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claim the book's titular villain, Chinese-German scientist Dr Julius No, is 'problematic, with use of 'racialism' and 'outdated language' throughout.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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Less work, too - if you can get the FR chumps to spew in what they thought was their “safe space”...
Yep.
Yep.
I read them all in the 60s and 70s. I heard something a while back about bowdlerized editions coming out, so maybe I’d best collect the originals while I can.
So true. Posters assume they are safe, but this RAT is looking to trap them.
They can watch The Eiger Sanction instead.
It is. So what?
He’s trying to “dirty up” the term “xenophobe” so he can continue his new H1-B troll with help from the stupid freeper crowd.
Pretty smart.
Weird that I still don’t see his name on the donor board for Q4 2025...
I guess you don’t contribute to the website that you’re trying to trash...
While searching for that I saw that there has been a big controversy recently about Amazon removing the guns from the Bond artwork. His License to Kill has been revoked.
I thought his firearm of choice was a Walther PPK!
That’s correct, WW2 and it’s after effects was all based on stopping racism and xenophobia. I am so glad the educators at Portsmouth got that right. I am so glad Hitler gave up Lebenschraum land grab initiatives to specialize in xenophobia and racism./Sarc
The current drive to control xenophobia and racism is meant to allow western and eastern civilizations to embrace soft invasion by “so called” refugees. Has anyone ever asked the leaders of the refugee producing nations as to why their peoples are leaving? What are those leaders doing wrong?
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WHAT?? No gun warning?
James Bond was a "homophobe." When he spotted two lesbians he recoiled in disgust. Fleming wrote (as best as I remember it):
Bond didn't hate homosexuals. He pitied them. Broken people. Something went wrong in childhood.
That was the scene where he got his Walther. Bond had the Beretta in early books until a gun expert told Flemming it was a girly gun. Q swapped his gun in the first movie.
Back when the world made sense.
I'm sure there are already academics who've published unreadable articles analyzing the Teletubbies and Barney the Dinosaur.
Ok clearly the first movie made a bigger impression on me then the books on that item.
Again with the racist and Xe phobic crap. Stop using nonsense leftist words.
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