Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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I'm not a fan of the smoking banBut people that say "Hur Hurr, I smoke on the street and poncy types wave it out of their face and raise their nose at me but they don't about the evil exhaust fumes doing damage to them" are using an inherently flawed argument.
Let us examine the argument closer. Firstly, the argument claims exhaust fumes to be more dangerous than second-hand smoke in both volume and carcinogens. This is demonstrably true.
However, saying that because of this, it is wrong and somehow pompous to not wish to inhale second-hand smoke that is less dangerous from a smoker, is downright nonsensical. This is because you would be inhaling the toxic fumes of exhausts IN ADDITION to the smoke from the smoker.
Therefore, the initial argument is moot as it would still be healthier to not breathe in the smoker's smoke at all even with all the evil exhuast fumes of doom as the removal of a potential harm incurs a smaller health risk.
(, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 12:24, Reply)
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