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Originally Posted by Mancie
Kens post makes sense but I don't believe all this talk of the "PC brigade"...if such a brigade exsist then I havent seen them on this forum.. this forum is in the public domain and anyone can read posts.. so when people complian they cannot say "black" or critisize muslims they are talking rubbish.. because they can and do.. so whats the problem?
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I cite examples of PC Brigade stupidity probably far too often but it's quite near the top of my list of things that get me wound up. I've only ever met one or two of these do-gooders myself but I generally don't have a lot of time for them because they're almost always trying to interfere in things that they have no first-hand experience of.
I find it fascinating how many of the urban middle class make the rules that working class and rural folk have to abide by. One of my businesses is in landscaping and systems which have worked perfectly well for years are now deemed unsafe by health and safety officials who can't even tell the difference between a tractor and a digger. It's funny that in order for them to view certain machinery and chemicals as 'safe' it costs us a lot more money too. I am bound by law to have a 'no smoking' sign in the cab of each work van even though none of us smoke.
I'm not saying anyone on here is from 'the Brigade' but, as Stumped implied, every time anyone mentions the words 'Muslim' or 'black' there's an awful lot of looking over your shoulder first for even the most innoculous of remarks.
Gollywogs, blackboards, Christmas - we'll soon be having these bleeped out on television programmes the way things are going. Is it any wonder people are getting fed up of feeling like a stranger in their own country for being labelled 'racist' over things which have been part of our culture for generations?
The elections in May will be interesting to say the least because they are the only voice that the public has left. The main parties could do worse than actually listen to what the populace is telling them because people are not voting BNP and UKIP for no reason.