Are we becoming too p.c. ?

racso1975 · 20-08-2012 12:08AM #1

I am becoming sick to my back teeth of being corrected by my 4 yr old son for saying something is stupid or god forgive i say the word hate!!!!

Now this pc ****e is drilled into him in the creche and no doubt will be continued during school in September.

I honestly thinks he needs to know that there are ****in stupid people out or people that will do stupid things and he will hate them for it !!!!!! It is ****in inevitable

How long is he meant to go around in this airy fairy bubble of pc madness!!!!!!

Actually i'm going to go wake little racso and tell him some home truths!!!

In the meantime you guys post examples of pc madness or let me know if we have not gone far enough on the pc front

Motorist · 20-08-2012 12:11AM

I thought the outcry over Judge Mary Devins' comments about Polish people was OTT, when in reality it was nothing more than a storm in a teacup. I thought the threat of her being reported to the guards by "The Integration Centre" for incitement to hatred was ridiculous. I think we're starting to turn into the UK.

I also think we're becoming to lax with our homophones.

Jimoslimos · 20-08-2012 12:12AM

racso1975 wrote: »

In the meantime you guys post examples of pc madness or let me know if we have not gone far enough on the pc front

Infractions for anytime "PC brigade" is used in an argument would be nice tbh.

Grayson · 20-08-2012 12:12AM

Motorist wrote: »

I thought the outcry over Judge Mary Devins' comments about Polish people was OTT, and nothing more than a storm in a teacup. I thought the threat of her being reported to the guards for incitement to hatred was ridiculous.

I think we're starting to turn into the UK.

That's different. She was a judge. She has to be the definition of neutral.

frag420 · 20-08-2012 12:13AM

I prefer Mac over PC anyday!!

Bring it!

efb · 20-08-2012 12:14AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkHLiZMJeU

Mr.Crinklewood · 20-08-2012 12:14AM

frag420 wrote: »

I prefer Mac over PC anyday!!

Bring it!

With Thr rain we've had, you're right.

gara · 20-08-2012 12:15AM

*TOO p.c.!

/justsayin :cool:

aaronjumper · 20-08-2012 12:16AM

I had a PC but it broke, now I've a laptop.

newmug · 20-08-2012 12:16AM

Are we becoming too P.C? Lad, we're gone waaaaaaaaayyyy beyond that. Those people who are always pushing for PC should visit a few other countries. They'd get an eye-opener.

Stinicker · 20-08-2012 12:16AM

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

With Thr rain we've had, you're right.

MAC makeup makes even the most horrible mingers look good!

tigger123 · 20-08-2012 12:18AM

racso1975 wrote: »

I am becoming sick to my back teeth of being corrected by my 4 yr old son for saying something is stupid or god forgive i say the word hate!!!!

Now this pc ****e is drilled into him in the creche and no doubt will be continued during school in September.

I honestly thinks he needs to know that there are ****in stupid people out or people that will do stupid things and he will hate them for it !!!!!! It is ****in inevitable

How long is he meant to go around in this airy fairy bubble of pc madness!!!!!!

Actually i'm going to go wake little racso and tell him some home truths!!!

In the meantime you guys post examples of pc madness or let me know if we have not gone far enough on the pc front

Are you going to wake your 4 year old to tell them they're too politically correct?

Have you been drinking perchance?

wp_rathead · 20-08-2012 12:19AM

racso1975 wrote: »

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I honestly thinks he needs to know that there are ****in stupid people out or people that will do stupid things and he will hate them for it !!!!!! It is ****in inevitable

how is this political correctness?

and no I don't see anything wrong with being PC

fasttalkerchat · 20-08-2012 12:19AM

I'm a Mac and always will be.

racso1975 · 20-08-2012 12:19AM

gara wrote: »

*TOO p.c.!

/justsayin :cool:

Thats what i have

/specsavers :-)

starbelgrade · 20-08-2012 12:20AM

racso1975 wrote: »

I am becoming sick to my back teeth of being corrected by my 4 yr old son for saying something is stupid or god forgive i say the word hate!!!!

If you're continuously going around saying you hate stuff and stuff is "stupid" and your kid is correcting you on it, you gotta ask yourself - is it the PC brigade gone mad, or is it that you are acting a bit childish yourself?

racso1975 · 20-08-2012 12:22AM

wprathead wrote: »

how is this political correctness?

and no I don't see anything wrong with being PC

The pc part is the fact he believes nothing or nobody can be stupid or people cant hate something!!!!!!

tigger123 · 20-08-2012 12:24AM

racso1975 wrote: »

The pc part is the fact he believes nothing or nobody can be stupid or people cant hate something!!!!!!

Can't see the connection between what you just said and political correctness.

racso1975 · 20-08-2012 12:25AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

If you're continuously going around saying you hate stuff and stuff is "stupid" and your kid is correcting you on it, you gotta ask yourself - is it the PC brigade gone mad, or is it that you are acting a bit childish yourself?

ah come on now you know what i mean. we watch a match together and some lad does something stupid and i say it as it is. Or he hears a conversation where i say i hate when that happens.

it's not like i'm calling him stupid or his buddies. Or tellin him i hate people.

HalloweenJack · 20-08-2012 12:26AM

I have a brother who is severely mentally and physically handicapped. When he was born ('86), the accepted term was "handicapped" and that's the word I and my family always use to describe him.

However, I have been challenged many times by people on it. I have been told that it is offensive and been told to use alternatives, like disabled, special needs, physically and mentally challenged.

Really, I can't see any difference between all these.

starbelgrade · 20-08-2012 12:32AM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

I have a brother who is severely mentally and physically handicapped. When he was born ('86), the accepted term was "handicapped" and that's the word I and my family always use to describe him.

However, I have been challenged many times by people on it. I have been told that it is offensive and been told to use alternatives, like disabled, special needs, physically and mentally challenged.

Really, I can't see any difference between all these.

There's certainly very little difference between the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. In fact, they are almost interchangable in most uses of the words.

The fact that someone decided along the line that one was 'less offensive' than the other makes no real sense.

couldntthink · 20-08-2012 12:33AM

Why is bad to say someone is black? If you're black you're black, and if you're white you're white. By making it un PC to say someone is black is like saying being black is bad.

I lived in South Africa for a while and they use the term black officially. Even "Colored" is ok to say for people of mixed race. Yet in the states you have to say "African American" and here it's "African". FFS

wp_rathead · 20-08-2012 12:33AM

HalloweenJack wrote: »

I have a brother who is severely mentally and physically handicapped. When he was born ('86), the accepted term was "handicapped" and that's the word I and my family always use to describe him.

However, I have been challenged many times by people on it. I have been told that it is offensive and been told to use alternatives, like disabled, special needs, physically and mentally challenged.

Really, I can't see any difference between all these.

imo what you said there isn't to bad really
if he was to be refered to as "mentally and physically handicapped person" though I would challenge person on it however.. A person shouldn't be defined by their disability:)

DEFTLEFTHAND · 20-08-2012 12:35AM

Somebody gave out to me last night for calling a woman a broad. The mind boggles.

Terri26 · 20-08-2012 12:36AM

I'm a secondary school teacher and am no longer allowed to use the phrase "you should know how to ......" My principal is afraid I will hurt the feelings of the 18 year old young men in our all boys school by using the phrase "you should know you need to use full stops".

woodoo · 20-08-2012 12:36AM

Its getting ridiculous, remember the furore over Michael Martin putting on a Chinese accent when talking about computers. How in Gods name was that offensive?

Stained Class · 20-08-2012 12:36AM

Yup, without a doubt.

It's insane what goes on now.

Every kid gets a medal no matter what event they go to.

Is there any reward for actual achievement anymore?

Shure, as the Knackers say 'we're entitled'

Bollox.

Bannasidhe · 20-08-2012 12:37AM

couldntthink wrote: »

Why is bad to say someone is black? If you're black you're black, and if you're white you're white. By making it un PC to say someone is black is like saying being black is bad.

I lived in South Africa for a while and they use the term black officially. Even "Colored" is ok to say for people of mixed race. Yet in the states you have to say "African American" and here it's "African". FFS

dunno how pleased those of West Indian descent would be to be called 'African' tbh.

RedRightHand · 20-08-2012 12:37AM

There was a time when itinerants were proud to be called tinkers. Now they must be called travellers. I could never figure out who decides these things. It can get confusing like in America you can refer to 'people of colour' but not 'coloured people'.

starbelgrade · 20-08-2012 12:38AM

wprathead wrote: »

imo what you said there isn't to bad really
if he was to be refered to as "mentally and physically handicapped person" though I would challenge person on it however.. A person shouldn't be defined by their disability:)

If you refer to someone as a "mentally and physically handicapped person", you are necessarily defining them. It's a descriptive term more than anything else.

wp_rathead · 20-08-2012 12:38AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

There's certainly very little difference between the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. In fact, they are almost interchangable in most uses of the words.

The fact that someone decided along the line that one was 'less offensive' than the other makes no real sense.

again see my other post
[*]Person HAS disability
[*]Person WITH a physical handicap
both them ok

However "Handicapped person" or "disabled person" isn't cool
Person centred language ftw

Are we becoming too p.c. ?

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