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Posted on 10/09/2025 9:19:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
'Academic killjoys' have slapped a trigger warning on Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Dr No.
English literature students at the University of Portsmouth have reportedly been warned that the book, published in 1958, contains 'instances of racism, misogyny and xenophobia'.
The university said the warning 'enables students to prepare emotionally' as well as engage 'more deeply' with the text.
The book, which centres on 007's investigation into the appearance of two MI6 operatives in Jamaica, is among more than 50 texts slapped with a trigger warning.
Course leaders claim the book's titular villain, Chinese-German scientist Dr Julius No, is 'problematic, with use of 'racialism' and 'outdated language' throughout.
Students were told: 'Please note: James Bond films and novels are popular to this day but contain many problematic issues such as racism, misogyny and xenophobia.
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I knew I liked the movie for some reason.
A 25 year old Ursula Andress in a bikini?
We know who you are, where you are from and what you're doing.
You know you are dealing with orwellian history revisionists when you can’t read or watch prior things without cultural warning labels smacking you in the face.
Let me know when the profs at the University of Portsmouth start demanding trigger warnings on the Koran because of the potentially offensive stuff therein.
I won’t hold my breath.
Oh, and I'll have a large fries and a medium Coke with that cheeseburger, thanks again!
That's not what the perpetually offended professional victims think it means ...
And Shang Chi’s father is Fu Manchu, but I’m sure Disney didn’t allow that. No wonder the film tanked.
IMHO, in the movies, the group that’s the most frequent target of bigotry are the Brits. Every movie plays on the stereotypes of two or three groups (i.e. Japanese, and/or Americans, and/or Russians, etc.). But the one group that’s always stereotyped are the Brits as being insufferably arrogant and snotty.
Ian Fleming knew first-hand whereof he wrote.
Ursula Andress ...
007 was hoping to see Ursula Undress.
I’ve always thought that if you have to point out that something is racist, etc., before anyone notices, then it probably isn’t racist, etc.
I read all the Ian Fleming novels back when I first discovered the Bond films. High literature isn’t how I would describe them. Fun spy thrillers set mostly in the 1950s post war era is what they are. Great for page turning in bed or on a couch with some munchies. In the later novels the books edged into the fantastic and bizarre which I would say Dr. No did. The movies eventually took that as well and went even further. I never thought they would be studied as literature at some point in the future.
Yowzah!
And just like that, there were no Ukraine posts any more.
Getting the freepers to go racist and xenophobic is a MUCH more productive troll.
Commies using magic words again. Not working anymore.
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