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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@Wascally WeaselPerhaps they all went the same way as one I saw on the Northern Line last year...
Clad in rags and dirty of face, she made her way up the carriage looking forlorn, hands cupped around a knackered-looking paper cup containing a few coins, with a 'baby' in a pouch on her back. Tourists took pity on her and dug around in their pockets. I scowled at her as she shambled past, slowly shaking my head. A chap at the far end of the carriage had been observing proceedings and managed to get her attention by rooting around in his own pockets. She produced a sudden turn of pace towards the stranger, detecting financial reward. However, when she arrived, what actually materialised from his pockets was a police warrant card. "British Transport Police madam... come with me"
I grinned and clapped, and a couple of like-minded fellow tube-goers joined me. The unfortunate tourists looked as though the police officer had just pissed on their chips.
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chart cat has an itch, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 9:48,
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