Reply to: Is it now impossible to say anything

[Denny]

Without being labelled racist or homophobic? It seems to me that if you don't follow the state approved line you are the equivalent of a holocaust denier.

Just watch question time these days, all outdoing each other to apologise about something relatively unimportant.

Yours Bagpuss

The racist, homophobic, holocaust denier (if all other argument fails)

Nazi

[Denny]

Yes you can say what you want, as long as you don't personally insult people.

Twat!

[threaded]

Strangely enough was reading about those very same chaps today having watched Jonathan Ross the other evening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

Guess he was on about "300"?

Yet another Hollywoodisation of history. I am also annoyed by that films inaccuracies.

If I was a Persian I guess I would be quite livid!

Good job the Spartans are no longer around either or I guess they'd be on the march already!

[Joe Black]

Are we talking about the Turks or the Iranians(Formerly known as the Persians)?

Strangely enough was reading about those very same chaps today having watched Jonathan Ross the other evening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

[threaded]

Is it possible to be laconic and politically correct?

[Gibbon]

??Eh never heard those. Problem is when people can't use certain words/prhases they just invent others, eg "roys" instead of the n word. This is good because we can say the most awful racist homophobic things and nobody has a clue what we are talking about. Those carpet dusters - bastards , cause all the trouble in the world.

Thi sreminds of when the garrison down in the Falklands nicknamed the locals bennies after benny in crossroads. The top brass banded them from using this as the locals were upset. The garrison then called them Stills ..........
still bennies

[pisces]

I'm sure we are all allowed to point out what an idiot Bagpuss is

[mictech]

Are we talking about the Turks or the Iranians(Formerly known as the Persians)?

I see, blame it on the pussies. You fourlegged racist.

[Churchill]

??Eh never heard those. Problem is when people can't use certain words/prhases they just invent others, eg "roys" instead of the n word. This is good because we can say the most awful racist homophobic things and nobody has a clue what we are talking about. Those carpet dusters - bastards , cause all the trouble in the world.

Are we talking about the Turks or the Iranians(Formerly known as the Persians)?

[xoggoth]

red sea pedestrains or the bog trotters

??Eh never heard those. Problem is when people can't use certain words/prhases they just invent others, eg "roys" instead of the n word. This is good because we can say the most awful racist homophobic things and nobody has a clue what we are talking about. Those carpet dusters - bastards , cause all the trouble in the world.

[sasguru]

Bugger!

FFS Get a room, boys!

[Churchill]

"That's homophobic, that!"

Homophobic my @rse. Don't be such a fairy!

Bugger!

[BoredBloke]

"That's homophobic, that!"

Homophobic my @rse. Don't be such a fairy!

[sasguru]

Political Correctness was originally a good idea, more akin to not giving offence by having good manners. The point is that in a civilised society no one should face having to be insulted for something they can't choose, for example skin colour, disability, gender or (perhaps controversially, in the sense of choice), homosexuality
When it goes so far as to avoid the facts e.g. black males committing most of the gun crime or Muslims being a bunch of deluded twats then it ceases to be a positive.

[Bagpuss]

The problem is Bagpiss, you are living a lie through a website. Thats all.

Bagpuss the SA Killer.

Yes I am secretly in love with you.