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with all the bad publicity about racist name calling from members of the royal family. how should we choose a nickname ? and should we ban them, lest they cause offence. ?
my grandfather [irish] would often call my father [australian born] father. a brit red coat. my father would rally by calling my grandfather a bog trotting tattie grower. they would then order a pint. and educate all who would listen about how they single handedly saved england from the naziz. i was brought up in a wide political arena that could be a mine field were any of it said in hate. how do people in the public eye cope ? they cant say a word to anyone without the p.c brigade lynching them ! and now its nick knicknamers games. or is it right to call your best mate ni*ger cos his names nigel errikson. it just happens that way sometimes. ! IS it bad to call an irishman paddy ? im beggared if i know anymore. im gunna have to walk around gagged, most of my friends are builders bikers and truck drivers. i couldnt tell ya half their real names. but we all have nicknames. they show who we are. for instance my nickname is g.t [ginget tw*t] given to me by my best male mate. i dont mind..
I remember we had a boy at school whose nickname was ‘Pants’.
we had a swot whose nickname was knickers
I see old Jugears is in trouble too now for calling a member of his polo team Sooty!
That takes the biscuit (Duchy, of course!). We need to Sweep this under the carpet before someone decides to Sue.@bassingbourne55 wrote:
I see old Jugears is in trouble too now for calling a member of his polo team Sooty!
That takes the biscuit (Duchy, of course!). We need to Sweep this under the carpet before someone decides to Sue.Ooooh I say – “Jugears” sorry that’s offensive !!! :lol:
The word so say used by Harry is offensive by anyone’s standard, & totaly not PC. [-X
I can understand how political correctness came about but I think it’s gone way too far now. The pc brigade will leap on any word they think of as being offensive, with no regard to the context in which it is used or if the person it is directed at is even remotely bothered by it.
A friend of mine always greets me with “owzit anging you old tart”, I reply with”oi, less of the old you slapper”…..no doubt the pc brigade would jump up and down over this, but we both know it’s a joke and nothing is meant by it (I think…. :? )
As for the media, oooh look, there’s a word or statement there we can take out of context and make a story of…let’s not let the whole picture get in the way of a good story. Hey there’s a royal involved too, might get this one to run for a few days….
@jen_jen wrote:
I can understand how political correctness came about but I think it’s gone way too far now. The pc brigade will leap on any word they think of as being offensive, with no regard to the context in which it is used or if the person it is directed at is even remotely bothered by it.
A friend of mine always greets me with “owzit anging you old tart”, I reply with”oi, less of the old you slapper”…..no doubt the pc brigade would jump up and down over this, but we both know it’s a joke and nothing is meant by it (I think…. :? )
As for the media, oooh look, there’s a word or statement there we can take out of context and make a story of…let’s not let the whole picture get in the way of a good story. Hey there’s a royal involved too, might get this one to run for a few days….
=D> =D> =D> Well said Jen
I watched the Question Time programme last night where this issue was discussed. I have to say that my overall feeling on the opinion of the members of the panel was to get a life!!! ](*,)
The man referred to as Sooty is apparently called that name by several other members of the polo set, he doesn’t seem to have any problem with it, so why should anyone else. One of the panel made the suggestion that ”well it is the prince of wales, and he’s hardly going to say he doesn’t like it” :roll: maybe so, but it has been said that he’s called this name by everyone else too, he could say it to them, if he so chose, he doesn’t.
As for Prince Harry,,,,,,,,it was 3 years ago fgs!. Also last night on the programme it was brought up about his dressing up as a Nazi. If this had been any other young man around his age, I doubt anything would have been said, relatively few people would have noticed.
I don’t know his name, but the Jewish man on the panel. He said he was uncomfortable with being called a Jew. He then proceeded to tell the panel and the audience, that at football matches, to make themselves spotted, there is a crowd, who along with him, chant, yidarmy! yidarmy!,,,,,,,,he went on to say that he wasn’t comfortable with it, but went along with it, isn’t that double standards!! :roll:
Personally I think the whole ”Political Correctness” issue has gotten completely and totally out of hand. I myself was berated in one of the chat rooms recently for referring to my partner, as ‘half caste’,,,,,,,,,,,I was told in no un-certain terms, that the term half caste wasn’t acceptable, and that I should refer to him as ‘mixed race’ :roll: 9mostly I refer to him by his name :roll: ) I repeat, get a bloody life!!
Yet another example of the pc brigade gone bonkers :roll:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7832647.stm
Can we assume he’ll be refusing to drive a bus where the interior doesn’t meet his expectations next :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
@bassingbourne55 wrote:
I see old Jugears is in trouble too now for calling a member of his polo team Sooty!
That takes the biscuit (Duchy, of course!). We need to Sweep this under the carpet before someone decides to Sue.brill =D>
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