Political Correctness REALLY REALLY gone mad

[Softus]

Hang on a cotton-picking minute - in what way is this political correctness?

It's political correctness because it's a softly softly approach over such a silly thing. I mean, is red really going to "offend" or upset kids? If something's wrong, something's wrong, let's not beat about the bush, so let's put the colour of blood (where our use of red comes from), not some feeble weak-minded 'green'.

I'm fed up to the back teeth with this belief that having an egalitarian, or, horror or horrors, liberal view of anything is somehow an indication of weakness.

You not being offended by something doesn't mean that other people aren't - why can't you get that? If someone has a different epidermis then it really is a reliable sign that they're a different person, and that they're allowed to have different views to you.

If the only view you have is that you don't see what could be offensive about red ink / racist comments / tying up offenders with piano wire / setting fire to Muslims, then you are contributing nothing because that view has already been expressed ad nauseam on these forums, and it was mind-numbingly boring the first time that it appeared.

Having an agressive, inflexible, ill-considered, traditional or right-minded viewpoint isn't strong, like you're implying, it's weak, pathetic and empty.

 

[Softus]

Bloomin loony left eh! Whatever next? we'll soon be eating with knives and forks if they get their way!!

Is the best argument you can offer kendor - that people who disagree with you are "loony left"? I had thought better of you than that.

Softus I was being Sarcastic or perdantic. having a dig at our right wing brothers

OK kendor - you got me - hook, line, sinker, rod and the little tinkley bell on the end

I'm very glad that you're not one of those idiots.

 

[Softus]

they just banned the scottish version of a black and white minstral show as it take the pi** out of black people ??? buncha idiots with black paint as far as i can tell black people would laugh at them and not see them as a threat

It doesn't matter what you can see or what you can't see Slogger. The point is that the people who should be consulted are those to whom the B&W Minstrels are capable of being degrading or insulting.

 

[Slogger]

It doesn't matter what you can see or what you can't see Slogger. The point is that the people who should be consulted are those to whom the B&W Minstrels are capable of being degrading or insulting.[/quote]


get a life

 

[Softus]

Once again Slogger, I'm honoured that you think my post was worthy of such well thought out advice. You don't qualify for mine though, since you appear to be scum.

 

[Slogger]

he he err oh my

 

[TraineeSpark]

Slogger, did you say they have only just banned the Scots version of the B+W Minstrel Show? I aint asking this as a question of equality or anything. I only ask it cause there are much better Scottish programmes on tv i.e Still Game. Just wondered why people still watched some old s**te from the 50's?

 

[TexMex]

Try to think of this story more as 'Educational psychologists have found that children respond best to having their work marked in Green ink, encouraging them to greater achievements' and you won't all find it so annoying.......

All well and good if it's just a guidline, but if this is actually being inforced, I think you are giving educational psychologists more credit than they are worth.

Maybe a better use of the findings would be to add something to the curiculum to tackle the root of the problem (ie. the irrational response to the colour red). If we want these kids to grow up as well balanced individuals, we should be tackling thier problems, not just pandering to them.

Next we'll have people turning up for interviews with their favourite blanket, because no-one in their nursery was allowed to break them of the habit.

The teachers write their comments in red so that they can be easily distinguished from the work of the students. If the students have a problem with that, they need councelling. IMHO

 

[nstreet]

Poor darlings, may be offended by a bit of red pen, what a furkin shame.

Were not exactly preparing these kids for the real world treating them like pansies now are we. Wait until they get their first letters of dismissal or rejection for jobs, hand written in nice calming blue pen of course.. NOT.

How about addressing the issues like bullying and respect in schools rather than mamby pamby red ink.

 

[WoodYouLike]

My thoughts exactly Nstreet.
We're mollycollying children to the level of raising weak, self-centred and egoistic 'grown-ups'

 

[kendor]

Hang on a cotton-picking minute - in what way is this political correctness?

It's political correctness because it's a softly softly approach over such a silly thing. I mean, is red really going to "offend" or upset kids? If something's wrong, something's wrong, let's not beat about the bush, so let's put the colour of blood (where our use of red comes from), not some feeble weak-minded 'green'.

I'm fed up to the back teeth with this belief that having an egalitarian, or, horror or horrors, liberal view of anything is somehow an indication of weakness.

You not being offended by something doesn't mean that other people aren't - why can't you get that? If someone has a different epidermis then it really is a reliable sign that they're a different person, and that they're allowed to have different views to you.

If the only view you have is that you don't see what could be offensive about red ink / racist comments / tying up offenders with piano wire / setting fire to Muslims, then you are contributing nothing because that view has already been expressed ad nauseam on these forums, and it was mind-numbingly boring the first time that it appeared.

Having an agressive, inflexible, ill-considered, traditional or right-minded viewpoint isn't strong, like you're implying, it's weak, pathetic and empty.

The thing is some on here can't see anything wrong in what they say and that is a BIG worry! they lean towards a pschopathic hatred of others which any decent person would find horrifying aswell as sick and very disturbing.

 

[confidentincompetent]

Ok Ok let em use green ink. But then green will come to be regarded the same as red is today!! How many millions of ££££s will it cost to change all them red pens to green??

 

[securespark]

I would be sent to the head, who would then give me a sound thrashing with the cane.

That was usually my fate, but our school was a Quaker one so no cane.

Although the sixth formers loved giving us plebs a good slippering.....and I'm sure some of them thoroughly enjoyed it!!