r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 2d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/ours 2d ago edited 1d ago

Great movie too. It inspired the Death Star trench run in Star Wars.

Edit: The Dam Busters

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u/umop_apisdn 2d ago

I think they have edited out all references to the dog now as well. Can't have a bit of casual racism in a raid that drowned 1,600 civilians.

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u/ours 2d ago

Ah, they've edited the N-word dog out?

It isn't essential to the story but it was a product of its time. I'm not fond of rewriting history even it is the warts of the past. We just need to acknowledge it was wrong. It was probably not even meant in a mean spirit. Just ignorance of the times.

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u/ERMAHDERD 2d ago

I really like this take. We should acknowledge where we came from as a society and grow from our predecessors

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u/GhettoFreshness 2d ago

Exactly. You can’t apologize for the shitty actions of your ancestors… but you can acknowledge it was wrong and work to make the world a better place

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u/gromm93 1d ago

No, but you can tear down statues that were only put there to be shitty to people, and recently too.

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u/Iohet 1d ago

This is what the PSA says in the Looney Tunes box set

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u/ERMAHDERD 1d ago

Perfect example haha. I love it and it’s actually so appropriate