Hahaha, Political correctness gone wild

Shearwater · 08-26-09, 02:26 PM

Very fine examples of the 'euphemism treadmill'. And a good example for the fact that some people's toes are so big that you can't help stepping on them.

It's say: Let's just call a spade an African American :rotfl:

August · 08-26-09, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Shearwater

It's say: Let's just call a spade an African American :rotfl:

That's been determined to be racist also. The new term is "Shovel of Color".

stabiz · 08-27-09, 12:48 AM

I think PC is remarkable for another reason too, its the only thing that the entire Subsim community seem to hate.:rotfl:

VipertheSniper · 08-27-09, 04:18 AM

And I'm glad it is like that, yesterday I browsed the comments to a newspaper article, about the Microsoft Ad disaster in Poland, from a newspaper that is pretty far to the left, and the comments were full of PC sh*t.

jumpy · 08-27-09, 05:43 AM

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Dozens of quangos and taxpayer-funded organisations have ordered a purge of common words and phrases so as not to cause offence.

Shock horror! useless waste of time committee wastes time and taxpayers money to come up with new and ever more soulless ways to make the world a colour somewhere between nondescript grey and beige.

These people need a collective term; I will tender 'Golgafrinchians'.
All in favour say 'Aye'.

Respenus · 08-27-09, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jumpy

These people need a collective term; I will tender 'Golgafrinchians'.
All in favour say 'Aye'.

Aye! Let's put them all in a shuttle and set it towards the Sun. Then maybe reason might return to this world. Christ, these words are a part of the English culture, you can't just decide to remove them by an order. That's totalitarianism, not democracy. They just make me sick.

Truly, why don't we stop communicating for a while. It might put the chaps out of work and we'll have some peace afterwards.

Skybird · 08-27-09, 07:03 AM

Controlling language means controlling people's thinking. See Orwell's 1984.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,664 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Controlling language means controlling people's thinking. See Orwell's 1984. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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08-26-09, 02:26 PM	#1
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Very fine examples of the 'euphemism treadmill'. And a good example for the fact that some people's toes are so big that you can't help stepping on them. It's say: Let's just call a spade an African American :rotfl:

08-27-09, 04:18 AM	#4
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	And I'm glad it is like that, yesterday I browsed the comments to a newspaper article, about the Microsoft Ad disaster in Poland, from a newspaper that is pretty far to the left, and the comments were full of PC sh*t.