Political Correctness

[Corky]

I saw the sign.

It opened up my eyes I saw the sign.

Oh that's all we need, an Ace of Base tribute band turning up

[Daggers]

Indeed. It is pretty annoying. One of my teachers a few years back was telling me how, when reporting a student to the head, a new teacher didn't want to use the fact that the student was black as a distinguishing feature because he was worried about PCness.

What kind of a teacher would discuss such a matter with another student?

What's your problem?

The majority of Leicester's population aren't Christian - fact.

And that includes many "indigenous" folk whose only contact with a church is when they're nicking lead from a roof.

The phrase "first name" is the correct term to use. Deal with it.

If you're really "proud to be English", the least you can do is respect the language.

I find myself in agreement

[Koke]

I remember going to our hotel room whilst on a trip in Norway, we ended up in the elevator with a 80 something year old woman. She hung on to her purse like it was her child and stood in the corner quitely looking down. I asked her if she was alright and she said she was scared cos we were two 6+ foot unidentified black males. I didn't expect such an honest answer..

I should have taken her arse to the cleaners, but instead we giggled like two little girls over the incident.

[lildave3]

I remember going to our hotel room whilst on a trip in Norway, we ended up in the elevator with a 80 something year old woman. She hung on to her purse like it was her child and stood in the corner quitely looking down. I asked her if she was alright and she said she was scared cos we were two 6+ foot unidentified black males

I should have taken her arse to the cleaners, but instead we giggled like two little girls over the incident.

I know the feeling lad, I get that all the time.

[Koke]

I know the feeling lad, I get that all the time.

I'm sure ladies look to rob you instead of the other way round.

[MikeyT]

I remember going to our hotel room whilst on a trip in Norway, we ended up in the elevator with a 80 something year old woman. She hung on to her purse like it was her child and stood in the corner quitely looking down. I asked her if she was alright and she said she was scared cos we were two 6+ foot unidentified black males. I didn't expect such an honest answer..

I should have taken her arse to the cleaners, but instead we giggled like two little girls over the incident.

Dont you just love setereotypes! Not!!

[The People's Hero]

I remember going to our hotel room whilst on a trip in Norway, we ended up in the elevator with a 80 something year old woman. She hung on to her purse like it was her child and stood in the corner quitely looking down. I asked her if she was alright and she said she was scared cos we were two 6+ foot unidentified black males. I didn't expect such an honest answer..

I should have taken her arse to the cleaners, but instead we giggled like two little girls over the incident.

So... what did you spend her pension on?

[Bryn]

To be fair to this Christian name business, as PC things go that's actually not that irksome. It would be fairly ridiculous for an organisation like a bank to ask for someones Christian name when more than half their customers probably don't consider themselves Christians. Whether a non-Christian would be insulted however is another matter, one which I doubt.

That's the issue for me. If I were black for example, I personally would be insulted to think that someone thinks I'm sensitive enough to be bothered by the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep, or by the use of the term Blu-tak. Some of the things that are adapted to meet the needs of a group of people who really don't represent anyone are outrageous.

[l444ry]

Next Doctor Who will be Moslem terrorist

Politically correct lefties at the BBC have revealed that the new Doctor Who, who will take over at the end of the year, will be Moslem extremist.

It is rumoured that he will ditch his sonic screwdriver for a suicide belt, his tardis will become a mosque, and one of his companions will be a Western journalist whom he kidnaps in the first episode of the new series, and with whom he travels through time and space, held to ransom.

The BBC said "In the first episode of the series, the new Doctor will be seen driving his car, packed with petrol cans, into an airport but he will escape in the nick of time.

Labour peer and fathead Lord Ahmed said "I am very excited at the prospect of a terrorist Doctor Who. I plan to show him round the House of Lords as soon as possible, though he will have to remove his suicide belt first."

However, there have been protests from some quarters that giving the role of Children's TV icon to a terrorist is not such a good idea. Lord Ahmed dismissed such views as "racist". "We live in a multi-cultural society and Moslem terrorists are entitled to be represented just like Jewish shopkeepers or Hindu monks. In any event, only a small proportion of these guys are actually terrorists."

[Lillehamring]

It's only a matter of time before another full scale race/ethnic war begins. It's human nature, as History has shown.

um, helter-skelter?

[Lillehamring]

I remember going to our hotel room whilst on a trip in Norway, we ended up in the elevator with a 80 something year old woman. She hung on to her purse like it was her child and stood in the corner quitely looking down. I asked her if she was alright and she said she was scared cos we were two 6+ foot unidentified black males. I didn't expect such an honest answer..

I should have taken her arse to the cleaners, but instead we giggled like two little girls over the incident.

it is still the norm to use the term 'neger' in norway, even on tv for example in subtitles, and in newspapers - it translates, simply, as negro - but as far as i can tell it is not considered as 'offensive', althoguh i couldn't tell you what black people think of it, or if they prefer something else.

it's all just language, if anyone is offended by language, they are fu(king stupid... the norwegian for cook and cock are the reverse of in england, and i have been told of a cook who came to england and insisted on being called 'cock' until he found out....

i mean how many people here actually associate the 'christ' in 'christmas', with the son of god?

[Webbo]

it is still the norm to use the term 'neger' in norway, even on tv for example in subtitles, and in newspapers - it translates, simply, as negro - but as far as i can tell it is not considered as 'offensive', although i couldn't tell you what black people think of it, or if they prefer something else.

The cool ones spell it 'nega'

[MikeyT]

Next Doctor Who will be Moslem terrorist

Politically correct lefties at the BBC have revealed that the new Doctor Who, who will take over at the end of the year, will be Moslem extremist.

It is rumoured that he will ditch his sonic screwdriver for a suicide belt, his tardis will become a mosque, and one of his companions will be a Western journalist whom he kidnaps in the first episode of the new series, and with whom he travels through time and space, held to ransom.

The BBC said "In the first episode of the series, the new Doctor will be seen driving his car, packed with petrol cans, into an airport but he will escape in the nick of time.

Labour peer and fathead Lord Ahmed said "I am very excited at the prospect of a terrorist Doctor Who. I plan to show him round the House of Lords as soon as possible, though he will have to remove his suicide belt first."

However, there have been protests from some quarters that giving the role of Children's TV icon to a terrorist is not such a good idea. Lord Ahmed dismissed such views as "racist". "We live in a multi-cultural society and Moslem terrorists are entitled to be represented just like Jewish shopkeepers or Hindu monks. In any event, only a small proportion of these guys are actually terrorists."

Thats wrong for a start, they wouldnt hold him for ransom, they'd just behead him!

[Rincewind]

I can understand the term 'christian' not being used in the written form. As others have said not everyone in Britain is a baptised christian.

The bank teller may have just been stirring it because they have been asked not to use it when taking details off customers.

I think very few will be offended but it would be a bit silly to ask a customer for their christian name when they are wearing a yasmak.

I dont see it as PC just adjusting things to make things clearer.

I dont view myself as a christian. I dont follow the teachings of Christ anyway and I dont believe I was baptised. My mother taking the view after my eldest that we could make our own decisions when we were older. So if I'm asked for my christian name I say my first name without thinking. It has been the norm for years so nobody has questioned it before. I thought the correct term was forename anyway and surname for your last name.

[Jordan]

The cool ones spell it 'nega'

haha

[davieG]

To be fair to this Christian name business, as PC things go that's actually not that irksome. It would be fairly ridiculous for an organisation like a bank to ask for someones Christian name when more than half their customers probably don't consider themselves Christians. Whether a non-Christian would be insulted however is another matter, one which I doubt.

That's the issue for me. If I were black for example, I personally would be insulted to think that someone thinks I'm sensitive enough to be bothered by the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep, or by the use of the term Blu-tak. Some of the things that are adapted to meet the needs of a group of people who really don't represent anyone are outrageous.

Who's offended by that? Smurfs

[lildave3]

I'm sure ladies look to rob you instead of the other way round.

Not quite.

Although I did get a smile from an old lady yesterday.

Not many teens can say that.

[AoWW]

Not quite.

Although I did get a smile from an old lady yesterday.

Not many teens can say that.

She was probably just trying to keep her false teeth in.