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Post by lennie on Apr 20, 2006 4:56:08 GMT -5
Channel 7's "Today-Tonight" reported a few new changes in what we say and what we call things. This is added to the list of "No No's" that are already on the list of Political Correctness such as the banning of 'Golliwogs', the banning of some of the 'Noddy' Books. From now on we cannot call Fairy Penguins - Fairy Penguins. We now have to call them 'Little Penguins' Baa Baa Black Sheep is no longer Baa Baa Black Sheep. It is now Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep. All the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men from "Humpty Dumpty" is also subject to a change because the feminists claim it is sexist towards Men. Myself, I wonder who the hell pays people in this country to research and come up with this ridiculous rubbish?. Please portray your views and add your choice to the "POLL".
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Post by lennie on Apr 20, 2006 5:10:05 GMT -5
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Post by lennie on Apr 21, 2006 2:12:37 GMT -5
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Post by willy on Apr 21, 2006 5:17:39 GMT -5
well it came from 'merica so it must be good, just do it ok.
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Post by lennie on Apr 21, 2006 7:09:21 GMT -5
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Post by fusil on Apr 22, 2006 1:46:16 GMT -5
One is allowed to be gay, Lennie. One is even allowed to be happy and gay. Just as one is allowed to have a bet 'each way' .This ,mate, is the age not only of Acquarius but of a fair go for all. Well, nearly all, you only miss out if you are a heterosexual who believes in a right to self defence and the rule of true law.
Fusil.
an' what about 'Fairy Floss' ?
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Post by lennie on Apr 22, 2006 3:16:27 GMT -5
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Post by angryjoe on Apr 23, 2006 19:14:58 GMT -5
Free speech ain't dead yet, the lefties, loonies, gun haters and weirdoes just gut shot it. Even China now knows you can't eliminate free speech and discussion.
Those social engineering w@nkers can try all they want, the only changes undertaken by society are by general assent, the only problem that really needs addressing is that of when the teachers, union zealots and theocratists congregate in numbers.... about burning them books again.....
My Fairydown pack and sleeping bag have been with me for a year or twenty now.. as if I would know them by any other name...sheesh!
My kids all learnt the original nursery rhymes, hopefully my grandkids will do the same.
If it smells and looks like shite, then indeed it is shite without need to step in it.
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Post by lennie on Apr 24, 2006 4:42:22 GMT -5
Free speech ain't dead yet, the lefties, loonies, gun haters and weirdoes just gut shot it. Even China now knows you can't eliminate free speech and discussion. Those social engineering w@nkers can try all they want, the only changes undertaken by society are by general assent, the only problem that really needs addressing is that of when the teachers, union zealots and theocratists congregate in numbers.... about burning them books again..... My Fairydown pack and sleeping bag have been with me for a year or twenty now.. as if I would know them by any other name...sheesh! My kids all learnt the original nursery rhymes, hopefully my grandkids will do the same. If it smells and looks like shite, then indeed it is shite without need to step in it. The fact is though Joe that some bunch of w@nkers are getting paid to come up with this crap.
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Post by angryjoe on Apr 26, 2006 16:00:06 GMT -5
Jeez, and here was me thinking our tax bucks went into health, welfare and ifrastructure....silly me wot?
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Post by lennie on Apr 27, 2006 1:12:44 GMT -5
Jeez, and here was me thinking our tax bucks went into health, welfare and ifrastructure....silly me wot? They probably get a 'Smart Card' for their efforts ;D
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Post by phill on May 14, 2006 22:55:30 GMT -5
Whats the country coming to. The latest is that many hospitals and good old motel and hotel rooms won't have a "Bible" in the top drawer next to the bed. The reason?, It may offend non-Christians. This rubbish is getting totally out-of-hand. Christianity was the basis of many cultures in Australia. If the non-Christians don't like it, TOUGH.
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Post by fusil on May 15, 2006 2:33:49 GMT -5
What are they going to do about male and female threads in engineering, naot to mention bastard files?
Fusil.
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Post by lennie on May 15, 2006 6:35:49 GMT -5
And in Electrical Engineering - male sockets and female sockets. In furniture, Tallboys - goes on and on huh!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by angryjoe on May 16, 2006 19:46:03 GMT -5
Quite simple, all connecting apparatus will be made to a strict specification preventing variance and diversity.... nothing will work from there on, but at least the PC w@nkers will be happily ignorant..... not to mention more in the dark than to begin with... sheesh
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Post by fusil on May 17, 2006 3:03:23 GMT -5
I hear that some eating places don't serve Black or White coffee anymore, it's on the menu as 'with milk' or 'without milk'
Fusil
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Post by lennie on May 17, 2006 6:35:27 GMT -5
I wonder what teachers etc call Blackboards and Whiteboards? My next door neighbour is a retired primary School teacher and we were discussing political correctness yesterday. He still goes back and does a bit of part-time work, and he reckons all of this rubbish has got the teachers and the kids just about pulling their hair out. The question has been asked before - Does anyone know who it is that makes these ridiculous decisions? - if so I'd love to know so I can stick it up them.
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Post by angryjoe on May 17, 2006 17:31:11 GMT -5
Hah! you voted for them ;D
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Post by lennie on May 18, 2006 1:42:06 GMT -5
:-[Phew, thanks Joe, I have been sticking it up the right ones
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Post by fusil on May 18, 2006 2:11:59 GMT -5
Aye, 'an wa' aboot th' "Gay Gordons"?
Mac Fusil.
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Post by phill on May 18, 2006 3:10:09 GMT -5
Aye, 'an wa' aboot th' "Gay Gordons"? Mac Fusil. Originated in Darlinghurst didn't it?
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Post by angryjoe on May 18, 2006 15:10:36 GMT -5
Hah!, I'd like to see the PC brigade arrive at a Gordon clan-bash after the 50th bottle and tell them all their dance was offensive and should be re-named the "Contentedly Happy Gordons"..... still there'd be one less bunch of gob-shyte PC activists to use up our valuable oxygen laddie ;D
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Post by fusil on May 19, 2006 17:34:23 GMT -5
This story sort of fits in here, read the last post and I remembered it.
A good few years ago the future editor of a future ethnic newspaper arrived in Sydney from Lesbos, he was a bit lonely and homesick and decided to put an add in one of the daily papers. Now his English was very good, technically that is, and he asked fellow Lesbians to contact him. A few days later there was a knock at the door and two policemen who asked him if he had placed the add.
"Yes" he said "are you Lesbians?".
Being a couple of smart young men they quickly grasped that there was a communication problem and explained the facts of Aussie English, and no doubt raised many a laugh back at the station.
Fusil.
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Post by ppyenews on May 27, 2006 18:09:11 GMT -5
Welcome to ‘Talkback Topic’ – I’m Phillip Pye.
Political Correctness.
Does anyone know the origins of Political Correctness? Who originally developed it and what was its purpose?
. It was developed at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, which was founded in 1923 and came to be known as the "Frankfurt School." It was a group of thinkers who pulled together to find a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in Russia. The problem? Why wasn't communism spreading? Their answer? Because Western Civilization was in its way.
What was the problem with Western Civilization? Its belief in the individual, that an individual could develop valid ideas. At the root of communism was the theory that all valid ideas come from the effect of the social group of the masses. The individual is nothing.
They believed that the only way for communism to advance was to help (or force, if necessary) Western Civilization to destroy itself. How to do that? Undermine its foundations by chipping away at the rights of those annoying individuals.
One way to do that? Change their speech and thought patterns by spreading the idea that vocalizing your beliefs is disrespectful to others and must be avoided to make up for past inequities and injustices. And call it something that sounds positive: "Political Correctness."
Inspired by the brand new communist technique, Mao, in the 1930s, wrote an article on the "correct" handling of contradictions among the people. "Sensitive training" – sound familiar? – and speech codes were born.
In 1935, after Hitler came to power, the Frankfurt School moved to New York City, where they continued their work by translating Marxism from economic to cultural terms using Sigmund Freud's psychological conditioning mechanisms to get Americans to buy into Political Correctness. In 1941, they moved to California to spread their wings.
Of recent times we in Australia have been scourged with ‘Political Correctness’ to the stage of ridiculousness. No more ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’, it is now ‘Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep’. You can no longer say ‘Good Boy’ or ‘Good Girl’, it has to be ‘Good Child. It doesn’t stop there, there is a long list of these changes.
But Political Correctness remains just what it was intended to be: a sophisticated and dangerous form of censorship and oppression, imposed upon the citizenry with the ultimate goal of manipulating, brainwashing and destroying our society.
It's one thing is to be educated, considerate, polite and have good manners, and another to be forced to self-censor and say things that are totally incorrect in order to comply with the arbitrary dictums of a deceiving and fanatical far-left agenda.
Let's preserve our freedom and say NO to the scourge of Political Correctness.
I’m Phillip Pye
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Post by angryjoe on May 28, 2006 16:21:10 GMT -5
P Pye for PM..... 'nuff said.
A very insightful article, PC is a cancer which should be expunged from every free society.
Individualism makes us great..... Communism died long ago, what remains is a twitching chook carcass that hasn't realised it has been decapitated.
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Post by lennie on May 30, 2006 5:34:15 GMT -5
You got it - shame is, some w@nking nerd makes a buck out of it, worst still, OUR BUCK.
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