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Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:55:06 GMT

So there's a lot of people that lose their .... over this particular car

https://youtu.be/ZIdCspwvYUk

Is it possible for a car to be racist. Back when this TV show was made there wasn't the controversy over this particular car.

I realise that times have changed but it was good family entertainment in it's day

Re: Can a car be racist

go-tazz — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:35:34 GMT

@martinw-48 wrote:
So there's a lot of people that lose their .... over this particular car

https://youtu.be/ZIdCspwvYUk

Is it possible for a car to be racist. Back when this TV show was made there wasn't the controversy over this particular car.

I realise that times have changed but it was good family entertainment in it's day

Sooner or later any item,speech,action,etc can be termed as racist to someone who takes offense and

perceives it to be racist.

That car can't be listed on eBay for example for the same reason that the nazi flag,etc can't be listed as they

have been determined as offensive and racist to some people even though that might not have been the

intention when that flag was put on the car as others believe it's part of history.

Sometimes you see items listed that may be deemed to be offensive and somehow they got through the system

but then the next day they may be gone and a seller sanctioned for listing it.

Others go through and sell so it wasn't picked up,no one reported it or it was simply allowed as as it fitted

into that small criteria of being a "legal" listing.

Also "racist" is often used where there is none simply as a tool to bring discord.

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:49:13 GMT

Tazz, you can sell that car on ebay.
There's plenty of General Lee cars on ebay right now

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:51:04 GMT

Tazz, 1139 listings just in toys and hobbies ATM

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:52:36 GMT

Tazz, 9489 listings in all categories ATM

Re: Can a car be racist

davidc4430 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:25:04 GMT

i would suggest if the flag is an issue re selling, id cover it but say in the description the flag is being covered for legal reasons.

or if ya clever blur that area.

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:53:26 GMT

David, I'm not selling it

Re: Can a car be racist

joz*garage — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 02:29:50 GMT

Fella who bought my A9X used to have Wayne Negus' HDT A9X race car still in war trim, he got hassled so much and threatened of fines he ended up selling it, couldn't even park it in view of the public outside his commercial property that he had!

Re: Can a car be racist

davidc4430 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 02:59:09 GMT

there are thousands of models of ww2 german aircraft, tanks ect for sale. they dont seem to have problems with the display of nazi flags

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:01:32 GMT

David, I know that the Swastika was banned in Germany for years from being included in model kits but I don't think that it is anymore

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:02:18 GMT

Joz, what was so controversial about that car.
I don't know that driver myself

Re: Can a car be racist

davidc4430 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:07:55 GMT

@martinw-48 wrote:
David, I know that the Swastika was banned in Germany for years from being included in model kits but I don't think that it is anymore

ok, i see what you mean, no swastikas to be seen, just the plain black cross

Re: Can a car be racist

joz*garage — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:43:49 GMT

@martinw-48 wrote:
Joz, what was so controversial about that car.
I don't know that driver myself

Tobacco advertising

https://www.speedcafe.com/2016/09/13/vale-wayne-negus/

Re: Can a car be racist

joz*garage — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:46:46 GMT

I knew the guy he sold it to, but not the current owner. Was awesome seeing it in the flesh

Re: Can a car be racist

davidc4430 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 03:55:45 GMT

oh dear, do you suppose you'll get in big twouble putting that photo on here?

the swastika i can go with being banned but a smoke brand on a vintage car i would never be bothered by.

actually swastikas on replica planes wouldnt bother me either.

its punks flying it as a symbol to their silly 'im rebelling' bull dust i have issue with

Re: Can a car be racist

joz*garage — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 06:46:04 GMT

yeah, i'll probably go to hell for it...

Re: Can a car be racist

martinw-48 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:09:07 GMT

Joz, I found that picture on the net but I thought there must have been another car.
I'm against tobacco but couldn't give a flying .... about an ex racing car still sporting it's tobacco advertising.
I have Scalextric cars with various tobacco companies advertising on.
Years ago when they released the first Brock Marlboro Torana they did it without the Marlboro signage and you had to buy transfers to add on yourself.
Now they put a disclaimer on the boxes.
In fact the Brock Marlboro A9X should be released this year

Re: Can a car be racist

viewmont1071 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:17:14 GMT

from the link: Adolf Hitler was certainly not the first to use the symbol it is as old as Hinduism.

The only planes youy will see with a swastika on it is an american or british plane pre 1939.

The wehrmacht used this

from the link"

"Coca-Cola used it. Carlsberg used it on their beer bottles. The Boy Scouts adopted it and the Girls' Club of America called their magazine Swastika. They would even send out swastika badges to their young readers as a prize for selling copies of the magazine," he says.

It was used by American military units during World War One and it could be seen on RAF planes as late as 1939. Most of these benign uses came to a halt in the 1930s as the Nazis rose to power in Germany.

The Nazi use of the swastika stems from the work of 19th Century German scholars translating old Indian texts, who noticed similarities between their own language and Sanskrit. They concluded that Indians and Germans must have had a shared ancestry and imagined a race of white god-like warriors they called Aryans.

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591

Re: Can a car be racist

viewmont1071 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:24:26 GMT

This is the floor of Customs House near circular quay . When they renovated it recently they considered removing the whole area but in the end it stayed. quote

"During recent renovations there was debate about whether the fylfot should be removed. The City’s architects and historians felt it had a place in the narrative of the building.

It was originally intended as a symbolic welcome for those entering the ‘front door’ of Sydney. We recognise these symbols may offend some visitors, but hope they will be read in the context of their original intention"

https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/discover/the-house

Re: Can a car be racist

viewmont1071 — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 07:30:06 GMT

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