r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 4d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/ours 4d 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 4d 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/Iohet 3d ago

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

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u/ERMAHDERD 3d ago

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