Spike Milligan on racism

Interviewed by psychiatrist Anthony Clare in 1982, Spike Milligan tells of his racist upbringing in colonial India.

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• India
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[britishradio]

Spike marched against the Blackshirts in 1933, big difference. I think you half-read it somewhere.

[MakinMagicFractals]

It's about time the idea of PC/not-PC actually moved on to the point where everyone accepts that it's not "the words" that are racist but *the intent* and those who think people like Spike or a show like "'Till death us do part" are racist in a negative sense really need to both take some intelligence pills and apply some common sense. (I'm not saying that Alf Garnett wasn't racist, just that the show wasn't). This type of humour is anti-racist if anything - it's ridiculing true racism.

[5554132]

words of wisdom from a beautifull being im humbled to hear his words from the passing of time, theses words are still wise

[mmartini50]

So true Spike, what a guy. RIP mate, one of the good ones went with your passing.

[MakinMagicFractals]

@MaskedMan66 On reflection I should have said that Man came up with *the idea of God* i.e. created the idea rather than the actuality - since I don't believe in God but accept that anything that can neither be proved or disproved is in fact possible then if God (as in Man's idea of God) really does exist then I'd accept that God wasn't necessarily created by Man in that sense. With respect to God and religion I basically have no real problem until people start treating "belief" as "fact"

[blobby1972]

@MaskedMan66 one like your good self .

[MakinMagicFractals]

@MaskedMan66 "since by their lights the whole of creation is a mistake, and we're just cogs in a vast, uncaring machine."

I don't know anyone who thinks Creation was a mistake, but since I don't believe in "Creation" the point is moot anyway. As for "cogs in a vast uncaring machine" I agree, science alone points to determinism, however I believe there is more to it than that such that "free will* is *not* just an illusion (e.g. me writing this) but that doesn't need a God.

[MakinMagicFractals]

@MaskedMan66 "You are right (in a sense) about existence being eternal; God is existence. But this universe is temporal."

Yes the *known* Universe is temporal but just because there may be more than what we know doesn't confirm (or deny) the existence of God it merely means *we aren't Gods* !!

[MakinMagicFractals]

@MaskedMan66 Rights come from *Man* through social interactions based on experience, nothing more.

[MakinMagicFractals]

@MaskedMan66 What complete and utter b*ll*cks ! The idea of both Gods *and* God were created simply to help control an uneducated population *and* because they give some sort of answer to "the eternal question" (answer 42).

[MrSirMrSirMr]

@MaskedMan66 You've clearly never read The Bible. "I am a jealous God". The Old Testament God who has his own tent, can be heard walking, who tricks his closest followers into betraying him so he can destroy him. The God who orders his followers to rape the women and slaughter the animals and children of defeated peoples. It's all in there.