Should Halloween Costumes be PC or Not ??

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 02:25PM #1

I was just wondering how people felt about this ?

Should Halloween Costumes be PC ?? Or should Halloween be a PC Free Zone ?

I'm definitely not PC at the best of times, so I think you should be allowed to dress up as whatever/whoever you want without some gob****e lecturing you on the Politics of Halloween.

Dudess · 29-10-2007 02:29PM

Oh definitely PC. No black whatsoever.

monkeyfudge · 29-10-2007 02:36PM

I hope I didn't offend anyone with my Spirit of Jazz cosutme last night...

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/40499/46640.JPG

star-pants · 29-10-2007 02:38PM

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

Arathorn · 29-10-2007 02:39PM

The more offensive the better, what have you got in mind?

uglyjohn · 29-10-2007 02:43PM

i disagree, i dont think its black and white, just make sure its fun and you dont go too far.

Pigman II · 29-10-2007 02:59PM

marcsignal wrote: »

Should Halloween Costumes be PC

They should be PVC.

togster · 29-10-2007 03:03PM

Is dressing up as madeline mccan a wron thing to do.?

JIZZLORD · 29-10-2007 03:04PM

star-pants wrote: »

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

the uniform he was wearing was that of the afrika korps who were under the command of rommell. The afrika korps were actually never implicated in any war crimes.etc

scummy english tabloids blew it out of proportion.
Part of the fun of halloween is dressing silly and to make it completely pc is to lose the whole meaning. though some things can just be wrong to dress up as, it's all a bit of fun

[not a nazi] :cool: [/not a nazi]

Pigman II · 29-10-2007 03:04PM

togster wrote: »

Is dressing up as madeline mccan a wron thing to do.?

I doubt anyone would notice. Skeletons are a common costume every year.

farva · 29-10-2007 03:16PM

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

WindSock · 29-10-2007 03:25PM

farva wrote: »

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

If you start getting hassle for it, then you can say you're a ghost.
Dress up whichever way you like. If people have a problem, then so be it. You enjoy yourself while they piss and moan for the rest of the evening.

WindSock · 29-10-2007 03:26PM

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I hope I didn't offend anyone with my Spirit of Jazz cosutme last night...

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/40499/46640.JPG

Phew, lucky I didn't go last night, I had the exact same costume in mind

doonothing · 29-10-2007 03:27PM

my mates are going as anne frank and a nazi this year...
tutut

togster · 29-10-2007 03:33PM

Im going as a giant L plate. :eek:

LadyMayBelle · 29-10-2007 03:33PM

monkeyfudge, the costume is brilliant..

Ninja_scrotum · 29-10-2007 03:36PM

Last year i was a mujaheddin taliban. I had the special head scarf, and military getup, and a toy M16. And a few toy grenades. And i let my beard grow a bit long. Walked through galway like that and I was grand.

I'd say you can get away with dressing up as anything.

29-10-2007 03:54PM

Like these?

Terry · 29-10-2007 03:55PM

star-pants wrote: »

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

The British don't like to be reminded that their royal family is of recent German descent.

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 04:18PM

Nice 1 Papa Smut, I found a few more

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 04:22PM

togster wrote: »

Is dressing up as madeline mccan a wron thing to do.?

How ? by disappearing half way through the night and reappearing in Morocco, or floating down a river with your throat cut, 6 months later ??

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 04:25PM

farva wrote: »

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

Just ask the Taxi Man to wait outside with the engine running

Karoma · 29-10-2007 04:33PM

star-pants wrote: »

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

This is why I never want to be famous.

|o.

It should be a PC-free zone.

SimpleSam06 · 29-10-2007 06:15PM

farva wrote: »

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

Only if you wear crotchless panties at the same time.

Thats been my experience anyway.

vorbis · 29-10-2007 06:30PM

There is some line imo. I wouldn't be a PC person either but Halloween isn't a free pass to wear something completely OTT (which a NAZI uniform would be).

Surely people who wear a really offensive costume purely in the hope of causing offence and getting a reaction are just as bad as PC people?

Jesus Wept · 29-10-2007 06:43PM

Papa Smut wrote: »

Like these?

Little Hitler, deadly!

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 06:55PM

vorbis wrote: »

There is some line imo. I wouldn't be a PC person either but Halloween isn't a free pass to wear something completely OTT (which a NAZI uniform would be).

Surely people who wear a really offensive costume purely in the hope of causing offence and getting a reaction are just as bad as PC people?

what about going as "Stephen Hawkings" ? I mean, ok, a NAZI uniform would be offensive to many people, but only as offensive as an American uniform, or an IDF uniform would be to, say, a Muslim/Arab. Where do you draw the line ?

pretty-in-pink · 29-10-2007 07:05PM

No, PC has gone crazy. It shouldn't be 100% open, but it shouldn't have lots of limits either

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 07:25PM

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

No, PC has gone crazy. It shouldn't be 100% open, but it should have lots of limits either

pretty in pink, I'm HUGELY Confused

Laslo · 29-10-2007 07:32PM

PC? Nothing should ever be PC. That way we're all on an even keel and we can stop taking ourselves so seriously. It also means we won't get offended so much and won't keep getting piles from riding around on our high horses.

marcsignal · 29-10-2007 07:35PM

Laslo wrote: »

PC? Nothing should ever be PC. That way we're all on an even keel and we can stop taking ourselves so seriously. It also means we won't get offended so much and won't keep getting piles from riding around on our high horses.

Brilliant Laslo, I'm going to be borrowing that quote for the pub:D
if thats kosher ?

Should Halloween Costumes be PC or Not ??

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