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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It has a right to invite them, butthe point of my argument was more the fact that by not inviting them there would be no restriction of free speech. You also say the Union attended meetings with various groups - well, as far as I know, they completely ignored Oxford's Jewish and Muslim groups, along with the student union itself.
And if it wasn't a good idea, as you say, why should we not protest it?
The Oxford Union certainly aren't endorsing their views, but by inviting Nick Griffin and David Irving they are giving them a measure of legitimacy. As I previously said, their views are the sort of rabid belief that simply cannot be swayed by reasoned debate, so it is better to attempt to stop them from pretending they are respectable.
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 22:20, Reply)
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