I heard some idiot saying that rememberance services should be the subject of health and safty rules. That stewards should shepherd the ex service men and women, and that the parade should only be allowed to go ahead if public liability insurance was purchased.
2006-11-10 02:11:52 · 14 answers · asked by Jim G 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
it's got to be the banning of the use of black board and black sheep- I mean black people don't find this offensive- why would they? I would think that apparteid and the klu klux klan was hideously offensive. Rather than worry about the plight of black inner city kids, some left wing overpaid white phoney has wanted to ban baa baa black sheep- when some sheep are black and black boards need to be that colour to see white chalk on. I think it is an insult to intelligent black people- although even that tag is stupid- o.k as a description such as red hair etc but reallly we are all people.
2006-11-10 02:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by brainlady 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
All political correctness is the stuff of the Bizarro World to me. Really, I often think I somehow slipped into a strange parallel universe.
I think the whole hate crime thing is the strangest. Hard enough for a jury to decide if a person is simply guilty of a crime. Now if the criminal was white and the victim some other color, or gay, the jury has to decide what he was thinking when he committed the crime? But if the criminal was a minority it doesn't matter what they were thinking. Strange.
2006-11-10 10:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by hankthecowdog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard yesterday on the London news that the Oxford street xmas lights should be on a time limit because it's not environmentally friendly and would save energy if they were on for a shorter period of time!!. Cant we just enjoy them. After all it is only once a year.
2006-11-10 10:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This goes back a bit. But when I was young, I had to eat fish sticks in public schools on Friday because Catholics could not eat red meat. This practice goes back more that 50 years. BTW, there were no Catholics in our schools. Maybe in the large cities and in coastal towns, but not out in the country.
Ridiculous, yeah.
2006-11-10 10:23:21 · answer #4 · answered by Desperado 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was speaking to a Texan man the other day and he was saying that a man's execution was halted because the needle being used for the lethal injection was dirty and it was an infringement of his human rights
2006-11-10 10:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by xxx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas Lights being called Winter Lights so as not to offend other religions. In our town the 'Winter Lights' are being switched on next week.......in time for Christmas!!
2006-11-10 10:25:12 · answer #6 · answered by katieplatie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That you are not allowed to say Blackboard or Whiteboard in schools - They have to be Chalkboards and Penboards!!
2006-11-10 10:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm going with the banning of tag for fear that children will get hurt and have their feelings hurt if they are always "it".
2006-11-10 10:19:45 · answer #8 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently, you can't say manhole cover now as it's sexist.
2006-11-10 10:17:21 · answer #9 · answered by Scotty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Thought shower" to replace "brainstorming". So not to offend individuals with epilepsy.
2006-11-10 17:25:49 · answer #10 · answered by Bert 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋