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)
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SmokersI'm going to hold my hands up to this and say, yes, I smoke. Not proud of it, but it passes the time at the bus stop. However, it irks me somewhat that something that I am well aware of the risks of and still choose to do is seen as being a justifiable target by every single fucking prodnose in the country to have a go at. Incidentally, should you see a news story about "Non-smoker killed after offering unsolicited advice" it may well have been me.
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jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 22 Nov 2007, 23:52,
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I agree . . .Being a doctor, I'm not going to suggest people take up smoking (nor do I smoke), but by the same token, you all *know* it's bad for you, and you'll quit when ready, not before (and certainly not because someone tells you to).
It's interesting that smokers seem to be rated below heroin addicts (they're *addicted* you see), prostitutes (just earning a living), and Johnny Howard (the lying git). In fact the only group more vilified than smokers are the overweight . . .
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Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Fri 23 Nov 2007, 1:32,
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Oh yeah......one evening a couple of years ago I was having a crafty one at the tram platform on the way home - I'd had to stay late at work for 2 hours unplanned so I wasn't in the best of moods. Some middle-aged accountant type in a silly hat apparently thought I needed telling the error of my ways - he didn't even have the grace to be polite about it. I'd noticed him giving sideways glances before he sauntered over and the following exchange took place:
Him: {brusquely} I don't like smoking - you know that it's bad for you, don't you?
Me: Indeed I do, and may I point out that criticising total strangers can also be dangerous in its way?
Him: {affronted} Don't be like that - I have a right to express...
Me: {quietly but inches from his face} Today hasn't been a good day for me mate and you're not improving my mood. {holding up the fag packet with its 'Oh Noes, You Gonna DIE!!!'-esque warning} I can read these just fine and it's my choice. Please. Go away. Now.
And so he did. Tit.
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