Political Correctness Gone MadFreddy Woo writes: "I once worked on an animation to help highlight the issues homeless people face in winter. The client was happy with the work, then a note came back that the ethnic mix of the characters were wrong. These were cartoon characters. They weren't meant to be ethnically anything, but we were forced to make one of them brown, at the cost of about 10k to the charity. This is how your donations are spent. Wisely as you can see."
How has PC affected you? (Please add your own tales - not five-year-old news stories cut-and-pasted from other websites)
(, Thu 22 Nov 2007, 10:20)
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good idea gone badmost people I know regard PC as a good idea that's been hijacked by idiots with too little to do in their tiny lives.
I've seen up close the ultimate degree of racism in Bosnia in the 90's, "Ethnic Cleansing" the cuddly name for "Holocaust"
Much like health and safety. We (the army) have been told we can't use metal polish on our bayonets as "this may result in blood poisoning and could be considered as a chemical weapon" oh and ramming an eight inch blade through someone's chest is considered advantageous to their health is it??
hope that's opened up a nice off topic but.... line of posts!!
(, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 14:25, 2 replies)
Ethnic CleansingA similar point was made in a book called "Unspeak" by - oh, I dunno. Anyway, I don't think that this is a cuddly name for holocaust - it's more of a grimly sardonic euphemism. I don't think it tries to hide what it is.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 15:41,
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What we need is a road mapto avoid friendly fire and WMDs...
*cough*
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..wil, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 16:54,
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