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Guest repliedWe need a real big war to put life in perspective for many of us shame but its the only cure for these anal retentives.
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
Plans to give out napkins with meals on wheels have been put on hold in Tewkesbury as council officers fear that OAPs might choke on them.
And while we're at it, ban all clothing as it discrimates against class and nudists. But, ban nudity as it could offend all maner of groups.
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
Thought so LB... 1999
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
Thanks darm, I had a good laugh at that site. Here's a selection of stories, which all seem to be authentic:
Plans to give out napkins with meals on wheels have been put on hold in Tewkesbury as council officers fear that OAPs might choke on them.
Glasgow University Conservative Students' Group have been told that they cannot fly the Union Flag over the University despite the fact that the rainbow flag of Gay Pride was allowed to fly last week without any questions from University officials.
The Metropolitan Police will no longer describe black people as black, it has been revealed, and in future both black and Asian people will be referred to as "visible minority ethnics".
The European Parliament today withdrew its history of Europe which had been written for schoolchildren but which astonishingly failed to mention the two world wars under the section on the United Kingdom.
A Worcestershire County Councillor has called on the Council to stop their traditional practice of starting a meeting with prayers. He seems to believe that the practice could fall foul of proposed new laws on religious discrimination.
A school in Islington has been asked to drop the word "Saint" from its title by the local council in case it offends other religious groups.
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
At least the guy had the integrity to resign...pitty some of the poms in similar positions dont follow his example in this country :rollin
Mailman
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
I blame the abolition of slavery, and giving women the vote, the whole damn world has gone to pot!
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
Thought so LB... 1999.
www.adversity.net/special...y_articles
The most sensible comment comes from the chap at the NAACP.
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
I blame the abolition of slavery, and giving women the vote, the whole damn world has gone to pot!
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
That's nothing.
I was hauled before Human Resources this morning for asking my mate Chalky here for a black coffee.
What is the world coming to?
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
I remember reading, must be 15 years ago, about a chap being accused of racism (by a co-worker of Indian origin IIRC), because he had used the phrase "it's like the Black Hole of Calcutta in here", when complaining about the heat in his office. He had to go through the whole formal disciplinary bit. Probably the first time that an employee had to use the history of the East India Company as a defence against racism.
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
This isn't a new story is it?
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
I recall a contract I did a couple of years back at a large Whitehall department. We were told that we couldn't use the term 'nitty-gritty' because it was racially offensive.
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
This isn't a new story is it?
I remember something like this happening about 3 or 4 years ago...
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Guest repliedRe: And you though the UK had gone PC mad
So, let me get this correct. The guy has resigned because the people he was addressing were too dense to know the real meaning of the word and the assumed it was offensive?
Oh, FFS!!!
Spod - In "off for a lie down" mode!
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