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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School, part oneThere will probably be more posts as I remember the anecdotes, but here's the first:
I used to be primary school teacher. In another class there was a six-year-old boy who had been repeatedly stealing other people's books, drawing on them, scribbling on walls and (the final straw) painting all over the new LCD computer monitor.
We called his parents in to "have a chat" about their son's behaviour. They seemed entirely unfazed by it and didn't see that there was a problem. This led to the inevitable question from us: "would you let him do this at home?"
Their reply? "Oh yes - we try not to challenge anything he does, we don't want to quell his creativity."
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sanityclause is waiting until, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 14:48,
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Grrr....You need a license to drive, qualifications to get a job and must be registered with the police before you can own a gun.
Yet ANYONE can breed, regardless of their suitability for the job.
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 15:07, closed)
Sanityclause,You should have said "Oh really?" and then started flicking ink all over them, suggesting that they wouldn't want to stifle YOUR creativity, now would they?
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 18:50, closed)
I agreee with pjmI fully believe that you should need a license to breed.
(, Sat 24 Nov 2007, 2:13, closed)
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