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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Port Elizabeth, South Africa.A few years back I went backpacking and would be passing through Port Elizabeth.
Whilst talking with my elderly next door neighbour before setting off on the trip his eyes lit up when I mentioned the city. Clearly it meant something to him.
"I've been to Port Elizabeth!" he exclaimed.
"Really? What's it like?" I asked, eager to know more about the place and show an interest in my dialogue with him.
"I don't know..." he replied, I looked quizzically at him "... I didn't land. I just dropped my bombs and flew back to base".
Yup, his knowledge of Port Elizabeth extended to dropping bombs on it during World war 2.
Never expect a PC answer from someone who remembers "The war".
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 17:31, 1 reply)
What's unpcabout someone taking part in a war dropping bombs on a designated target?
(, Fri 23 Nov 2007, 18:52, closed)
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