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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Swifty, againThere are clear definitions as to what inciting racial hatred is, it's been tested in the courts, it's entirely possible to tell under the current legislation what is illegal and what is not. Just because Nick Griffin is racist, not everything he says is "inciting racial hatred". There's no law against saying something racist, only against saying something which will stir up racial hatred. Since it can't be shown that the BNP's manifesto (as an example) stirs up racial hatred, then it doesn't come under the statutory limits. The reason that we say that you can only be prosecuted if it can be proven that you have stirred up racial hatred, and that we impose a consistent and fairly strict interpretation of that, is because in this country we have another very strong principle, just as longstanding as that of freedom of speech, that the courts should be fair and just, and apply the law without prejudice. Unless you're implying that we should lock up BNP members just because they're racist, then I can't see that you have a leg to stand on here.
Also, I never implied that the protestors shouldn't be allowed to protest, just that it was a stupid idea. I never suggested to restrict their freedom of speech. I do however, suggest that those who broke into the Oxford Union and sat on the floor of the chamber should be charged with trespassing.
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 23:30, Reply)
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