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  • TransformX
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 2003
    • 4946
    #1

    PC madness in GB

    Right-hand man, gentleman's agreement and whiter than white: PC quangos ban common phrases to avoid causing offence
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208551/Why-black-days-numbered-PC-world-quango.html
    Right-hand man, gentleman's agreement and whiter than white are the latest phrases to fall foul of the political correctness lobby.
    "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."
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    • Dr Mordrid
      Moderator
      • Apr 2001
      • 26592
      #2
      In many schoolbooks over here they're banning things like words containing -man or whatever because they encourage 'gender bias' or some such crap. PC is stupid no matter what way you cut it or where.
      Dr. Mordrid
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        • Fat Tone
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 7579
          #3
          Tx, As I've said before, that paper exists purely to fuel outrage and portray the world in a very negative light. If you keep reading it you'll keep finding examples of it. I suggest you stop, unless you want to see the world in that unbalanced way.
          FT.

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            • TransformX
              Super MURCer
              • Sep 2003
              • 4946
              #4
              I don't read the dailymail. I read the local newspaper and in the corner with news from around the world, I've found this piece.
              Googled for the source and found the dailymail as well as the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...agreement.html
              TimesOnline too: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6806502.ece

              Edit: PC is sweeping across the silly western world. I know what's coming next, next time you swear, you won't 'excuse my French' anymore or some frog eaters might be offended..
              Oops, sorry.. forgot frogs aren't Halal...
              Last edited by TransformX; 24 August 2009, 08:26.
              "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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                • Brian Ellis
                  Super MURCer
                  • Sep 1999
                  • 9623
                  #5
                  Originally posted by TransformX View Post
                  Oops, sorry.. forgot frogs aren't Halal...
                  You didn't forget your sly anti-Muslim dig, did you though? Are frogs kosher?
                  Brian (the devil incarnate)

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                    • TransformX
                      Super MURCer
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 4946
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Brian Ellis View Post
                      You didn't forget your sly anti-Muslim dig, did you though? Are frogs kosher?
                      No, but then again, I haven't seen the Jews becoming a majority in France recently.
                      "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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                        • Umfriend
                          Crabby Smurf
                          • Mar 2001
                          • 7308
                          #7
                          Maybe not but they sure control the media and financial industry over there :d
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                            • TransformX
                              Super MURCer
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 4946
                              #8
                              Maybe, for now... They're still a mino- oops, bad word, bad BAD non PC word!
                              "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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