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I'm still a bit puzzled about what the deeper point(s) is/are of this article. Is it that you fear that talented people will be excluded from state media or media in general? Or is it more about a cultural shift(s) that you see and fear? Or is it more about JC and TG as we know it is ending? I'm intrigued why you care so much about this event, and I mean it in the most positive sense. Please help me to understand. Thanks!

How is it we can say: your country is worse - without much trouble, and not your race is worse? In my view Both stupid generalisations. Only the latter is less political correct. In the near future though - mark my words - the nationalism will become taboo very soon. It's a EU plan, it's a UN and other globalist endorsers plan, who want to reorder the world and manage it. We all know that money already doesn't consider nations much. Dutch factories where happy to outsource for bigger profits. Under the GATT treaty the big ones even got financial guarantees FOR setting up shop in the cheap east. This is the direction of the political wind. I find it remarkable that readers here, whom I think highly off, cannot keep the alleged Top Gear host's actions separate from what I think was Andrews main point, that political correctness is killing spontaneous creativity. But maybe everybody already agrees with this? Has anyone experienced it themselves? Do we dare to verbalise our limitations? And if we don't might we dare later when we feel financial secure for instance? Maybe the pc en censorship is not the level of "Das Leben der Anderen", but frankly, I sense it is heading that direction. Can we do something about it?

I want to thank Andrew for sticking out his head to voice his and mine frustration with political correctness. The exampled events maybe too fresh and undeveloped, but I agree with the political correctness that as a overbearing force has become very present in today's media. Such a force that it pushes out some of the most authentic and creative people within this industry. Maybe someone can make a short documentary about this? or should I ask would someone dare to make one? would it make a difference? Personally I'm getting very ticked off with all the pc memes that are pushed by all media. Memes such as: there are too many people, global warming, climate change, kalifate, Islamic state, etc, etc. I wonder how The Wonder List would have been made if Philip Bloom was allowed to voice his personal views, instead of just getting the best image reflecting the aforementioned pc memes. I wonder if film makers of today fear going against the pc memes of today? Would they be able to live of their craft if they would not portray and follow today's pc memes? I love authentic work, even if it's not correct, faulted, it is genuine. Let's hope for less pressure and more breathing space.

Most people don't like work. They like to have fun (experimentation). So having a simple, workless, work flow would help. Like my parents, they like to carry a compact zoom, point and shoot, because in automatic the camera does all the thinking for them. (thinking = work). The difficult part, like the Mayflower presentation said, is offloading and printing or viewing the photo's. - let alone editing them... My dad recognises my cam's lens is better then his, but still is happy with his image quality of his point and shoot. If I where to make a camera for my dad, it would have a few big buttons, and big touch focus screen, favourite button, nfc,wifi, big battery, sturdy easy to hold semi compact weather sealed design, with superzoom lens, m43 sensor like size. The camera would shoot raw, but has in camera processing to adjust exposure and apply instagram like filters, before uploading to TV/PC/print service. Basically making a tool for kids, not for people who like to make a study out of it. With such an accessible medium quality camera, they could keep funding the fully manually controllable camera's, for those who want 100% control, and the highest quality. Such enthusiast camera's could still benefit from a quick in camera raw processing ability, favourite button, and share button. With buttons arranged in such way that the main functions can be used without shifting the position of the hands and fingers. Because, repositioning them takes time. About smart phones camera's taking over camera's, I still believe there is a partial truth to this, exposed through the intent of the photograph taken. When the intent is to record a simple memory of one in a certain situation, a smart phone level of camera is sufficient. It shows the Eifel tower, and the recognisable faces. Dedicated camera's are now only for those that care about image quality, more then just having a simple reminder of a moment. In the past dedicated camera's where the only available tool to have a reminding image, besides drawing. Now the the smart phone camera can do this easy, and it comes for free with the phone everyone has. Buying a dedicated camera is then for a different person. Why would a person owning a smart phone buy a dedicated camera? And why not? We do not need to despair about photography going away, as according to the Mayflower lecture at least 1.500.000.000 people have now a camera on them all the time. A smart phone IS a camera! However the dedicated camera will go through chances to make them more accessible for people who do not like or do not want or cannot to think, thinking = work, but still want more ability then a smart phone camera provides. And then for the pro's, who love to have control over their image, and always work on their photo's in post, I think speed and quality is their basic need. Personally I would love to have a raw focussed camera, that shows me the flat high dynamic range raw picture to check for focus, clipping, framing. Then later in post I adjust may favourite photo's for things like exposure, contrast, saturation, clarity, sharpness, cropping, cloning, etc. Post processing in camera, or via an camera app on a bigger screen would be ideal during that coffee break, or flight. I think this is a very good discussion, and we users should tell manufactures what we need and want. I would thrilled to hear reps from the manufacturers would chime in and let us know they are taking notes, or even asking us, the more knowledgeable users specific questions. Thanks yo Andrew for bringing the subject to the front!

People don't like work. They like to have fun (experimentation). So having a simple, workless, work flow would help. Like my parents, they like to carry a compact zoom, point and shoot, because in automatic the camera does all the thinking for them. (thinking = work). The difficult part, like the presentation said, is offloading and printing or viewing the photo's. - let alone editing them... My dad recognises my cam's lens is better then his, but still is happy with his image quality of his point and shoot. If I where to make a camera for my dad, it would have a few big buttons, and big touch focus screen, favourite button, nfc,wifi, big battery, sturdy easy to hold semi compact weather sealed design, with superzoom lens, m43 sensor like size. The camera would shoot raw, but has in camera processing to adjust exposure and apply instagram like filters, before uploading to TV/PC/print service. Basically making a tool for kids, not for people who like to make a study out of it. With such a popular line, they could keep funding the fully manually controllable camera's, for those who want 100% control, and the highest quality. Such enthusiast camera's could still benefit from a quick in camera raw processing ability, favourite button, and share button. With buttons arranged in such way that the main functions can be used without shifting the position of the hands and fingers. Because, repositioning them takes time. About smart phones camera's taking over camera's, I still believe there is a partial truth to this, in exposed in the intent of the photograph taken. When the intent is to record a simple memory of one in a certain situation, a phone level of camera is sufficient. It shows the Eifel tower, and the recognisable faces. Dedicated camera's are now only for those that care about image quality, more then just a simple reminder. In the past dedicated camera's where the only available tool to have a reminding image, besides drawing. Now the the smart phone camera can do this easy, and it comes for free with the phone everyone has. Buying a dedicated camera is then for a different person. Why would a person owning a smart phone buy a dedicated camera? And why not? We do not need to despair about photography going away, as according to the lecture 1.500.000.000 people have now a camera on them all the time. A smart phone IS a camera! However the dedicated camera will go through chances to make them more accessible for people who do not like or do not want or cannot to think, thinking = work, but still want more ability then a smart phone camera provides. And then for the pro's, who love to have control over their image, and always work on their photo's in post, I think speed and quality is their basic need. Personally I would love to have a raw focussed camera, that shows me the flat high dynamic range raw picture to check for focus, clipping, framing. Then later in post I adjust may favourite photo's for things like exposure, contrast, saturation, clarity, sharpness, cropping, cloning, etc. Post processing in camera, or via an camera app on a bigger screen would be ideal during that coffee break, or flight. I think this is a very good discussion, and we users should tell manufactures what we need and want.