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Gobsmacked · 25-07-2004, 16:38

Ye gods and little fishes! The man asked a perfectly sensible question hoping for response from anyone who actually is offended by these non-PC terms and you lot wander hither and yon like the lost tribes of Israel.

I could choose to be offended by BigMikDick as my eldest son is half German (his late mother was German) and we still have living relatives in Germany. Do I demand political correctness and insist that Mik should not be permitted to use a term such as "Krautland"? If someone across the channel wishes to call me "Monsieur RosBif" do I take offence? No, we Brits are made of sterner stuff, and so I dare say are most of the people we claim to be protecting with our anti-racist laws which in my humble opinion merely serve to incite that very thing they claim to avoid.

If anyone saw the documentary on the BNP you will understand what I mean. We are dangerously close to a far more serious problem than whether or not we can refer to a gentleman from the Indian subcontinent who once had a stall on Accrington market as "Paccy Ali" - incidentally I never did receive a reply to that question.

25-07-2004, 16:38	#52
Gobsmacked Full Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: slightly nth of Lancaster Posts: 337 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 44	Re: Forbidden Subject Ye gods and little fishes! The man asked a perfectly sensible question hoping for response from anyone who actually is offended by these non-PC terms and you lot wander hither and yon like the lost tribes of Israel. I could choose to be offended by BigMikDick as my eldest son is half German (his late mother was German) and we still have living relatives in Germany. Do I demand political correctness and insist that Mik should not be permitted to use a term such as "Krautland"? If someone across the channel wishes to call me "Monsieur RosBif" do I take offence? No, we Brits are made of sterner stuff, and so I dare say are most of the people we claim to be protecting with our anti-racist laws which in my humble opinion merely serve to incite that very thing they claim to avoid. If anyone saw the documentary on the BNP you will understand what I mean. We are dangerously close to a far more serious problem than whether or not we can refer to a gentleman from the Indian subcontinent who once had a stall on Accrington market as "Paccy Ali" - incidentally I never did receive a reply to that question.