The comments section on this one :lol:

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Reply 1

AlmightyJesus

5

lmao indian, mexican, brazillian and chinese tank engines on thomas the tank engine. now I've heard everything...come on, surely this is too deliberate and intentional to be taken as if it's innocent and unsuspecting? surely it suggests an obvious political agenda as opposed to mere children's television...? it just reeks of cultural engineering, as opposed to "what? what's wrong with this? *obliviousness*"

what was wrong with the original line up of native/british tank engine characters though? was this strictly necessary? was the former line up broken and needed fixing?

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Reply 2

Plagioclase

21

No, the comments are too painful...

Reply 3

MildredMalone

16

I think it's more likely to be a method of selling the toys to a wider audience tbh.

Reply 4

Oliver_94

1

It's disgusting that there are no Muslim Thomas the tank engines, the Muslim community represent a large proportion of society and deserve representation

Reply 5

AlmightyJesus

5

Original post by Oliver_94

It's disgusting that there are no Muslim Thomas the tank engines, the Muslim community represent a large proportion of society and deserve representation

I love how I can't tell if you're serious - that's the beauty of this debate

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Reply 6

RarestPepe

1

They're right, Thomas is racist

A ****ING WHITE TRAIN

Reply 7

Olie

20

Do DM commenters just sit on the DM website all day waiting for stories to get angry at, such hilarious overly dramatic angry nonsense over something so trivial... :lol:

Reply 8

jblackmoustache

OP

17

Original post by Olie

Do DM commenters just sit on the DM website all day waiting for stories to get angry at, such hilarious overly dramatic angry nonsense over something so trivial... :lol:

The DM out Onions The Onion so many times.

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Reply 9

Lord Samosa

19

Original post by AlmightyJesus

lmao indian, mexican, brazillian and chinese tank engines on thomas the tank engine. now I've heard everything...come on, surely this is too deliberate and intentional to be taken as if it's innocent and unsuspecting? surely it suggests an obvious political agenda as opposed to mere children's television...? it just reeks of cultural engineering, as opposed to "what? what's wrong with this? *obliviousness*"

what was wrong with the original line up of native/british tank engine characters though? was this strictly necessary? was the former line up broken and needed fixing?

I guess it's nice to educate children about different cultures. I mean these shows are meant to educate kids to a certain degree :dontknow:

Reply 10

BaconandSauce

5

Original post by AlmightyJesus

lmao indian, mexican, brazillian and chinese tank engines on thomas the tank engine. now I've heard everything...come on, surely this is too deliberate and intentional to be taken as if it's innocent and unsuspecting? surely it suggests an obvious political agenda as opposed to mere children's television...? it just reeks of cultural engineering, as opposed to "what? what's wrong with this? *obliviousness*"

what was wrong with the original line up of native/british tank engine characters though? was this strictly necessary? was the former line up broken and needed fixing?

Have to agree

It seems my culture needs to be watered down to allow those who have no culture or have fled their own and come to mine to fell better about themselves

Expect to see more of this in the future

Reply 11

BaconandSauce

5

Original post by Oliver_94

It's disgusting that there are no Muslim Thomas the tank engines, the Muslim community represent a large proportion of society and deserve representation

Muslims make up about 4% of the UK population

Before there is a 'Muslim' tank (and one that doesn't explode and kill all of the other tanks /sarc) there should be an openly Gay tank

Reply 12

jblackmoustache

OP

17

Original post by Lord Samosa

I guess it's nice to educate children about different cultures. I mean these shows are meant to educate kids to a certain degree :dontknow:

Plus Thomas the Tank Engine is watched worldwide and is incredibly popular.

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Reply 13

silentó

Do the stanky leg.
Stank! Stank!

Reply 14

BaconandSauce

5

Original post by jblackmoustache

Plus Thomas the Tank Engine is watched worldwide and is incredibly popular.

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and it was watched before the proposed changes

Reply 15

Lord Samosa

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Original post by BaconandSauce

and it was watched before the proposed changes

Are... Are you actually triggered by this change? :toofunny:

Reply 16

BaconandSauce

5

Original post by Lord Samosa

Are... Are you actually triggered by this change? :toofunny:

I don't understand the term 'triggered' in this context

If you mean I am disappointed at this then yes I am as I see no need to water down TV programs to make a minority feel more comfortable about their choices

Reply 17

Lord Samosa

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Original post by BaconandSauce

I don't understand the term 'triggered' in this context

If you mean I am disappointed at this then yes I am as I see no need to water down TV programs to make a minority feel more comfortable about their choices