equality in hurricane names

williambonney

Political correctness gone bonkers, this is actually true
http://snopes.com/racial/language/hurricane.asp

FunkZ

Run, here comes Hurricane Dr Dre?!

Fcek off!!!

Mr. CooL ICE

I hope there's a hurricane Muhammed. That would really piss off the republicans

MrJoeSoap

LordChessington wrote: »

I hope there's a hurricane Muhammed. That would really piss off the republicans

And the Muslims. Hurricane DeShawn, HAHAHA!

AlmightyCushion

And I'd bet if most hurricanes were given black names then she would be whining that it re-enforces a negative stereotype against black people as killers or some other such bullshít.

dsmythy

Muslims protest against the blasphemous Hurricane Muhammad by throwing rocks at it and being angry until it dies.

Spook_ie

Can hardly wait for 2012, when Hurricane Debby is due to make an appearance, can see the headlines in "The Sun" etc. now

"Hurricane Debby Doesn't Do Dallas" if it misses or "Hurricane Debby Blows Dallas" if it does....

Full List of Storm Names

The guy

"If you think that is sexist than you should see bennys on a sale day."

Kent brockman said it best.

Agamemnon

It's stupid giving hurricanes innocuous names like Charlie and Katrina. They should be given more realistic names, like Hurricane Bastard and Hurricane Fucker.

simu

They should refer to them by numbers. Does everything have to be anthropomorphised? I think not!

Terry

Ahh yes. That traditional African American name "Sheila".

Tha Gopher

Its a good idea. You know the way it always is in the US, people hang around in hurricane zones to fight it out, paranoid that i they leave the looters will take the family gold.

If the weather service announced Hurricane Samuel L Jackson, Hurricane Mike Tyson or Hurricane DMX, everyone would flee the region 3 weeks before the actual storm hit.

phasers

Hurricane Sha-Nay-Nay


guuuurrl you'd best take off yo' earrings, they'z a hazardddd

orestes

Who the hell wants their people/group/insert-pc-correct-term-here to be associated with a natural disaster?! And I seriously doubt that it makes any difference to the people who are actually effected! I doubt the black people in New Orleans are bitching about the name of the hurricane!

"Our house has been destroyed, we have lost everything, damned cracker-assed hurricane! If it was named after a brother then that would be alright! But getting my life destroyed by a natural phenomenon named after some white chick is too far! If I'm gonna have my life ruined I want it to be by hurricane Jemal!"

And as far as hurricane Mike Tyson is concerned, I'd be running too, it will only knock down your roof and walls so it can get into your room and rape you!

Wazdakka

simu wrote: »

They should refer to them by numbers. Does everything have to be anthropomorphised? I think not!

I agree we shouldn't anthropomorphise hurricanes.

They don't like it...

carolmon

hurricane joke (shouldn't really be posting it as I'm female but....)

Why are hurricanes named after women?

Because when they first arrive they're wet and wild and when they leave they take your house and car.

cozmik

I don't care if it's PC gone mad, hurricane Puff Daddy sounds a lot cooler than hurricane Brian

4Xcut

<sarcasm>I hate those words politically correct and incorrect. I find them to, ironically, be politically incorrect. They imply that my views are incorrect and as we all know opinions, morality, etc. is subjective. I move we attempt we have them banned.</sarcasm>

Seriously though, this is extracting the urine to the highest degree.

Wacker

carolmon wrote: »

hurricane joke (shouldn't really be posting it as I'm female but....)

Why are hurricanes named after women?

Because when they first arrive they're wet and wild and when they leave they take your house and car.

Someone's been watching Traffic.

Anyway, why is this being posted now? This story dates back to August of last year. When someone is annoyed by people acting in an overly-PC manner, surely the best thing they can do is to ignore it? Surely the worst thing that can be done is to drag up old news and present it as something worthy of attention.

Duggy747

People die from hurricanes because their names dosen't scare them enough to leave their homes.

Hurricane Katrina:
Person: Hurricane Katrina? Shìt, that bitch can suck ma' dick!!

OR

Hurricane SCORPIO:
Person: Shìt, Scorpio's coming? I'm getting the hell outta here, I ain't waiting for that motherfùcker!!