Inappropriate Jokes and blonde

[ariston]

I find the politically correctness gone mad arguments a little trumped up.

Let's say I was in a pub with a group of friends, one of whom had long hair. Say we all called him a hippy.

If he politley asked us not to call him a hippy and explained why it offended him, we'd stop calling him a hippy, end of. Plenty other mays to mock them, we'll call them Teresa instead. No-one would harp on about person hole covers.

Blonde may be a wider community than a few folk in a pub, but at the moment I see no danger of politically correctness "going mad"

Can we not just respect one of our members requests?

In fact, I see no need for censorship or administrative legislation here, just politely ask everyone to have some consideration, and go from there.

fair enough. what about if you were in the pub and u called your mate a hippy and someone on the other side of the bar said- do you mind I used to have long hair and I'm offended by that comment. would you say "ok then sorry about that "and never call your mate a hippy again? Or is it more likely you would just say it quieter?

[bolt pp]

the basis of your argument throughout your posts tank seems to be that by changing the wording you remove the implied intent of your comment.

This cant be the case can it?

the underlying meaning trancends the wording and therfore has the potential to offend not only the recipiant but a third and independant party that translates the sentiment, eroneously or not, as being of a derogatory nature.

There has been a succession of posts that have tried to prove the point one way or another with individual examples of symantic manipulation.

Fatuous if you ask me, if you intend to question someones sexuality for the purposes of provoking laughter then irrespective of the wording it is open to
misinterpretation.

 

[tikay]

I find the politically correctness gone mad arguments a little trumped up.

Let's say I was in a pub with a group of friends, one of whom had long hair. Say we all called him a hippy.

If he politley asked us not to call him a hippy and explained why it offended him, we'd stop calling him a hippy, end of. Plenty other mays to mock them, we'll call them Teresa instead. No-one would harp on about person hole covers.

Blonde may be a wider community than a few folk in a pub, but at the moment I see no danger of politically correctness "going mad"

Can we not just respect one of our members requests?

In fact, I see no need for censorship or administrative legislation here, just politely ask everyone to have some consideration, and go from there.

That - most especially the final Para - probably sums it up, & is almost certainly the way we will go.

[Trace]

Tikay - what did the word sissy refer to back in your day?

[RED-DOG]

A fag is something that is smoked - Tribecca piss me off completely for having this word censored as it means something else in the USA.   Crap is also censored - God knows why!

Whatever happened to Gay meaning Happy?


I wonder what Enid Blyton would make of all this - she so loved the word spunk in her books!  And I'm sure Dick and Julian were gay every now and then.

I was a famous five fan, I had a crush on George.

[Trace]

A fag is something that is smoked - Tribecca piss me off completely for having this word censored as it means something else in the USA.   Crap is also censored - God knows why!

Whatever happened to Gay meaning Happy?


I wonder what Enid Blyton would make of all this - she so loved the word spunk in her books!  And I'm sure Dick and Julian were gay every now and then.

I was a famous five fan, I had a crush on George.

I wanted to be George - so full of spunk -  allegedly.

[tikay]

Tikay - what did the word sissy refer to back in your day?

I assume the same as in your day Trace - there is, what, 5 years between us?

[nirvana]

Tracy, yr incredibly rude last line made me laugh like a hyena !!

[thetank]

the basis of your argument throughout your posts tank seems to be that by changing the wording you remove the implied intent of your comment.

This cant be the case can it?
 

Yes it can.

1. Flushy is a big cream puff

2. Flushy is as camp as a boy scout jambouree.

Both mean the same to me, both mean the same to Royal Flush.

A third party could use the argument that I'm implying as to Royal Flush's sexuality in a derrogotory way in the first, but not really the second.

[Trace]

Tikay - what did the word sissy refer to back in your day?

I assume the same as in your day Trace - there is, what, 5 years between us?

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha 

omg  someone call an ambulance - i think im about to have a laughing-hysterically-need-some-emergency-help type fit here!!!

I'm only 13 FFS Tikay!

I didn't mean that to read as an ageist thing Tikay, more of a different generation type thing!   ok I may as well stop back peddling - my laughing has done enough damage I guess.

[Trace]

Tracy, yr incredibly rude last line made me laugh like a hyena !!

Nirv dahlingggggggggggg - you know I aim to please!  <wink>

xxxxx
Loves ya

[ariston]

A fag is something that is smoked - Tribecca piss me off completely for having this word censored as it means something else in the USA.   Crap is also censored - God knows why!

Whatever happened to Gay meaning Happy?


I wonder what Enid Blyton would make of all this - she so loved the word spunk in her books!  And I'm sure Dick and Julian were gay every now and then.

I was a famous five fan, I had a crush on George.

I wanted to be George - so full of spunk -  allegedly.

how are you posting on trace t's account flushy?

[tikay]

Tikay - what did the word sissy refer to back in your day?

I assume the same as in your day Trace - there is, what, 5 years between us?

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha 

omg  someone call an ambulance - i think im about to have a laughing-hysterically-need-some-emergency-help type fit here!!!

I'm only 13 FFS Tikay!

I didn't mean that to read as an ageist thing Tikay, more of a different generation type thing!   ok I may as well stop back peddling - my laughing has done enough damage I guess.

I'm hurting now, Trace.

[Trace]

Tikay - what did the word sissy refer to back in your day?

I assume the same as in your day Trace - there is, what, 5 years between us?

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha 

omg  someone call an ambulance - i think im about to have a laughing-hysterically-need-some-emergency-help type fit here!!!

I'm only 13 FFS Tikay!

I didn't mean that to read as an ageist thing Tikay, more of a different generation type thing!   ok I may as well stop back peddling - my laughing has done enough damage I guess.

I'm hurting now, Trace.

Well I ain't kissing it better - it'd be like incest.

 

[thetank]

fair enough. what about if you were in the pub and u called your mate a hippy and someone on the other side of the bar said- do you mind I used to have long hair and I'm offended by that comment. would you say "ok then sorry about that "and never call your mate a hippy again? Or is it more likely you would just say it quieter?

I'd say it quiter, outwith their earshot.

In the context of a public forum such as this, that means not posting it, or pm-ing it.