The National Rifle Association takes on Thomas and Friends

Captain Obvious

The UN has recently partnered with the makers of Thomas and Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine) to make a number of new episodes aimed at teaching "children the importance of taking part in the global efforts to end poverty, providing girls and boys with the same opportunities, and of course doing so while protecting our planet".



Russia funded organisation, the NRA, has taken particular exception to this. In particular, they have an issue with a new African female train in the show. They believe introducing gender and ethnicity into the show is unnecessary left wing propaganda. Obviously they haven't seen the show in a while because gender and ethnicity has been in it for a long time. They conclude their exposé by showing and image of Thomas and Friends in KKK hoods with tracks burning behind them in an attempt to bring humour to the show.


So are the NRA right to be highlighting this liberal leftist assault on our beloved childhood characters or has the Trump Train gone off the rails on this one? Also, what has any of this got to do with guns?


CNN story
UN Press release


Can't find the NRA video any more. Guess they hid it.

Atoms for Peace

“there’s blame on both sides and I have no doubt about it”

DEFTLEFTHAND

You Michael Moore?

mikemac2

Is the fat controller still part of this show?

Captain Obvious

mikemac2 wrote: »

Is the fat controller still part of this show?

Fatceptance at it's finest.

donspeekinglesh

mikemac2 wrote: »

Is the fat controller still part of this show?

Yes, but he's now called Sir Toppen Hat.

There used to be a Thin Controller too.

branie2

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Yes, but he's now called Sir Toppen Hat.

There used to be a Thin Controller too.

In my day, he was just The Fat Controller.

branie2

This makes me think of the southern U.S. in the 1950s and 60s.

TheValeyard

branie2 wrote: »

In my day, he was just The Fat Controller.

Yep. Who wore a top hat and told Thomas he was a very naughty engine.

G_R

Myself and a few mates were actually just talking about this (http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sad_Story_of_Henry) the other day

riffmongous

The NRA is f'cked up, what's this got to do with guns? And you'd think they'd have learned their lesson after the weird threatening videos they put out last year

EdgeCase

Where do you even start with this one. The NRA seems to be a parody of itself.

It's just mindboggling to see what passes for normal political debate over there. You'd really have to wonder where an aspect of the US is headed.

suicide_circus

Sal Butamol

I miss the days when cartoons sole purpose was to entertain

The politicising of childhood by the extreme left and right reminds me of the approach of organised religion.

ShooterSF

Sal Butamol wrote: »

I miss the days when cartoons sole purpose was to entertain

The politicising of childhood by the extreme left and right reminds me of the approach of organised religion.

Was this before or after their sole purpose was to sell action figures and merch?

Sal Butamol

ShooterSF wrote: »

Was this before or after their sole purpose was to sell action figures and merch?

You ignore the point that matters.:rolleyes:

Sonics2k

Damn Liberals and their

*shuffles deck*

Multi-ethnic trains in children's TV!

Insect Overlord

Sal Butamol wrote: »

You ignore the point that matters.:rolleyes:

You keep making up points that don't matter. :rolleyes:

TheValeyard

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Yes, but he's now called Sir Toppen Hat.

Sal Butamol

Insect Overlord wrote: »

You keep making up points that don't matter. :rolleyes:

So politicising children's cartoon's or books etc doesn't matter?

Would you have a problem if a popular children's cartoon was influenced by alt-right politics?

No? Really?

Sonics2k

Sal Butamol wrote: »

So politicising children's cartoon's or books etc doesn't matter?

Would you have a problem if a popular children's cartoon was influenced by alt-right politics?

No? Really?

This isn't the first time a FICTIONAL TRAIN in a children's TV show has been from another country.

Sal Butamol

Sonics2k wrote: »

This isn't the first time a FICTIONAL TRAIN in a children's TV show has been from another country.

Did I say it was? No. Stay on point please

Captain Obvious

Sal Butamol wrote: »

I miss the days when cartoons sole purpose was to entertain

The politicising of childhood by the extreme left and right reminds me of the approach of organised religion.

Are you comparing the UN to the extreme left here?

Zebra3

Had no idea the nutjobs in the NRA were funded by Russia.

Sonics2k

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Did I say it was? No. Stay on point please

So let's get this straight.

You're claiming that by having a character of a different nationality in a children's TV show, then it's being politicized?

Captain Planet must have been awful for you.

Yer Da sells Avon

Sal Butamol wrote: »

I miss the days when cartoons sole purpose was to entertain

The politicising of childhood by the extreme left and right reminds me of the approach of organised religion.

Thomas the Tank Engine was already politicised - Gordon was an obvious Tory. A Protestant one too, with a name like that.

Larbre34

EdgeCase wrote: »

Where do you even start with this one. The NRA seems to be a parody of itself.

It's just mindboggling to see what passes for normal political debate over there. You'd really have to wonder where an aspect of the US is headed.

Which begs the question, will other aspects of the US, who arent utter fruit and nut cases be able to rescue it.

Billy86

Sal Butamol

Love how the lefty cultists twist everything to suit their agenda. They are every bit as bad, if not worse, than the NRA nuts

Capt'n Midnight

Captain Obvious wrote: »

So are the NRA right to be highlighting this liberal leftist assault on our beloved childhood characters or has the Trump Train gone off the rails on this one? Also, what has any of this got to do with guns?
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Can't find the NRA video any more. Guess they hid it.

You'll find the NRA Video here - NSFW

It's very unsettling but you can see where the NRA are coming from on this one.

Grab All Association

Is there/was there locomotives ever built in Africa? That’s the biggest problem I have with it, it would be unfeasible for a British railway to purchase an African locomotive.

Billy86

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Love how the lefty cultists twist everything to suit their agenda. They are every bit as bad, if not worse, than the NRA nuts

So what is it that anyone to the left of the NRA does that is "as bad, if not worse than" outright calling for terrorism by advocating violence against people with different political opinions (the textbook definition of terrorism), advocating for more guns in schools, and then point blank lying about the teenage victims of a mass school shooting to try and claim they were violent towards their representatives?

This was about the NRA, but you wanted to claim those to the left of them in general, so examples of the entire left will be needed, thanks.

Sal Butamol

Why are they building a wall in front of the Mexican train?

Is there a trans train? Why not?

Capt'n Midnight

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Why are they building a wall in front of the Mexican ?

Who knows.

TheValeyard

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Why are they building a wall in front of the Mexican train?

Practice.

Grab All Association

Grab All Association wrote: »

Is there/was there locomotives ever built in Africa? That’s the biggest problem I have with it, it would be unfeasible for a British railway to purchase an African locomotive.

Those lunatic trains are fcuking talking to one another man.

If you want realism, I'd start there.

Captain Obvious

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Why are they building a wall in front of the Mexican train?

Is there a trans train? Why not?

That's not a Mexican train. It's Henry.

Junkyard Tom

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Love how the lefty cultists twist everything to suit their agenda. They are every bit as bad, if not worse, than the NRA nuts

You'd piss yourself if you read 'Danny the Champion of the World' by Roald Dahl - it's full of class-war messages.

Stop crying - you're a mess.

Sal Butamol

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

You'd piss yourself if you read 'Danny the Champion of the World' by Roald Dahl - it's full of class-war messages.

Stop crying - you're a mess.

Crying? Is that you Roald Dahl? Quite the imagination you have there

Riddle101

Bit silly of the NRA to get their nickers in a twist over a children's cartoon. In any case the creators of the show are free to do whatever they want with it. If they want to add diversity to the show then so be. There are more important things to worry about.

Sonics2k

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Why are they building a wall in front of the Mexican train?

Is there a trans train? Why not?

That's Henry.

But nice to see you're doing valuable research in the form of meme's.

CrabRevolution

Grab All Association wrote: »

Is there/was there locomotives ever built in Africa? That’s the biggest problem I have with it, it would be unfeasible for a British railway to purchase an African locomotive.

But sentient, talking trains are A-OK?

Sal Butamol

Sonics2k wrote: »

That's Henry.

But nice to see you're doing valuable research in the form of meme's.

Does this bollocks deserve better?

Sal Butamol

Riddle101 wrote: »

Bit silly of the NRA to get their nickers in a twist over a children's cartoon. In any case the creators of the show are free to do whatever they want with it. If they want to add diversity to the show then so be. There are more important things to worry about.

You'd think the UN would have more important things to worry about too.

Captain Obvious

Sal Butamol wrote: »

You'd think the UN would have more important things to worry about too.

You're really taking this hard.

whisky_galore

Sal Butamol wrote: »

You'd think the UN would have more important things to worry about too.

If you start with kids they might have a chance not growing up to become rascist wanker adults.

Sal Butamol

whisky_galore wrote: »

If you start with kids they might have a chance not growing up to become rascist wanker adults.

At least those kids have a future, unlike the ones blown to bits by the Saudis in Yemen. The same Saudis that head the UN Human rights advisory committee.

Excuse me if I question the decision of such an idiotic organisation.

WinnyThePoo

Aww the poor lads having a breakdown over a fictional children's show.

Boards never seems disappoint.

Sal Butamol

The only breakdowns evident in recent times is the mass hysteria caused by Trump Derangement Syndrome



But of course the lefties just love to project...

WinnyThePoo

If in doubt. Start making even less sense lol.

Manic Moran

As I recall, The Thin Controller was from a nearby island. The other guy will always be The Fat Controller to me. My old books will confuse the hell out of my son.

As for the NRA thing, I have no idea what they were thinking