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Political Correctness gone mad

Saturday, 1 May 2004 ‡ 22:18

Racism is one thing i will not tolerate, at all. A comic telling a joke, as a joke, that is funny, take it as it is, "a joke".

When children are stopped from singing "Ba ba black sheep", because it may offend black people or it conditions children into thinking black sheep are the odd ones out or some other dumb reasoning, thats when things get stupid. A blackboard is a black board, is a blackboard, OK, call it a chalk board, but that may be offensive to chalks! Children are not allowed to participate in competitions and sports events because insighting competition is bad for the character at such a young age.

Education is important, but trying stop this is like sweeping it under the carpet, making it a taboo word or phrase. Competition has been part of live, forever, fullstop. I educate my son to understand that everything is not a race, but he must perform well if he wants to succeed, making him understand the difference is the key to educating him this issues. Will it come to a point when nobody is allowed to sing certain nursery rhymes, label certain objects, do certain activities...

Get a grip.