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Sunday, 15 July 2007

Tintin Triumph

The Commission for Racial Equality, still thinking that it's 1970 and that the best way to promote racial harmony is to approach children's literature like Margaret Dumont in a sex-toy shop, denounced the 1930's comic book Tintin in the Congo as "racist" and demanded that the Borders bookshop chain remove it from their shelves least five-year olds glance at the cover and go bolting off for the nearest BNP office to join up.

The result? Tintin remains on the shelves (albeit not in the children's section) and sales have skyrocketed 3800 percent.

My copy should be arriving on Tuesday.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSunday, 15 July 2007 at 19:27:00 GMT-7

    "What this book tells me is that goose-stepping morons, such as yourself, should read books instead of burning them."

    --Dr. Henry Jones Sr.

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  2. jayessellMonday, 16 July 2007 at 05:43:00 GMT-7

    Did the BBC have a problem with this?


    http://counter-x.net/tintin/books/01_soviets.html

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  3. AnonymousWednesday, 18 July 2007 at 03:44:00 GMT-7

    Huzzah! It's not racist, it's colonialist! Which is much more funny.

    *Dons pith helmet and handlebar moustache*

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