PC gone mad

[Reg Smeeton]

Tomorrows headlines are in:

Gingerbreadperson causes cancer (Mail)
Gingerbreadperson killed Diana (Guardian)
Gingerbreadman at large (and taunts police with "you can't catch me")  (Independant)
Pwhoar look at the buttons on that..Gingerbreadperson in candid photoshoot (Sun)
Gingerbreadperson  is shaped like a person and tastes of Ginger (Adver EXCLUSIVE)

Read Jasper Fforde's the 4th Bear, if you really want the full list of horrors of which a gingerbread person is capable.

[ghanimah]

If we're all going to try and be amusing, at least call it "The Independent" for god's sake.

If you're going to be pedantic, then at least say it's 'try to' not 'try and'.

[nevillew]

If you're going to be pedantic, then at least say it's 'try to' not 'try and'.

Fair point, sorry.

[Lumps]

It's ironic that its newpapers headlines like this, and braindead twats that treat them as if their headlines are the complete truth, and then inflate them beyond even the bullshit that the likes of the Daily Mail attempt to peddle, that cause this sort of bollocks in the first place.

Sippo, did you even read the fucking article that has go you so wound up you knee jerking twat? Did it ANYWHERE say that "you're not allowed to sell gingerbread men"? Or did it just report that a single primary school, terrified of offending anyone, probably because it's catering manager reads the fucking Daily Mail and thinks that the PC police will be around their house arresting them if they're not careful, went a bit over the top and made themselves look like idiots?

Go back and read it again and then have the decency to post a response admitting that it's people like YOU that promote this atmosphere of PC fear by completely exaggerating stories for the sake of a hackneyed political point.

Almost all the Mail type "PC gone made" stories, when you actually examine the facts of them are individuals misunderstanding laws or guidance because they believe, thanks to articles like this and the over-reaction of idiots like you, that they're constantly risking litigations or the sack whenever they write or speak about issues of race or gender, or sexual orientation.

Reactionary old cunts the lot of you.

[Batch]

If we're all going to try and be amusing, at least call it "The Independent" for god's sake.

Sorry for causing you confusion Nev. Glad you decyphered the criptic clue.

And yes I meant (The) Express PaulD.

[Saxondale]

Read Jasper Fforde's the 4th Bear, if you really want the full list of horrors of which a gingerbread person is capable.

Fforde is very entertaining read, lots of his books based in and around a mythical Swindon of the future.

[Arriba]

It's ironic that its newpapers headlines like this, and braindead twats that treat them as if their headlines are the complete truth, and then inflate them beyond even the bullshit that the likes of the Daily Mail attempt to peddle, that cause this sort of bollocks in the first place.

Sippo, did you even read the fucking article that has go you so wound up you knee jerking twat? Did it ANYWHERE say that "you're not allowed to sell gingerbread men"? Or did it just report that a single primary school, terrified of offending anyone, probably because it's catering manager reads the fucking Daily Mail and thinks that the PC police will be around their house arresting them if they're not careful, went a bit over the top and made themselves look like idiots?

Go back and read it again and then have the decency to post a response admitting that it's people like YOU that promote this atmosphere of PC fear by completely exaggerating stories for the sake of a hackneyed political point.

Almost all the Mail type "PC gone made" stories, when you actually examine the facts of them are individuals misunderstanding laws or guidance because they believe, thanks to articles like this and the over-reaction of idiots like you, that they're constantly risking litigations or the sack whenever they write or speak about issues of race or gender, or sexual orientation.

Reactionary old cunts the lot of you.

i'd say the above was a reactionary post.

[jayohaitchenn]

Haha good work arriba

[Lumps]

i'd say the above was a reactionary post.

Then I would suggest you find yourself a dictionary, many of which are available on line, and become a little more informed about what the word actually means.

[Don Rogers Shop]

You really are a total cunt you are.

[Samdy Gray]

Awaits witty reply from Lumps...

[Lumps]

You really are a total cunt you are.

[Arriba]

Then I would suggest you find yourself a dictionary, many of which are available on line, and become a little more informed about what the word actually means.

i'd say this is another reactionary post

[Sippo]

You can no longer have 'brainstorms'

Brainstorming', the buzz term used by executives to generate ideas among their staff, has been deemed politically incorrect by civil servants because it is thought to be offensive to people with brain disorders.

Instead staff at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) in Belfast will use the term 'thought-showers' when they get together to think creatively. A spokeswoman said: 'The DETI does not use the term brainstorming on its training courses on the grounds that it may be deemed pejorative.'

Sources inside the department said there was concern that the term would cause offence to sufferers of epilepsy as well those with brain tumours or brain injuries.

But the Campaign for Plain English complained that the decision had 'reached the point of real ridicule'. John Wild, its spokesman, said: 'You do sometimes wonder if some people haven't got anything better to do with their time. Do they just sit down and search out enough words until eventually they can say, "I can make that out to be politically incorrect"?

'Of course there are certain terms that should be deemed out of bounds but then sometimes things go too far.'

The move follows that of the Welsh Development Agency, responsible for promoting business in Wales, which ran a series of courses last year to teach staff to be more politically correct. 'Brainstorming' was on its list of banned words, as well as 'nit-picking' and 'manila', because of their origins in the slave trade.

[Barry Scott]

That's hilarious. Careful though, Lumps is always prowling.

Fforde is very entertaining read, lots of his books based in and around a mythical Swindon of the future.

I remember when I first saw The 7 Wonders of Swindon. Very funny.

http://www.jasperfforde.com/swindon/7wonders.html