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   The True Melissa to All   
   Re: What Did You Watch? 2026-02-18 (Wedn   
   20 Feb 26 06:39:30   
   
   From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <10n7s28$3qai2$6@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com   
   deliver unto us this message:   
   > I watched an old Tom Baker episode of the Doctor-- "The Talons of   
   > Weng-Chiang", which the YouTubes apparently thought would seriously harm me   
   > with all the warnings about "cultural insensitivity" they put up before the   
   > episode would start.   
   >   
      
   I've always thought that's an interesting display of why censorship is   
   always bad. Nobody watches that episode because of its offensive   
   depictions of Asians, but if they did, they'd see a real-live example of   
   a Time Lord changing race. If the progressives hadn't declared it   
   verboten, they would have had strong ammunition to argue for a non-white   
   Doctor.   
      
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