What is the most politically correct thing you have heard?

Ken. · 22-05-2013 01:53PM

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

I don't know whether this is considered PC or just the tree hugging, white, English do gooders fighting for minorities causes but....

About fifteen years ago I was working with two guys from Bradford, Yorkshire. If any of you don't know anything about Bradford it is that it has a HUGE asian community.

Anyway, there was this one particular street which the toilets in the bathrooms were pointing towards Mecca and was considered an insult when the Muslims were having a sh!t.
The loony dogooders and the fu@kin' PC brigade played up so much that they forced the local council to reconfigure all the said bathrooms so not to face Muhammad when parking their breakfast.

Britain is fu@kin' ruined because of this bending over backwards to appease foreigners and immigrants.

Similar to this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4926114.stm

Facilities in a prison are being built so Muslim inmates do not have to face Mecca while sitting on the toilet. The Home Office said two new toilet blocks are being installed as part of a refurbishment at Brixton jail in south London.
Faith leaders had told prison bosses it was unacceptable for Muslim inmates to face Mecca while using the toilet.

Seachmall · 22-05-2013 02:01PM

ken wrote: »

Facilities in a prison are being built so Muslim inmates do not have to face Mecca while sitting on the toilet. The Home Office said two new toilet blocks are being installed as part of a refurbishment at Brixton jail in south London.
Faith leaders had told prison bosses it was unacceptable for Muslim inmates to face Mecca while using the toilet.

Don't see why they can't just sit backwards on the toilet.

Silly criminals.

tritium · 22-05-2013 02:05PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Now that’s PC gone mad. You can’t expect a company to be aware of the particular regional slang of two lads. However, one would expect them to know about US slang which is already well-known over here from American TV and film. Also, they were the ones travelling, so the onus was on them to adjust

Except this company WAS pc gone mad! Unfortunately they did it in the dumb way, for example having induction classes for newly arrived US assignees on how to use telephones and showers, all because they wanted them to fit in well- best of reasons but a bit of research would have gone a long way

Gosub · 22-05-2013 02:06PM

ken wrote: »

Similar to this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4926114.stm

Facilities in a prison are being built so Muslim inmates do not have to face Mecca while sitting on the toilet. The Home Office said two new toilet blocks are being installed as part of a refurbishment at Brixton jail in south London.
Faith leaders had told prison bosses it was unacceptable for Muslim inmates to face Mecca while using the toilet.

I know this will come across wrong, but here goes.

If they are so religious surely they wouldn't be in prison in the first place. Unless there is a rule built into some religions allowing theft, violence, etc. Or do they only use the bits of their religion that suit them?

GalwayGuy2 · 22-05-2013 02:15PM

Kind of behind on this thread, but why can't you say balls in a mostly female environment?

stefan idiot jones · 22-05-2013 02:16PM

Gosub wrote: »

I know this will come across wrong, but here goes.

If they are so religious surely they wouldn't be in prison in the first place. Unless there is a rule built into some religions allowing theft, violence, etc. Or do they only use the bits of their religion that suit them?

What have I just started ? Allah have mercy.

Czarcasm · 22-05-2013 04:49PM

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Kind of behind on this thread, but why can't you say balls in a mostly female environment?

Ah this thread has gone to shìt tbh, started off lighthearted, then went polar...

But anyway, to answer your question GG-

It was considered inappropriate. I can see of course where she was coming from though, working with a team of six girls and there's me making off the cuff remarks. It's important for anyone to know the company they're in. Some people wouldn't have batted an eyelid, some will take offence.

In all honesty I appreciated her pulling me up on it because I have, well, to put it politely, a very lax language filter!

I curse like a sailor basically, not something I do on purpose, but I can be very assertive and pushy, which comes off sometimes as aggressive, and that does no negotiations any good!

jonnyfingers · 22-05-2013 04:56PM

Political correct thing, eh. Like being invited to an African-American Tie Wedding?

chakademus · 22-05-2013 05:38PM

In my kid's religion book, there is a modernised account of the Wedding at Cana.

The account is written in the form of a dialogue between Mary and her friends, as they ask her various questions about the wedding.

Questions like "Were there many people there?" "What did you have for dinner? "What was the Bride's dress like and what colour were the Bridesmaids? Beside this there was a footnote.

The footnote read (This question is a colloquial phrase which is asking about the colour of the Bridemaid's dresses and not their skin )

quickbeam · 22-05-2013 07:29PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

If you mean the differences between the American and English Dennises, there’s actually no relationship between the two. They were created independently at almost the exact same time in a bizarre coincidence.

http://nowiknow.com/dennis-the-coincidence/

Well, you learn something new every day. I never knew there was difference but did always wonder why the Dennis in that Walter Matthau film from the 90s didn't look anything like Dennis.

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Kind of behind on this thread, but why can't you say balls in a mostly female environment?

I'm female and I say "balls" all the time.

SeanW · 23-05-2013 08:37AM

Well bust my buffers :eek:

It seems that our favourite steam engine has fallen afoul of the PC police ...

https://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94963

aparently the show showcases a conservative ideology and is demeaning to women?

Shenshen · 23-05-2013 09:29AM

chakademus wrote: »

In my kid's religion book, there is a modernised account of the Wedding at Cana.

The account is written in the form of a dialogue between Mary and her friends, as they ask her various questions about the wedding.

Questions like "Were there many people there?" "What did you have for dinner? "What was the Bride's dress like and what colour were the Bridesmaids? Beside this there was a footnote.

The footnote read (This question is a colloquial phrase which is asking about the colour of the Bridemaid's dresses and not their skin )

Why bother with a footnote rather than changing the question to "what colour were the bridesmaids' dresses"?

Shenshen · 23-05-2013 09:30AM

SeanW wrote: »

Well bust my buffers :eek:

It seems that our favourite steam engine has fallen afoul of the PC police ...

https://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94963

aparently the show showcases a conservative ideology and is demeaning to women?

A Daily Mail article quote on David Icke's website???

I don't know if I should laugh or cry about this.

Oranage2 · 23-05-2013 07:12PM

In China talking to the typical group of the new modern Chinese graduates, some girl turns around and says "No you can't call them black men, you have to call them chocolate men", I nearly fell of the seat laughing. Classic case of political correctness gone wrong.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-05-2013 07:36PM

SeanW wrote: »

Well bust my buffers :eek:

It seems that our favourite steam engine has fallen afoul of the PC police ...

https://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94963

aparently the show showcases a conservative ideology and is demeaning to women?

Some of these 'academics' must really struggle to fill their time.

GalwayGuy2 · 23-05-2013 09:13PM

Some of these 'academics' must really struggle to fill their time.

I think you get paid more for the more you publish, or something like that.

SeanW · 23-05-2013 09:57PM

What's bizarre is that there are actually people who think like this.

dr.bollocko · 23-05-2013 10:08PM

I accidentally called Chris Rock Chris Brown the other day.

Yamanoto · 23-05-2013 10:55PM

In the Swedes silly attempt to engineer a utopian society of absolute equals, personal freedoms are apparently trumped by their fetish for crow-barring gender equality & human rights legislation into areas where common sense policy would surely yield better results.

In essence, they're saying a person who chooses to provide sex for sale is no freer than a slave.

He / She may think they are, but the State knows best...

"Those who defend prostitution argue that it is possible to differentiate between voluntary and non-voluntary prostitution, that adults should have the right to freely sell and freely purchase sex (...) However, based on a gender equality and human rights perspective, (...) the distinction between voluntary and nonvoluntary prostitution is not relevant."

Skarhed commission and report (Ban on purchase of sexual services: An evaluation 1999-2008) 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Sweden

fasttalkerchat · 23-05-2013 11:28PM

Eh, I heard that some primary schools in the UK no longer teach Ba Ba Black Sheep.

They teach it in nursery instead.

fasttalkerchat · 23-05-2013 11:36PM

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

What's this womyn malarky...never heard of that before

I saw it written before and assumed it was the opposite of what its intended to be. I read it as wimin like wimmenfolk.
Apparently its supposed to be a form of the word women that doesn't stem from man.

AndyMc · 23-05-2013 11:36PM

Eh, I heard that some primary schools in the UK no longer teach Ba Ba Black Sheep.

No way!!!

Ravelleman · 24-05-2013 12:29AM

´Revenue Protection Specialists´ on the Luas.

fasttalkerchat · 24-05-2013 01:01AM

Maintenance officer wanted for school.
Role will include normal janitorial work...

Jimmy Garlic · 24-05-2013 06:31AM

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Maintenance officer wanted for school.
Role will include normal janitorial work...

They are looking for a caretaker then :pac:

suicide_circus · 24-05-2013 06:52AM

why do Americans still use "retarded" as a proper medical term and we see it as offensive ? genuine question

Seachmall · 24-05-2013 08:32AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

why do Americans still use "retarded" as a proper medical term and we see it as offensive ? genuine question

Because it is the medical term and was used in medicine before it became offensive. We shouldn't expect the sciences to alter the terminology just because some people have a stick up their arse.

I remember my leaving cert biology teacher having to explain that "Retarded" and "Mongoloid" were medical terms and hence used in the book and her class. In particular I remember the look of contempt on her face at the thought of needing to preface her class with a disclaimer.

Edit - References to Mongoloids to describe Down Syndrome had apparently been dropped in 1965. Meh.

Cody Pomeray · 24-05-2013 09:50AM

Seachmall wrote: »

We shouldn't expect the sciences to alter the terminology just because some people have a stick up their arse.

You feel we should still refer to the intellectually disabled and the mentally ill as idiots and lunatics respectively, no doubt?

Mongoloids are a race of people, the term does not describe those suffering with down syndrome; the original term for Down Syndrome being mongoloid idiocy

suicide_circus · 24-05-2013 12:11PM

Seachmall wrote: »

Because it is the medical term and was used in medicine before it became offensive. We shouldn't expect the sciences to alter the terminology just because some people have a stick up their arse.

I remember my leaving cert biology teacher having to explain that "Retarded" and "Mongoloid" were medical terms and hence used in the book and her class. In particular I remember the look of contempt on her face at the thought of needing to preface her class with a disclaimer.

Edit - References to Mongoloids to describe Down Syndrome had apparently been dropped in 1965. Meh.

yes I am well aware that it is a medically valid term, just pointing out th discrepancy between American vs Anglo Hibernian sensibilities

JD DABA · 24-05-2013 12:29PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

yes I am well aware that it is a medically valid term, just pointing out th discrepancy between American vs Anglo Hibernian sensibilities

I prefer to use the word 'Fcktard' when I absolutely have to point out someones stupidity.

Its technically not referring to people with downs. And the added Fck feels good. Makes it stronger.

What is the most politically correct thing you have heard?

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