Thursday - December 10, 2009

A world blighted by a ‘conservative political ideology’ and a rigid class system. ok. yawn.zzz

OK moms and dads.  Now you’re going have to vet kiddie books to make sure your offspring aren’t being fed any anti-pc stuff in the form of sexist toons and books.
You couldn’t make this one up.  Only a libtard, leftist idiot with plenty of extra time and no real job could come up with this one.

Thomas The Tank Engine is sexist?

Jeesh!

(Due to a temporary tech problem, I am unable to post photos here at this moment.  It isn’t BMEWS, problem is at my end. Hope to fix soon. see more and photos at the link below. thanks.)

- UPDATE on our water heater problem and electric zap thru water.  After an hour and ten minutes I called em back. Again.  You’ll recall from an earlier post, they were to have called, GUARANTEED, in 25 to 30 minutes. Uh huh. Well they didn’t.  So, I called and raised some hell and asked if when they said 30 minutes they meant in this century er what? Said a few other things as well.  So finally did get a call after my rant.  Seems somewhere along the line they couldn’t find details of coverage and oh by the way, the water heater itself and the immersion element are NOT covered. Only the electric that leads to them. OK fine, all we want is hot water again.  But since they thought that my policy had expired when in fact I bought a newer one from them before the other two policies expired and combined the two, well.  For a time we didn’t exist.  Fun huh?

Electrician is coming tonight.  GUARANTEED.  (he called us once he got their message)

A short while ago the plumber called to ask what the problem was with the water heater, and so I had to explain everything to him.  But he won’t come out till the electrician looks at things, and so he’s gonna call us at 9am tomorrow morning. GUARANTEED.

Meanwhile ..... they are cutting paving tiles, thick ones, next door.  The noise (and HUGE clouds of grey dust) is maddening but that’s progress.

PC controller gets steamed up over Thomas ‘the Sexist’ Tank Engine

By David Wilkes
10th December 2009

If you thought the television tales about Thomas the Tank Engine were merely light-hearted fun, think again.

In fact, they portray a world blighted by a ‘conservative political ideology’ and a rigid class system which stifles self-expression. And they are sexist.

That, at least, is the view of a female academic who took the trouble to analyse 23 episodes of the programme inspired by the books of the Rev W V Awdry.

According to Professor Shauna Wilton, women are under-represented in the stories and what few female characters there are tend to have ‘secondary’ roles or be bossy.

What’s more, she has warned that such negative messages about society subconsciously gleaned from the show might even drive its young fans off the rails in later life.

The learned professor was inspired to carry out her study after watching Thomas videos with her three-year-old daughter. While the child was enthralled, her mother was dismayed.

She was left feeling ‘uncomfortable’ by the way the colourful steam engines are punished if they show initiative or try to change their rank or role.

Her research also highlights the class divide, with Thomas and his fellow engines including Percy and James at the bottom of the social ladder and the Fat Controller, Sir Topham Hatt, at the top.

Any attempt by the downtrodden workers to show initiative or dissent is met with punishment, she found.

In one episode, for example, Thomas whistles impatiently at a police officer and is replaced with a different engine as a punishment for showing dissent.

Professor Wilton, from the department of political sciences at Alberta University, Canada, wants tighter controls on what is broadcast-to children.

She said: ‘We tend to think of children’s TV shows as neutral and safe, but they still carry messages.

‘Eventually these children will attain full political citizenship, and the opinions and world outlook they develop now, partially influencedby shows like Thomas, are part of that process.’

Laura Midgley, of the Campaign Against Political Correctness, described the research as ‘ unbelievable nonsense’.

She said: ‘I cannot believe anyone has the time and energy to do such a study. I’m surprised she hasn’t singled out the Fat Controller as an example of fattism too.

‘Children should just be left to enjoy the innocent fun of Thomas without the politically- correct brigade stoking the fires and ruining their enjoyment.’

Yeah. Take a look at what mz Shauna (?) thinks will derail the kiddies in later life.  Pay attention parents. She’ll be testing later. effin idiot!

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