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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Political Correctness hasn't gone completely madEspecially not in the South Wales valleys.
My dear old nan was hugely disappointed to hear of a an old school friend of mine.
'They say he's...'gay'.'
Well, judging plucked and pierced eyebrows, tight neon wifebeaters and the boyfriend, I'd say yes.
'But he's such a lovely boy.'
Hm. Cannot be lovely and gay in Nanna's World.
'Maybe he'll grow out of it.'
No, he's went on the live with a hairdresser (male of course) and is the most stereotypically gossipy gay bloke I know. Air kisses, the works.
Valleys story II
About 4 years ago, when I was training as a teacher, I worked in a school the next village over from the hamlet I'm from. There class teacher I was to work with was a great beardy man who kept the pension payouts in his register (I think to remind him to stick it out a bit longer) and pointed out the kids to keep an eye on by saying things like, 'He'll be detained at her Majesty's pleasure one day'. In front of them.
As a history specialist, I was required to take samples of work from children's books. The topic was the Victorian Age. Fairly straightforward you'd think.
My eyes nearly fell out when I saw the pages on the British Empire.
"1. Why are Indians so good at cricket?
Because the British went over to India and taught them how to play.
2. Why are there so many Indian doctors?
Indians are good at medicine because the British taught them.
Etc"
I have the photocopies somewhere...
So political correctness hasn't penetrated (fnar!) as far as the Daily Mail might think. There's still a pocket of resistance led by one misguided man.
(, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 12:26, 4 replies)
..but......isnt that actually true though?
(, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 16:38, closed)
^ this.Indians only play cricket because of the British Empire.
They are GOOD at cricket because: (a) there're so many Indians, there're more good players to choose from; (b) there's less rain during the cricket season in India, so practice time is more readily available.
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flapdoodle toast FTW!, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 18:32,
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I don't know why...But that last line made me chuckle.
(, Tue 27 Nov 2007, 19:23, closed)
That bloke's unbelievable!!What a bigoted, racist, sheep-shagging, leek-growing, Taffy cunt!
(, Thu 29 Nov 2007, 9:24, closed)
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