Re: UKNM: Brainstorming - PC's Next Victim

[Andy]

Just to prove a point, I went to b&q on saturday to get a spade. When I went

into the shop, I asked the nearest assistant, who turned out to be a black

teenager, where I could find the spades. Just as the word "spades" came out

of my mouth, I suddenly worried I would offend him and stuttered the word

and went bright red. The kid laughed, said he gets that all the time and

pointed me in the right direction. This PC bollocks is just that. What am I

supposed to call it? Small Shovel? God help me if I ever need to buy a

hoe...


----- Original Message -----

From: "Silas Denyer" <

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Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:53 PM

Subject: Re: UKNM: Brainstorming - PC's Next Victim



> Hmm...

>

>

From: "Geoff Inns" <geoff [dot] innsquestico [dot] co [dot] uk>

> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:19 AM

> Subject: RE: UKNM: Brainstorming - PC's Next Victim

>

> > You are treading on ground so dangerous I really don't want to go into

it

> > for fear of the emotions it might provoke, and for which this forum is

not

> > the place, so this will be my only posting on the subject. The more

aware

> we

> > are of the effect of our language and behaviour on others the better

> > communicators we will all become. If you rile at the fact that someone

> shows

> > offence at something you say, even though you mean no offence, I would

not

> > recommend anger as the best way to deal with it. Political Correctness

is

> a

> > term left over from the days when Haringey council banned black bin

liners

> > and blackboards - PC was a knee jerk reaction to the fact that the

> previous

> > two decades were basically not very pleasant if you were female, an

ethnic

> > minority, homosexual, an immigrant or poor. progress has been made and

> > people are learning that to all live together a certain awareness and

> > consideration must proliferate. We've all grown up now.


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