Talk:I've Never Met a Nice South African

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82.13.28.123 wrote (since rv'd): The BBC has not yet apologised from broadcasting this racist and stereotyping sketch, yet they apolgised when the name of a certain type of Muslims was prounounced wrong. Needless to say it can be deeply offensive to White South Africans.

You make a good point that should have been better expressed without the dig at the Beeb. In any case you'll be waiting for eternity for the BBC to apologise about Spitting Image. It was an ITV production! BaseTurnComplete 18:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

And lets not forget "stingingly accurate". Apologise for taking pot shots at an autocratic regime? That'd be like them apologising for what they did to Saddam, Reagan or whoever else they attacked in their time.--Koncorde 23:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

"Sung by Andy Roberts", wasn't it sung by Chris Barrie? Shaun680 22:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

haha this is brilliant--129.215.149.98 15:16, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Why don't they ban this song as racist? They would do if it were about black South Africans (I have quite strong views on things like this because my aunt was a white South African) --User:GeorgeFormby1 —Preceding comment was added at 16:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I think you've missed the point... This was an attack on Apartheid era South Africa, a state where racism was enshrined in the law. The lyrics are actually anti-racist rather than racist, the main critisism of the white South Africans is that they are "racists", that they are "murderers" and that they "smell like baboons". The first two were valid political opinions at the time and the third is clearly supposed to be satirical.86.149.214.15 (talk) 17:28, 26 May 2008 (UTC)