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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And anotherMy mother has always been a contrary, opinionated, take-no-shit nutter. And when I was at school, we were continually being asked for money to go on field trips to count frogs or see rocks etc. She always refused to pay, saying that she paid taxes for education and that the teachers were probably using the funds for booze and drugs. Mostly, I just stayed at school and did extra maths while everyone else went to Alton Towers.
But once, a teacher made me stay behind after lessons:
HER: Is everything alright at home, Frank?
ME: Yes. Why?
HER: Are both your parents employed?
ME: Yes...
HER: Are they divorcing?
ME: Er, no...
HER: Are they having... money problems. Would you like me to pay for the Alton Towers trip?
ME: No - my mum's just tight as a gnat's chuff. She thinks teachers are all drug addict perverts.
HER: Oh - here's some extra maths then...
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 9:44, 3 replies)
You got off lightly then.......PTA meeting; me mum comes into school and talks to my Biology Teacher, a Mr Mainwaring. Mainwaring was a complete wind-up bastard, and would get away with murder.
First thing he said to her was "You see, the problem with Jeccy here is that he's too busy playing with himself in the bedroom....."
"I BEG YOUR PARDON!"
".....always on that computer, or playing games or something."
"...oh, um...yeah."
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 9:56,
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AwwIt was nice of her to offer, though! Lots of teachers, even if they thought something was wrong with a kid's personal life, wouldn't risk asking if everything was ok, in case the parents heard about it and decided to complain that the teacher obviously thought they were beating their kids up, or something.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 12:18, closed)
Not me, but a friendMy mate's dad always refused to send him on trips like that too. Like yours, his parents were both gainfully employed but his dad deemed fishing as much more educational and fun than shitty trips to second rate theme parks.
He was also asked whether 'everything was OK at home' and offered to go on the trips without charge.
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 14:25, closed)
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