Frisbee 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Lol! I remember those being called 'negerinnentetten' over here in dialect. (negro breasts) Mainly older people called them that,this generation calls them melocakes or whatever the product name is. Political correctness is fun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr burns 133 Posted November 27, 2003 does anyone remember the thread from A&M:D ´bout Berlin 1945 Mod´s  "Neger" Midget Sub ? originally it was a thread about some nice submarine..until someone (might´ve been a german) came up with the idea of the name Neger being inappropriate for this addon. i think the discussion was left uncleared...but i have still the opinion that words which my grandma´s still use (w/o any bad thought in mind) cannot be that inappropriate at all. imo these words are just the loosers of our vocabulars evolution. hard to describe...probably it´s similar to the style that Shakespeare wrote, i mean even the days of these nice and charming words are over sometime.  another example would be rarely spoken dialects that vanish more and more  edit: to stay with the political correctness topic...what´s your favourite worst pc-word ? mine is surely "Friendly Fire" .. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Quote[/b] ]The term "brainstorming" has become the latest target of political correctness, according to a charity.Trainee teachers are being told to avoid the word for fear of offending pupils with epilepsy. Instead they are being advised to use "word storm" or "thought shower". If that isnt the dumbest POS I ever heard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dm 9 Posted November 27, 2003 LOLWhy does this not suprise me? Haha... Thats one thing some Americans are good at coming up with, stupid lawsuits ; ) Did all Americans come up with this? No, it was ONE (probably very lonely and socially outcast) American that did this. The UK has a similarly hideous, if not worse, track record when it comes to PC decisions. Need I say "Ba baa baa" or "blackboard"? such as..? Another one I heard recently, whilst talking to some RAF technicians I said "Fly-By-Wire" (talking about the new Eurofailiure... err.. I mean fighter) and apparently, thats not PC either... it has to be called "Computer controlled"... C'mon people, lets have a bit of common sense here... wtf is the world coming to?? ("words" like wtf and n00b will probably be made non-PC in the next few years too...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eviscerator 0 Posted November 27, 2003 LOLWhy does this not suprise me? Haha... Thats one thing some Americans are good at coming up with, stupid lawsuits ; ) Did all Americans come up with this? No, it was ONE (probably very lonely and socially outcast) American that did this. The UK has a similarly hideous, if not worse, track record when it comes to PC decisions. Need I say "Ba baa baa" or "blackboard"? such as..? Blackboard must now be chalkboard, and it has to be "baa baa shee-eep" because it might offend black people. Stupid, huh? I love the way they change the 'blackboard' name and yet leave the 'whiteboard', can anyone say double-standards? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevevcb 3 Posted November 27, 2003 I once played the bass guitar in a punk band called Retarded Elephant and used to wear one of our T-shirts in public, and I was never ever accused to being un-PC, which amazed me. However, I wrote a song for my new band that had a line that was something like "I'm feeling so black again" and I was accused of being a filthy pinko-commie racist. Ooh, and you can't say "single mothers" in the UK nowadays, as that implies that they live a single's lifestyle, so now you have to call them "lone parents." Is it just me that's got the theme tune from The Long Ranger in mind now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr burns 133 Posted November 27, 2003 Is it just me that's got the theme tune from The Long Ranger in mind now? nope..never heard that, my head plays Bonanza theme instead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted November 27, 2003 Is it just me that's got the theme tune from The Long Ranger in mind now? nope..never heard that That would be the William Tell Overture. Hi ho, Silver, and away! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denoir 0 Posted November 27, 2003 While it's more a question of me not knowing where to post this, I'm sure that there are several politically incorrect things in this flash cartoon and it's too good not to post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted November 27, 2003 I love the way they change the 'blackboard' name and yet leave the 'whiteboard', can anyone say double-standards? Yeah I don't know man, seems like blackboard and whiteboard would be something to take as a positive, not negative... I mean, research and education isn't bad is it, and that's what's associated with those boards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milkman 1 Posted November 27, 2003 Don't laugh. Next will be "male" and "female" sockets... Good god your are right! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamme 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Don't laugh. Next will be "male" and "female" sockets... Good god your are right! That would prolly be sexist or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalcenturion 20 Posted November 27, 2003 Political correctness blows. In Finland there was some ruckus about dividers made of concrete (for traffic) that we call "Concrete Pigs" and some artist had the idea of making them actually look like pigs. Well no-go, the muslim inva.. err.. immigrants complained and said it was offensive to their religion. Pretty lame if you ask me. Still not as bad as in sweden where you get supsected of being a racist neo-nazi if you have a swedish flag in your room. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DKM Jaguar 0 Posted November 27, 2003 LOLWhy does this not suprise me? Haha... Thats one thing some Americans are good at coming up with, stupid lawsuits ; ) Did all Americans come up with this? No, it was ONE (probably very lonely and socially outcast) American that did this. The UK has a similarly hideous, if not worse, track record when it comes to PC decisions. Need I say "Ba baa baa" or "blackboard"? such as..? Blackboard must now be chalkboard, and it has to be "baa baa shee-eep" because it might offend black people. Stupid, huh? Which is my point. Because of a handful of stupid, lonely, deprived and lifeless people, we should not have the same bad picture of the whole country and its people And let's not forget the good old argument a few years back when all this really started geting shoved in peoples' faces: "you cannot call Britain GREAT britian becuase it refers to the colonies, and the slavery. Calling it GREAT britain may offend someone..somewhere" That was when this stuff started getting overly stupid. I mean, there's people writing into TV shows if they don't have at least one person of an ethnic minority on it. (Notice how there is at least one person from such a background in every program?) Like it's discriminatory if there is no black/asian people on a program? But it's getting funny in many ways, as they now choose people to be in shows becuase they fill this requirement, which means they are being treated diferently becuase of thier ethnicity.. Â and the act of discrimination is being treated diferently (in this case) by the tone of your skin. So I guess that's a backfire.. Â Hohum.. feel free to ignore me and my ignorant ramblings.Anyway, I'll probably be labelled a Racist now, becuase I call my country Great Britain and I find it funny that people are in denial about how stupid the situation is, and instead of treating everyone normally we go out of our way to treat them specially, which is just as bad as people being treated badly in the first place.. Jesus the world is a mess. And then they'll get bored of this stuff and move on to the next minority group to defend.. I'll guess that Greig will have to rename his classical music song: March of the Drawfs. He won't be happy. Â Oh, notice how no one can argue with these people without looking like racists? It's a very clever way of being 'right' I think. And this may be false, but I think I heard that somewhere up north they made ice cream vans cary deep fat friers so they could cook a special ice-cream equivilant of an ethnic minority becuase they thought they were being discriminated against by not being able to have them while other's had thier ice cream... or something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoOB 0 Posted November 27, 2003 I hereby ban the phrase "Turn on the TV will you" as it might constituted being turned on by the TV. Or any other apparatus. I also ban the words "black" and "white" I also ban hammers, nails, stones and drills. As they may imply that someone has been taking drugs or having sex wich we certainly can't have! Also that flash comic was not funny at all, we have to make everything politically correct then we can laugh. But we have to do it the same way or else someone might feel left out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Consigliere 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Anybody heard of this one?... An MP (who had an Arabic name) proposed to add a black cross to the Union Jack a while ago to "reflect the ethnic diversity of today's Britain" Consigliere hails a cab While you're at it, Mr.MP, why don't you add a crescent to the Union Jack, or remove the crosses altogether and replace them with a few circles, or perhaps squares, yeah I don't think squares or circles could be considered politically incorrect. I mean I'm sure there are some Muslims in the country who must be enfuriated by this. It's outrageous that the flag doesn't reflect their culture and religion.* * Note that the above paragraph is to be read in a sarcastic tone of voice.** ** Note that the above note was added so as not to offend anyone who could be offended.*** ***Note that it would be considered politically incorrect to omit these notes. This is ridiculous... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NurEinMensch 0 Posted November 28, 2003 While it's more a question of me not knowing where to post this, I'm sure that there are several politically incorrect things in this flash cartoon and it's too good not to post. Â Great! Sums it all up!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdog~ 0 Posted November 28, 2003 The term "white" board offends me. I'm filing suit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Major Fubar 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Just another example of how stupid the PC movement can be... And yes, I find it funny that they want to change the names from master and slave to primary and secondary (which is already used for IDE channels)...a solution obviously propsed by someone who knows nothing about IT... How about billiards? Is that racist - I mean, you DO have a white ball controlling all the coloured balls...the evil cue ball takes out all the coloured balls, one by one, until he final gets a chance to destroy his ultimate enemy...the black ball! Oh, the humanity! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 28, 2003 The term "white" board offends me.I'm filing suit! And I'm filing a suit against you until you change your name to Pigmentation-Enhanced Canine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crassus 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Remember the flap over the school administrator who was browbeaten into apologising for using the word "niggardly". No spine enough to say, "Bugger off, they're two different words" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Frenchman 0 Posted November 28, 2003 How about billiards? Is that racist - I mean, you DO have a white ball controlling all the coloured balls...the evil cue ball takes out all the coloured balls, one by one, until he final gets a chance to destroy his ultimate enemy...the black ball! Oh, the humanity! Â Hahaha! That just brightened up my crappy day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex -USMC- 0 Posted November 28, 2003 How about billiards? Is that racist - I mean, you DO have a white ball controlling all the coloured balls...the evil cue ball takes out all the coloured balls, one by one, until he final gets a chance to destroy his ultimate enemy...the black ball! Oh, the humanity! Â Hahaha! That just brightened up my crappy day! Â Â My favorite is bowling: you got that big black ball, and all those white pins with red necks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acecombat 0 Posted November 28, 2003 @ Nov. 28 2003,05:15)] How about billiards? Is that racist - I mean, you DO have a white ball controlling all the coloured balls...the evil cue ball takes out all the coloured balls, one by one, until he final gets a chance to destroy his ultimate enemy...the black ball! Oh, the humanity! Â Hahaha! That just brightened up my crappy day! Â Â My favorite is bowling: you got that big black ball, and all those white pins with red necks... Â OMG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DKM Jaguar 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Today my pyschology teacher said White board and brainstorm.. and there was a BIG fuss made about it. I'm sick of this to be honest... Oh, that cartoon thing is really cool. but the ending is kinda depressing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
