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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My wee mumwho passed away earlier this year, was eligible for a mobility car. She had a hell of a time, a condition called neurosarcoidosis which mainly affected her eye, lungs and made her off balance and unable to cope with walking long distances..... she HATED that, felt that if she staggered people would think she was drunk. As my old Dad worked most nights, I used to take her to the shops and the disabled spaces were a Godsend. It was often through grated teeth I'd fend off people as I waited.... a young guy in a brand new Astra sitting in their beloved space. Sadly, she lost her 2nd fight with cancer earlier this year (after spending a large portion of it unknowingly battling the symtoms with co-codamol and a forced smile) but before then those spaces gave her back a little bit of the freedom the illness had taken.
And they took my car! Fucking new labour. Apologies for the length of me reply..... this struck a chord, and I don't have any PC stories.
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