December 31, 2011
Words and The State: 2011 Edition
Early last November, during a heated discussion with her fellow passengers on a crowded Wimbledon to Croydon tram, a grumpy and stressed 34-year-old former dental receptionist named Emma West proffered up some rather un-PC opinions about immigration and what she saw as the loss of Britain's identity. The single mother of two remained in her seat throughout, and issued no physical or verbal threats, but she complained - profanely - that Britain's identity has been lost due to excessive immigration (she singled out Poles, Nicaraguans, and "blacks"), and opined that these people should go back and "sort out (their) own countries."
She would soon pay a massive price for her expressions. At the time of the incident British Transport officers merely escorted her off the tram and waited with her for the next one, but when one of her fellow passengers posted a cellphone video (language warning) a few weeks later, a nationwide womanhunt commenced - even the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party got in on the act, issuing an "important appeal" to track her down - and on November 29th West was arrested and charged with racially-aggravated harassment. Denied bail over fears of revenge attacks after her home address was circulated online, the distraught West was sent to a category A prison ("the highest security prison in England…for 'prisoners…whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public or national security') and her children were taken away from her by social services.Now infamous, West would become an entirely unwitting lightning rod for inflamed passions on both sides of the immigration debate. British journalist and CNN host Piers Morgan tweeted that she should be deported, scores of "anti-racist" online commenters called for her to be beaten and/or raped, and multiple death threats were issued. On the other side, anti-immigration proponents and white nationalists of all stripes appropriated her name and image, and practically deified her for her anxious outburst.
Tough gig for a single working-class mum with a history of severe depression.
One week after Emma West was arrested and jailed, four Somali-born Muslim women who had brutally assaulted a passer-by, kicking her bloody and unconscious while shouting "kill the white slag!" and "white b****!", walked free from court. Unlike Emma West, they had not been charged with any race-related offences.
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Showing posts with label Political Correctness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Political Correctness. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
And They Have Support In Canada, US...
THE TRUE VISION OF CHRISTMAS
THE VISION THAT THE POLITICAL CORRECT WOULD WANT US TO BELIEVE
Congressmen told not to say 'Merry Christmas' to citizens
...and I am sure you could tell us about similar attitudes in your neighborhood, schools, public buildings, etc. but
Canadians still wish each other Merry Christmas
Poll: 'Merry Christmas' preferred greeting - UPI.com
Poll: Two-thirds in U.S. prefer 'Merry Christmas
...maybe there is hope for us.
...and I am sure you could tell us about similar attitudes in your neighborhood, schools, public buildings, etc. but
Canadians still wish each other Merry Christmas
Poll: 'Merry Christmas' preferred greeting - UPI.com
Poll: Two-thirds in U.S. prefer 'Merry Christmas
...maybe there is hope for us.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
First it Was Prized Black Cow And Oprah But Not To Be Outdone...
Monday, February 28, 2011
Australia: "Racist" Baa Baa Black Sheep put out to pasture
We read:
"Black sheep are on the endangered species list as some children in north Queensland learn to sing Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep.The English nursery rhyme may have survived for 200-plus years but political correctness could finally put it out to pasture. Some schools in Britain have banned the song for being racist, but Pelicans Innisfail Child Care allows children to sing about black sheep or rainbow sheep.
Director Pam McLaughlin said some teachers sang the changed lyrics, and some children already knew the changes. "We just go with whatever the children want," Ms McLaughlin said. "The kids are just singing and having fun. Some sing black sheep, some sing rainbow sheep. It's just a song. "We don't have anything that says, 'You have to sing it this way'."
Australian National University social psychologist Michael Platow said he doubted Baa Baa Black Sheep would teach racism. "I don't know why a child would associate a black sheep with a black man," he said.
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Australia: "Racist" Baa Baa Black Sheep put out to pasture
We read:
"Black sheep are on the endangered species list as some children in north Queensland learn to sing Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep.The English nursery rhyme may have survived for 200-plus years but political correctness could finally put it out to pasture. Some schools in Britain have banned the song for being racist, but Pelicans Innisfail Child Care allows children to sing about black sheep or rainbow sheep.
Director Pam McLaughlin said some teachers sang the changed lyrics, and some children already knew the changes. "We just go with whatever the children want," Ms McLaughlin said. "The kids are just singing and having fun. Some sing black sheep, some sing rainbow sheep. It's just a song. "We don't have anything that says, 'You have to sing it this way'."
Australian National University social psychologist Michael Platow said he doubted Baa Baa Black Sheep would teach racism. "I don't know why a child would associate a black sheep with a black man," he said.
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Mandela And The ANC Seem To Have Solved...
...most of the problems of the country and it's people and are now zeroing in on political correctness...
South Africa, having solved all other problems, turns attention to sushi
South Africa has been recently on edge as national hero and democratic revolutionary Nelson Mandela, now 92-years-old, has been hospitalized with a respiratory infection. But the party that he led to power after the fall of apatheid has not forgotten that they still must be working to improve the lives of the people:
The Associated Press reports:
South Africa’s governing party has pronounced: eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is politically incorrect.
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South Africa, having solved all other problems, turns attention to sushi
South Africa has been recently on edge as national hero and democratic revolutionary Nelson Mandela, now 92-years-old, has been hospitalized with a respiratory infection. But the party that he led to power after the fall of apatheid has not forgotten that they still must be working to improve the lives of the people:
The Associated Press reports:
South Africa’s governing party has pronounced: eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is politically incorrect.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Censorship And Political Correctness...
Talk about money for nothing
Jan 14, 2011 7:50PM EST
In arriving at its small-minded decision on the Dire Straits song, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council may have got a blister on its thumb
Jan 14, 2011 7:50PM EST
In arriving at its small-minded decision on the Dire Straits song, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council may have got a blister on its thumb
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Only In Canada You Say....
Canada, the world’s most easily offended country
You may have noticed the global snort of derision when it became known that Money For Nothing, a 25-year-old Dire Straits song written by Mark Knopfler and Sting, has been ruled too offensive for Canadian radio play.
What’s interesting, apart from the simple lunacy of suddenly banning a tune that’s 25 years old and has already been played about a billion times, is the reason: A radio station in St. John’s received a complaint.
That’s all it takes in Canada: One person to take offense. Read More »
You may have noticed the global snort of derision when it became known that Money For Nothing, a 25-year-old Dire Straits song written by Mark Knopfler and Sting, has been ruled too offensive for Canadian radio play.
What’s interesting, apart from the simple lunacy of suddenly banning a tune that’s 25 years old and has already been played about a billion times, is the reason: A radio station in St. John’s received a complaint.
That’s all it takes in Canada: One person to take offense. Read More »
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Holy Mackeral Andy...
...someone in the mainstream media has had "the balls" to actually spellout the Nword...nigger. Two generations now know what the Nword spelled and as of 12.24PM on Sunday, November 9, 2001 the world has not come to an end and the blacks in North American have not taken to the streets although if they wanted to do so to protest the replacement word "slave" I would support them.
Globe Editorial
Huckleberry Finn: The problem of that word
To delete the word “nigger” from its 200-plus appearances in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and replace it with “slave,” is to evade the problem of education. It is to falsify a world as a precondition for teaching about it. Jan 08, 2011
Globe Editorial
Huckleberry Finn: The problem of that word
To delete the word “nigger” from its 200-plus appearances in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and replace it with “slave,” is to evade the problem of education. It is to falsify a world as a precondition for teaching about it. Jan 08, 2011
The Speech Police Jumping For Joy...
Rex Murphy: Don’t censor Mark Twain
What would Mark Twain think of prissily bowdlerizing Huckleberry Finn.
Or — to be more specific — what would he think of a U.S. publisher’s recently announced decision to purge a new Huck Finn edition of the n-word?
We actually have, at least indirectly, a very good idea of what he would think. Twain, a word-artist if ever there was one, wrote a sentence that every would-be censor should be forced to mutter a hundred times while seeking forgiveness from the goddess of literature: “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug” Read More »
Or — to be more specific — what would he think of a U.S. publisher’s recently announced decision to purge a new Huck Finn edition of the n-word?
We actually have, at least indirectly, a very good idea of what he would think. Twain, a word-artist if ever there was one, wrote a sentence that every would-be censor should be forced to mutter a hundred times while seeking forgiveness from the goddess of literature: “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug” Read More »
Friday, January 07, 2011
It Started with Banning Words...
Blog Nuggets: Ontario’s most insensitive council, Israel’s spy vulture
Bite-sized bits of bloggery to chew on, from the day’s headlines
Last night I watched an old episode of Corner Gas in which Davis is forced to take sensitivity training after Karen objects to him and Oscar telling blonde jokes. Davis returns so obnoxiously sensitive, Karen locks him in a cell while Oscar recites rude jokes to snap him out of it. Karen is so dumb she doesn’t get one of the jokes. I don’t believe there was any national uproar. Today, this: The entire city council in London, Ont. has been ordered to take sensitivity training after the female friend of one councillor watched a rude video on his Facebook page (which he promptly removed). One person complained. One. My God, people.
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Bite-sized bits of bloggery to chew on, from the day’s headlines
Last night I watched an old episode of Corner Gas in which Davis is forced to take sensitivity training after Karen objects to him and Oscar telling blonde jokes. Davis returns so obnoxiously sensitive, Karen locks him in a cell while Oscar recites rude jokes to snap him out of it. Karen is so dumb she doesn’t get one of the jokes. I don’t believe there was any national uproar. Today, this: The entire city council in London, Ont. has been ordered to take sensitivity training after the female friend of one councillor watched a rude video on his Facebook page (which he promptly removed). One person complained. One. My God, people.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Nothing has Changed...
...politicians, beauracrats and social in-activists are still trying to sanitize the world to meet their personalities; ie: no choc. milk in schools, etc.
Comment: How the Toronto school board sterilized Halloween
Posted: October 29, 2008, 3:43 PM by Rob Roberts
Comment by David Menzies
Forget about the War on Christmas. The mavens of political correctness have a new target in their crosshairs: Halloween.
A case in point: the Toronto District School Board has several “concerns” with respect to the imagery – and even the foodstuffs – associated with All Hallow’s Eve. In fact, some schools in Toronto and elsewhere now refer to Halloween as “Black and Orange Day,” fearing the H-word itself will be as potentially offensive to certain groups as Christmas may be for some non-Christians. The TDSB’s Halloween policy is outlined in its 2008 Teaching Resource for Dealing with Controversial and Sensitive Issues in Toronto District School Board Classrooms. This document, dripping with spine-tingling bureaucratese, outlines six reasons why Halloween isn’t as fun as you might think.
For instance:
1. “Halloween is a religious day of significance for Wiccans and therefore should be treated respectfully.”
According to Kurt MacIntosh, the TDSB’s supervising principal of equity and inner city, nobody knows how many students of the Wiccan faith attend Toronto schools. Nor have complaints been quantified.
2. “Peer and social/media consumer pressures target all children and their families as consumers of costumes, makeup, food products, etc. Many students and their families can feel this socio-economic marginalization keenly.”
The TDSB is on to something here. Indeed, my six-year-old son, Sean, was planning on dressing up as Iron Man this year. But since money is too tight to mention, Sean realized Dad wouldn’t be able to afford repulsor ray gloves or a pair of jet-propulsion boots. “Daddy, forget about buying me a costume this year,” Sean said the other day. “I just realized social/media consumer pressures are fueling my desire to dress-up as a superhero. I’ll stay at home on Black and Orange Day this year so that you don’t feel any socio-economic marginalization, keenly or otherwise.”
3. “The images and icons associated with consumer-oriented Halloween can come into conflict with some students’ and their families’ religious beliefs.”
Does dressing up as a zombie mock the resurrection of Christ? In any event, the TSDB’s MacIntosh notes that “tombstones, the trivialization of death, and gore” are offensive to both Christians and Muslims. Still, if a devout [fill in religion here] student was offended by Halloween celebrations – or, more accurately, if the parents of that student were offended – wouldn’t it make more sense for that pupil to stay home on Oct. 31 rather than alter Halloween celebrations for the entire student body?
4. “The food products that are marketed heavily during the Halloween period can come into conflict with students’ and their families’ dietary habits.”
Certainly this is the biggest red herring put forth by the anti-Halloween camp. Since “offensive” food products are marketed all year long, surely it is within the bailiwick of parents to control such foodstuffs. Besides, Halloween fun at our strictly peanut-free schools involves dressing up, not consuming copious quantities of conflicting candies.
5. “Some students have had first-hand traumatic experiences of violence that make talking about death, ghosts, etc., extremely alienating.”
The TDSB has no tangible evidence to support the position that a rubber werewolf mask might “alienate” or “traumatize” a child who has previously experienced violence. Are we to assume children who have experienced trauma are forever incapable of embracing make-believe fun on Halloween?
6. “Many recently arrived students in our schools share no background cultural knowledge of trick-or-treating or the commercialization of death as ‘fun.’”
Forget Halloween. Surely “recently arrived students” have no cultural knowledge of Canadian history, the lyrics to the national anthem, or for that matter, the delayed offside rule in hockey. Isn’t it incumbent upon teachers to, well, teach the kids about Canadian culture?
Halloween is all about kids from all cultures and faiths dressing up and having fun. The TDSB appears to be basing its policy paper more on phantom concerns than quantifiable complaints.
Happy Black and Orange Day, nevertheless.
COMMENTS
READ MORE: Toronto schools chief defends board’s Halloween sensitivity policy.
Comment: How the Toronto school board sterilized Halloween
Posted: October 29, 2008, 3:43 PM by Rob Roberts
Comment by David Menzies
Forget about the War on Christmas. The mavens of political correctness have a new target in their crosshairs: Halloween.
A case in point: the Toronto District School Board has several “concerns” with respect to the imagery – and even the foodstuffs – associated with All Hallow’s Eve. In fact, some schools in Toronto and elsewhere now refer to Halloween as “Black and Orange Day,” fearing the H-word itself will be as potentially offensive to certain groups as Christmas may be for some non-Christians. The TDSB’s Halloween policy is outlined in its 2008 Teaching Resource for Dealing with Controversial and Sensitive Issues in Toronto District School Board Classrooms. This document, dripping with spine-tingling bureaucratese, outlines six reasons why Halloween isn’t as fun as you might think.
For instance:
1. “Halloween is a religious day of significance for Wiccans and therefore should be treated respectfully.”
According to Kurt MacIntosh, the TDSB’s supervising principal of equity and inner city, nobody knows how many students of the Wiccan faith attend Toronto schools. Nor have complaints been quantified.
2. “Peer and social/media consumer pressures target all children and their families as consumers of costumes, makeup, food products, etc. Many students and their families can feel this socio-economic marginalization keenly.”
The TDSB is on to something here. Indeed, my six-year-old son, Sean, was planning on dressing up as Iron Man this year. But since money is too tight to mention, Sean realized Dad wouldn’t be able to afford repulsor ray gloves or a pair of jet-propulsion boots. “Daddy, forget about buying me a costume this year,” Sean said the other day. “I just realized social/media consumer pressures are fueling my desire to dress-up as a superhero. I’ll stay at home on Black and Orange Day this year so that you don’t feel any socio-economic marginalization, keenly or otherwise.”
3. “The images and icons associated with consumer-oriented Halloween can come into conflict with some students’ and their families’ religious beliefs.”
Does dressing up as a zombie mock the resurrection of Christ? In any event, the TSDB’s MacIntosh notes that “tombstones, the trivialization of death, and gore” are offensive to both Christians and Muslims. Still, if a devout [fill in religion here] student was offended by Halloween celebrations – or, more accurately, if the parents of that student were offended – wouldn’t it make more sense for that pupil to stay home on Oct. 31 rather than alter Halloween celebrations for the entire student body?
4. “The food products that are marketed heavily during the Halloween period can come into conflict with students’ and their families’ dietary habits.”
Certainly this is the biggest red herring put forth by the anti-Halloween camp. Since “offensive” food products are marketed all year long, surely it is within the bailiwick of parents to control such foodstuffs. Besides, Halloween fun at our strictly peanut-free schools involves dressing up, not consuming copious quantities of conflicting candies.
5. “Some students have had first-hand traumatic experiences of violence that make talking about death, ghosts, etc., extremely alienating.”
The TDSB has no tangible evidence to support the position that a rubber werewolf mask might “alienate” or “traumatize” a child who has previously experienced violence. Are we to assume children who have experienced trauma are forever incapable of embracing make-believe fun on Halloween?
6. “Many recently arrived students in our schools share no background cultural knowledge of trick-or-treating or the commercialization of death as ‘fun.’”
Forget Halloween. Surely “recently arrived students” have no cultural knowledge of Canadian history, the lyrics to the national anthem, or for that matter, the delayed offside rule in hockey. Isn’t it incumbent upon teachers to, well, teach the kids about Canadian culture?
Halloween is all about kids from all cultures and faiths dressing up and having fun. The TDSB appears to be basing its policy paper more on phantom concerns than quantifiable complaints.
Happy Black and Orange Day, nevertheless.
COMMENTS
READ MORE: Toronto schools chief defends board’s Halloween sensitivity policy.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
How Canadian!
Jeffrey Simpson
Party financing: Yes, end the public subsidy, but raise the individual limit
Canadians’ tax dollars are being used legally but quite flagrantly to finance a party that wants to break up the countryBloc census idea: Don't complete the form? No passport
The Bloc Quebecois says it's got a compromise solution to the census spat -- and it involves replacing jail sentences wi
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
CAUTION!! Many of these "Protesters" Are The Offspring...
...of many of the leftwing politicians holding office in Ottawa, Queens Park and Toronto and there is a good chance that they will be in power when YOUR offspring grow up. You should be be preparing your kids to be politically correct in order to keep them out of indoctrination camps.
Coulter protesters attack free speech: Levant
Free speech advocates say university administrators should be embarrassed that protesters forced right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter to cancel her appearance at the University of Ottawa, an event they claim is an attack on Canadian freedoms.Steven Skurka: Should Ann Coulter be muzzled?
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Should The Headline Note Read NDP HOLIDAY Party
Look who crashed the NDP Christmas party
by Mitchel Raphael on Thursday, December 24, 2009 12:11pm - 4 Comments
by Mitchel Raphael on Thursday, December 24, 2009 12:11pm - 4 Comments
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Police Media To Be Congratulated....Major Crime Committed But No Profiling
Police seek several suspects after two teens shot
Updated: Tue Nov. 10 2009 7:02:44 AM
ctvtoronto.ca
Two teens spent the night in hospital recovering from gunwounds after a shootout in west-end Toronto.
The victims, ages 17 and 18, were shot in a parking lot located at the side of Starbank Convenience Mart, located on Eglinton West near Dufferin Street, at around 8:30 p.m.
One man was shot several times in the legs while the other was shot in the back. Their injuries are not life-threatening, police say.
Authorities told CTV Toronto they are looking for three suspects, all between the ages of 18 and 25. They were wearing fitted ball caps, dark track suits and hooded sweatshirts.
They were last seen fleeing on foot, going northbound on Locksley Avenue.
Police spent the night at the scene gathering evidence, shell casings and collecting footage from surveillance cameras. Investigators say they believe the victims were targeted.
Anyone with information is being asked to call police at 13 Division, 416-808-1300 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sad State Of Affairs In Britian
British police banned from saying 'Evening all'
With the number of ordinary words that are banned, it would be no surprise if they felt it was too risky to open their mouths at all on many occasions
With the number of ordinary words that are banned, it would be no surprise if they felt it was too risky to open their mouths at all on many occasions
"Police officers in the UK have been told to avoid using the classic "Evenin' all" greeting because it may confuse ethnic minorities. Warwickshire Police's handbook 'Policing Our Communities', issued to every member of its staff, gives advice on communicating with people from different ethnic groups in a section entitled 'Communication, Some Do's & Don'ts'.
It states: 'Don't assume those words for the time of day, such as afternoon or evening have the same meaning.' A force spokesman said: 'Terms such as 'afternoon' and 'evening' are somewhat subjective in meaning and can vary according to a person's culture or nationality.
'The point is there is an element of subjectivity leading to a variation between cultures that we need to be aware of - taking steps as far as possible to ensure our communication is effective in serving the public.'
In another section entitled 'Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities' the force's handbook confusingly states that the phrase 'lesbians and gay men' is likely to be satisfactory for most situations when talking about sexual orientation.
But it says 'homosexual' is 'best avoided' as the word is 'interpreted differently by many, and relates to sexual practice as opposed to sexual orientation.'
Following a Freedom of Information request to police forces and fire services about the guidance they give their staff on their use of language, it has also emerged that a number of organisations, including Essex Police and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, instruct staff to avoid the phrases 'child, youth or youngster.' This is because such phrases could have 'connotations of inexperience, impetuosity, and unreliability or even dishonesty'.
The same guide also warns against the phrases 'manning the phones', 'layman's terms' and 'the tax man', for 'making women invisible'. London Fire Brigade instructs its staff not to use the terms 'businessmen' or 'housewives' because they 'reinforce outdated stereotypes'.
Marie Clair of the Plain English Campaign said: 'Those writing these guides are over-analysing things. It's political correctness gone crazy. 'I feel sorry for the poor emergency service workers who have grown up in a country where the words they being told not to use are familiar and part of every day language. 'Is anyone really going to be confused by 'evening'? And if you can't say what a lovely afternoon it is, what are you meant to say - what a lovely 3pm?
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- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.