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)
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Just yesterday.Playing my favourite time waster, World of warcraft. I got reported to a GM.
Apparently, saying something 'sucks harder than a black hole' is racist now.
honestly...
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Willwillwritehiswill An arse like a slapped face., Sat 24 Nov 2007, 23:38,
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are you sure......you didn't just miss out the second "L"? ;)
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sanityclause is waiting until, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 0:16,
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WellThe fact you even play WoW sucks a black hole.
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Scrambled Edd www.eddsworld.co.uk, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 1:38,
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Don't mention that game!I've been clean for 3 months........
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baw__bag contains traces of nuts on, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 3:53,
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That's nothingI couldn't work out why the emote "*snigger*" (as in small girlish laughter) was being censored on a US forum... until it dawned on me that the leading 's' was not being censored...
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Andy_Control can't be held responsible for his actions., Sun 25 Nov 2007, 6:03,
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Say 'quantum singularity' instead of 'black hole' next time.(
Bob Todd whee, Sun 25 Nov 2007, 10:35,
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