this is a continuation of another thread which has been archived...


http://www.funkypool.com/viewTopic.do?topicid=11926

I want to get this started again as there are some facinating stories out there.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/red-pens-too-aggressive-for-school-kids/2008/12/03/1228257123459.html

it calls for the Queensland (australia) teachers to stop using red pens as it may be offensive to students!!

its nearly christmas, so there have to be more out there!

and like calling a blackboard a chalk board......for heavens sake its colour is black

yet no one complains about a whiteboard

I would be careful this doesnt become racist lol

Exactly the politically correct point! Theres nothing racist been said but we are all scared to death to say the wrong thing because some worried political correct dogooder will point at us and shout RACIST if we even mention a colour. Im not talking about on this site btw. Im talking about the nation and parts of the world as a whole.

Its like its gone the other way and we are now told what we are allowed to say and think. That was how the Nazis ran Germany. I hate racism its what narrow minded subintelligent people resort to because they are scared of anybody that isnt exactly like them. But I also hate anyone trying to control my thoughts. Ill think what I like and I dont need some control freak in Parliament telling me what my views are.

Its like a city this year, I think it was Oxford, banned the word Christmas in the Christmas celebrations in case they offended Muslims. It wasnt the Muslims fault because they didnt mind, and they believe Jesus was a Prophet anyway so why would they? It was all down to some dogooders worrying again.

The world is sick aflumpy, and you are the very man to fix it.

this is exactly the point Of PC gone mad...a white board is white a blackboard is black....hence them being called that, its got no bearing on skin colour, some people just come up with these crazy notions.

Politically Correct Terms are what annoy me...

Such as: "Brain storm" has been turned to "thought shower" as it somehow {offends} people with epilepsy...

I think Canada has gone politically mad, keeping stephen harper as prime minister (this is not on topic)

lol sam.

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I Forget the title was 'has the world become Politically CORRECT mad' rofl

i read the link, it's weird how red pens affect children's behavior 0.0

they will be calling manhole covers peoplehole covers next

i think that already do somewhere.

And last christmas here in Australia; Santa was not allowed to say 'Ho Ho Ho' in the shopping centres because it may offend...Hoes. But Santa being Santa, did what he wanted to do and did it anyway. One got fired for saying Ho Ho Ho!!!

over here, they cant use the 7 dwarfs names in panto...except sneezy (i think) as disney have copyright on all the names except one....its not PC but for goodness sake its only panto.....

maybe we could change this into 'Has the world gone mad?' and just complain about every thing like that Disney thing.

here is one.

A guy here in Australia (who was from Ireland) coached a Rugby Union team. Because most of the team was Irish and most of the team was described as 'Brats', they nicknamed their team the 'McBrats'. Then McDonalds found out!

McDonalds took them to court over the prefix 'Mc' saying it was a breach of trademark. But the Rugby Union team fourght it and won. The judge said that you cant own 'Mc'.

lol

protecting an image is fine but it does go too far sometimes......what if a persons surname is Mc Donald? the own all of it including the Mc......crazy

A man in england some time ago got fined alot of money (cnt remember exactly how much) for over filling his bin and if he had thrown all his rubish on the road he would have had a smaller fine

government gone mad?

or change this thread to weird (but true) stories.

a garbo in England found 22 000 pounds worth of shredded bank notes.

he can only keep it if he can piece it back together!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=682304

I'll take it off his hands, i'm handy with jigsaws, and sellotaping

Edited at 21:52 Sun 7/12/08 (GMT)

Edited at 21:53 Sun 7/12/08 (GMT)

Hate to ask the obvious, but why were they called brats in the first place?

Edited at 21:56 Sun 7/12/08 (GMT)

In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time!

It is illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia


In the England it is illegal to sell most goods on a sunday, (this law is mostly ignored), it is however legal to sell a carrot. It is also legal to sell it at any price and to give free gifts with it, such as anything else one might want to buy on a sunday!


It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.


In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.

Under the UK?s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don?t want him to know, though you don?t have to tell him anything you don?t mind him knowing.

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.


In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman?s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.

How crazy!

And the list goes on.

on this Funkypool thread, there are calls to put a female into the logo because females play pool too.

http://www.funkypool.com/viewTopic.do?topicid=14368

you dont need a female in the logo just because they play too!