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I have heard reports from a friend of mine that as a waitress she can not ask if the recipient wants their coffee to be black. She must ask if they want milk in it or not. Simply because one person gets offended by a name of a colour. Give me a break! If you take away someone's right to say a simple un offensive word then you are taking away a basic human right of expression.

I'm not saying that we should allow nazi like people to walk around the high street shouting "I' gonna kill me a jew" Or something similar. This is too far. I am simply arguing that when a simple descriptive word for a cup of coffee gets offensive.

What are your veiws.

I thought it odd today at a diner when they asked if I wanted cream in it, not if I wanted it black.. yah, way too far

I have heard reports from a friend of mine that as a waitress she can not ask if the recipient wants their coffee to be black. She must ask if they want milk in it or not. Simply because one person gets offended by a name of a colour. Give me a break! If you take away someone's right to say a simple un offensive word then you are taking away a basic human right of expression.

I'm not saying that we should allow nazi like people to walk around the high street shouting "I' gonna kill me a jew" Or something similar. This is too far. I am simply arguing that when a simple descriptive word for a cup of coffee gets offensive.

What are your veiws.
Whoever gets offened by that whole coffee thing needs to pull a stick out of their arse. There are extremist to everything. For example, I'm gay but I piss my self laughing at comedians who use imitation and stuff cause you know when it's just fun. Just as people should know that saying BLACK coffee, doesn't mean poop on a stick. I mean some of the greatest motowns singers have sung that brilliant jazz tune "Black Coffee". It's a friggin word for christ sake. Tell your friend to tell whoever told her that rule to get over it.

I have heard reports from a friend of mine that as a waitress she can not ask if the recipient wants their coffee to be black. She must ask if they want milk in it or not.

There need to be new words for that level of idiocy.

I agree. Blackboards can no longer be black, whiteboards can't be white, etc. It's gone way, way too far. Political correctness in moderation is a good thing. Somewhere along the lines, someone decided someone's 'feelings' may get hurt.

Please.

Well about bloomin time this issue was raised (sorry havent done it my self, 2 lazy, didnt no how lol) err in answer to ure question jacothia YES PC is WwwwwaaaayyyyyyY 2 far in 2days society, for instance i woz removed from a lesson at school for saying the word brainstorm repeatedly (to piss of the teacher) the reason for doing this is because brainstorm is the medical term for the moment of when a person has a fit and all electrons in the brain fire randomly and spasmodically incapacitating the perosn and there senses mucles etc and so the word brainstorm is politically incorrect WOT A JOKE!!!!

Cheers jacothia my best buddy a school by da way :D

Tell your friend to tell whoever told her that rule to get over it.

Wish I could and I bet she does too, but it is her job, and no doubt her boss is the guy who is unbelievably paranoid about rasism, and how it may affect his businuss.

And Burtoniaa, I must say that was really funny in the science lesson. When you were sent out. Brilliant. You know, I used the word Brainstorm in my design folder, out of protest.

There need to be new words for that level of idiocy.
Very true Clonetopia very true

Yeah. Totally. I can't even call one of my teachers, who is obviously Romanian, a gypsy with the entire Spanish frecken' Armada attacking me.

I agree. Blackboards can no longer be black, whiteboards can't be white, etc. It's gone way, way too far. Political correctness in moderation is a good thing. Somewhere along the lines, someone decided someone's 'feelings' may get hurt.

Please.
I no i watched a program once, panorama i think and it had a group of black womenand they were saying how it was bad that they call it a "black hole" as it is accosiated with black people being dangerous, and also they said how it was unfair that evil is portrayed in black, what do they want!!! get over it black is the voidness of colour, hence the black hole, even light is sucked into it by the gravitational forces so no light no colour :mad:

It was Panorama we saw it in a humanities lesson

really? thats just stupid! Someone should tell them the ancient Egyption Nation colour accociated with life: Black. It is the colour of teh silt from the nile that floods once and a while that made their plants grow reallly well. I bet they didn't know that.

If people don't like the the colour black and the race black having the same name, they should stop calling people black. It's a stupid name anyway, since their skin is dark brown.

really? thats just stupid! Someone should tell them the ancient Egyption Nation colour accociated with life: Black. It is the colour of teh silt from the nile that floods once and a while that made their plants grow reallly well. I bet they didn't know that.

sorry no dont mean to nit pick but black is NOT a colour it is voidness of light,n o light, white light (of which I am refering to) is all colour :D
and yes why call them black Clonetopia, most are dark brown

If people don't like the the colour black and the race black having the same name, they should stop calling people black. It's a stupid name anyway, since their skin is dark brown.Yeah, I don't call blacks people 'blacks'. I call 'em 'Minnesota Vikings' and 'L.A. Lakers.' They don't seem offended by that.

Yeah, I don't call blacks people 'blacks'. I call 'em 'Minnesota Vikings' and 'L.A. Lakers.' They don't seem offended by that.
Alot of my coloured friends at schools arent even offended by being called ******, just as they call me white boy and milky bar kid lol :)

Fox, can you explain that. I dont understand the LA lakers and Minnesota Vikings thing. I know they are American Football teams, (or Ice hockey Teams, cannot remember) I am British afterall.

There need to be new words for that level of idiocy.

Agreed, but they'd probably be censored as politically incorrect so as not to offend mentally-damaged individuals.

Alot of my coloured friends at schools arent even offended by being called ******, just as they call me white boy and milky bar kid lol :)If you see L.A. Lakers calling eachother 'niggers' then don't be afraid to call them 'niggers'. If you call them 'niggers' in every sentence they get use to it and then you become an Honourary L.A. Laker.

Fox, can you explain that. I dont understand the LA lakers and Minnesota Vikings thing. I know they are American Football teams, (or Ice hockey Teams, cannot remember) I am British afterall.LA Lakers: Yellow and Purple basketball team. Minnesota Vikings: Purple and Yellow football team.

((HINT: They both wear yellow and purple.))

I agree. Blackboards can no longer be black, whiteboards can't be white, etc. It's gone way, way too far. Political correctness in moderation is a good thing. Somewhere along the lines, someone decided someone's 'feelings' may get hurt.

Please. That's TRUE!!! I actually was yelled at for that. You have to call them Chalk boards or Dry earase boards! Crazy~!!!

this'll probably stop when someone tells us that we have to alk around in boxes so that no one can tell your origins and you have to use a voice filter to prevent someone from knowing if you're male or female...

Political correctness has deffinately one way too far, and not only for people. At an aquarium I went to recently, they had sea lion shows, which were reffered to as demonstrations, and tricks are called behaviors. Come on people! calling a random person a ****** is one thing, but animals for god's sake!
:headbang:

Political correctness has deffinately one way too far, and not only for people. At an aquarium I went to recently, they had sea lion shows, which were reffered to as demonstrations, and tricks are called behaviors. Come on people! calling a random person a ****** is one thing, but animals for god's sake!
:headbang:
how is it a behaviour? do sea lions bounce balls on their noses in the wild? It is a simple trick made by humans for our own amusement... we should tell it like it is.

You know what's amusing? The black (oh sorry african americans) boys in the back of my bus call each other niggers which is a big no-no at my school, and they don't blink when other people call them that, but if a teacher heard them.. watch out. These WHITE adults, that are all high strung about these things, don't realize that THEY'RE the only ones who even care! Correct me if I'm wrong, but in this day and age, racial equality really isn't an issue.

:confused: who started this entire Pc age anyway? Things were simpler when everyone hated eachother...

:confused: who started this entire Pc age anyway? Things were simpler when everyone hated eachother...


People still do hate each other, it's just masked by Pc.

If you see L.A. Lakers calling eachother 'niggers' then don't be afraid to call them 'niggers'. If you call them 'niggers' in every sentence they get use to it and then you become an Honourary L.A. Laker.

LOL too true man iam british but i catch ure drift and i no, they call eachother niggers all da time have u even played GTA San Andreas?!?!? look at that and that is how they actually talk, but if u say ****** in a school WHOA ure in for it, expulsion here we come!! :headbang:

Its extreme BS, what are they going to call white chocolate now? Chocolate that posses the color of clouds on a sunny day in August?

Political Correctness nowadays reminds me of that episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus with the killer cars, where they genetically engineered a giant walking cat, that at first solved the problem of the killer cars, but then turned on it's creators and started eating the city.

It's all right. We'll all be hispanic soon enough, and that'll be it. :)

who started this entire Pc age anyway? Things were simpler when everyone hated eachother...

Simple: Jews.

Jews and their "civil rights groups" have played a pivotal role in destroying white identity while encouraging it in minorities. They've also done a mighty fine job of brainwashing those uptight white liberals through their widespread control of media and government.

Jews were the sole movers and shakers of changing the immigration laws in America and most European nations (around the 1960s, I believe). We can thank them for the "diversity" we've got today (that is, skyrocketing crime rates, a Mexican invasion in the US with groups like Aztlan talking about reconquesting the southwest from the anglo-europeans, and Muslims doing the same in Europe).

Naturally, Israel has no problem expelling a few thousand immigrants, legal or not, but if America or any other predominately (but not for long) European nation dares to even consider the same, it's a big PC no-no and the Jewish controlled media will pounce. Why such actions on behalf of our kosher "friends?" Also simple: Jews have had a deep seeted hatred of the goyim for ages, and their goal of turning us all into a gooey brown mass of mixed races (ie, destroying white people, their only serious competition in this very unequal world) while they maintain their ethnic heritage is closer than ever.

How's that for PC? Anyway, if you haven't been scared off by the thought police, you can start reading more facts here:

http://www.natvan.com/who-rules-america/

political correctness has been totally misconstrued, so all the straight white people can complain about being "forced" to use certain terms, as though the forces of Tolerant Liberal Absolutism were really in danger of taking over the country.

Political correctness was initially supposed to be about referring to people on their own terms, about using terms that made marginalized people feel safer.
this whole "we can't say ____ anymore! it's gone too far" thing is a caricature of the whole issue, which started when the first Bush turned "politically correct" into a negative term. people have been ranking on "PC" for going on 20 years now. it's long since ceased to be clever or relevant.

at this point, making fun of the idea of "being PC" only serves to squash any discussion of how groups of people are still marginalized and oppressed, structurally, and by attitudes reflected in language. because if "They" "aren't letting you" use certain words any more, then obviously "they" can't be oppressed, because they're oppressing YOU!

but if your definition of oppression is having your use of outdated and prejudiced language frowned upon, then you need to pay more attention.

and personally, i suspect that the coffee story is total bullshit.

but obviously i'm just a PC fascist.

and for illustration of my point, see the above post.

he's not a PC fascist.
just a NORMAL fascist.
the "let's pretend being asked not to oppress people is the same as being oppressed by the thought police, and also, i hate jews" kind of fascist

see how easy they are to tell apart?

he's not a PC fascist.
just a NORMAL fascist

Fascist? Nonsense. I didn't mention fascism or any political system. I saw a question which was asked, and I felt compelled to answer.

It's not a big secret that organized Jewry has played a pivotal role in turning America into the PC hell we have today (well, it shouldn't be).

The term "political correctness" was actually coined by Marxist Jews back in the 1920s or so. Basically, anyone who had thoughts which weren't "politically correct" was sent to the gulag and worked to death. Some 20 million Russians died under Jewish bolshevism in this way.

http://www.academia.org/lectures/lind1.html

"The members of the Frankfurt School are Marxist, they are also, to a man, Jewish."

It's also no secret (or, once again, shouldn't be) that the leaders of early Marxist Russia were almost all Jews. Marxism was simply a political movement the Jews used to take over Russia and execute all the ruling elites along with the Tsar. Winston Churchill wrote an essay about it, titled "Zionism versus Bolshevism."

As the Jews did in Russia in the 1920s, they are doing in America and Europe TODAY. They are the people who are responsible for the Orwellian PC hellhole we experience daily.

"Similarly, white males are determined automatically to be evil, thereby becoming the equivalent of the bourgeoisie in economic Marxism."

Err excuse me but the coffee story ISN'T bullshit, it happened to my father in the US, the home (or birth place) of PC and Real Britons is not a fascist,
"Fascism:
political philosophy or movement that places the nation or the race above the individual and that stands for highly centralized government led by a dictator; belief in militarism, racism, and nationalism; opposition to democracy and human rights."
Where the nation/political system he speaks of in what he says? Everyone beleives just because the jews were persecuted by Nazi's (fascists) that everyone who says a bad word about a jew is a fascist. In fact its Anti-semenism (i think) not fascism if you dont like jews. Jew hating was adoppted by german fascists it is NOT the basis of fascism to persecute jews.

PC is the biggest load of BS

*nuff said*

"I'll have a coffee, OOGA BOOGA WHERE DA WHITE BITCHES AT black please."

My grandfather died in concentration camp...

My grandfather died in concentration camp...

...he fell from the watchtower :(

I blame the Jews for everything.

It's amazing how you have such a beef with "Jewish Bolshevism" but "Nazism" is perfectly OK. And I bet you wonder why people don't listen to you. And I bet since I'm disagreeing with you your main response would be to reveal that I'm a Pawn of the Jewish Global Conspiracy to Control YOU (JGCCY).

I have heard reports from a friend of mine that as a waitress she can not ask if the recipient wants their coffee to be black. She must ask if they want milk in it or not. Simply because one person gets offended by a name of a colour. Give me a break! If you take away someone's right to say a simple un offensive word then you are taking away a basic human right of expression.

I'm not saying that we should allow nazi like people to walk around the high street shouting "I' gonna kill me a jew" Or something similar. This is too far. I am simply arguing that when a simple descriptive word for a cup of coffee gets offensive.

What are your veiws.

Since when is the only way to use the word "black" when you are describing race? This is just ridiculous. Being offended by the term "black" coffee would be the same as getting offended when someone asked you whether you wanted to buy the "black" or "white" shirt. I understand that there should be some level of political correctness, but COME ON people, if you can't hear the word "black" (in any context) without getting offended you have some serious issues.

Err excuse me but the coffee story ISN'T bullshit, it happened to my father in the US, the home (or birth place) of PC
ok, and was this specifically explained to him as "you see, use of the word black is offensive, so we have to ask if you want cream?" or was he inferring?


and Real Britons is not a fascist...
Where the nation/political system he speaks of in what he says? Everyone beleives just because the jews were persecuted by Nazi's (fascists) that everyone who says a bad word about a jew is a fascist. In fact its Anti-semenism (i think) not fascism if you dont like jews.

fair enough. fascism is only intrinsically racist, not antisemetic.
except antisemitism is a form of racism, so that's a silly argument.
and for the record, he (and i'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume the nazi's a boy) didn't say "a bad word about a jew" he said that Jews behave in a collective fashion with the goal of destroying white people and encouraging race mixing.

Fascist? Nonsense. I didn't mention fascism or any political system. I saw a question which was asked, and I felt compelled to answer.

and since both of you insist on belaboring the point, no, you didn't advocate fascism or even the nazi brand of fascism in your post.
EXCEPT you put in this link:

http://www.natvan.com/who-rules-america/

which is a link to the NATIONAL ALLIANCE WEBSITE
which is one of the biggest neo-nazi white supremacist fascist organizations currently in operation.

save the "i didn't say anything about fascism" argument for a time when your words don't sound like goose steps and smell like gas chambers, and you don't link directly to the nazis.

Fair point Bandana

Whats up with you Briton? I can't say I know a terrible amount of knowledge on this zionism business but have you ever considered that this take over the world types could just be bad people, who happen to be jews. I am sure that 99. 9 recuring % of the jewish populace is a Nice enough set of people. Just becuase they are apperently Jesus killers, whicjh may I add that the story is 2000 years old. People can change a little, and another thing, Jesus was jewish!

:headbang: calm down you nazi.

My grandfather died in concentration camp...


...he fell from the watchtower :(
:D Oldy but goody.

At a primary school near me:

Baa Baa, fluffy sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, person, yes person, three sacks full.
One for the adult and one for their chosen partner,
And one for the small child who lives nearby.

Oh dear.

At a primary school near me:

Baa Baa, fluffy sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, person, yes person, three sacks full.
One for the adult and one for their chosen partner,
And one for the small child who lives nearby.

Oh dear.
:D Very Very good my friend lol. The exact problem with PC a nursery ryhme must be changed how crazy is that :headbang:

At a primary school near me:

Baa Baa, fluffy sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, person, yes person, three sacks full.
One for the adult and one for their chosen partner,
And one for the small child who lives nearby.

Oh dear.

Holy crap, I never realised how wicked that sounds. :eek:

...political correctness has gone WAY too far. Next time I go out to eat, I'm going to be watching for this. I'll call it black. See what they do.

As for Fascism = Nazism... Okay. Then all Socialists are Communists. Same thing. Nazism is an extreme form of Fascism, Communism is an extreme form of Socialism. Is that a fair trade?

Well about bloomin time this issue was raised (sorry havent done it my self, 2 lazy, didnt no how lol) err in answer to ure question jacothia YES PC is WwwwwaaaayyyyyyY 2 far in 2days society, for instance i woz removed from a lesson at school for saying the word brainstorm repeatedly (to piss of the teacher) the reason for doing this is because brainstorm is the medical term for the moment of when a person has a fit and all electrons in the brain fire randomly and spasmodically incapacitating the perosn and there senses mucles etc and so the word brainstorm is politically incorrect WOT A JOKE!!!!

Cheers jacothia my best buddy a school by da way :D

You sure it wasn't just because you were pissing them off by speaking repeatedly?!

I get annoyed with American Indians wanting to be called Native Americans. By definition, I'm a native to America because I was born here. If we're to call people something, make up something that is logical.
Also, blacks wanting to be called African Americans. I sit next to a guy who was born in Somolia and now is a US citizen..that's an African American. I'll call you whatever you want to be called as long as it's logical

Yes.

"It's political correctness gone mad!" as we retired colonels like to say when we write to the Daily Mail.

"It's political correctness gone mad!" as we retired colonels like to say when we write to the Daily Mail.

...adding, "I blame asylum seekers."

I'd rather be right than politically correct - Bumper sticker

Honestly; why must we beat around the bush. People talk of maturity and being grown up. People act like 5 year olds when it comes to stuff like this.

All knowledge comes from the bumber stickers...

...political correctness has gone WAY too far. Next time I go out to eat, I'm going to be watching for this. I'll call it black. See what they do.

As for Fascism = Nazism... Okay. Then all Socialists are Communists. Same thing. Nazism is an extreme form of Fascism, Communism is an extreme form of Socialism. Is that a fair trade?
Fascism was in fact the Italian version of the same politcal ideology as Nazism which was the German equivalent. The two are the same ideology of racial identity, corporate statism and control through oppression.
Socialism advocates the creation of a mixed economy, mainly capitalist but controlled and regulated to prevent the worst behavour with a social security net and health care/education. Communism advocates the shift to a non competitive economy with the ultimate aim being the dissapearance of centralised government.
Ok I have simplified them down to the bare bones but I think it makes the point.

I agree with a lot of the sentiment here it has gone overboard


My personal pet peeve is the “language” wandering that happens … as long as there are humans any term can be turned into an insult

For example retarded


Because of insult connotations retarded has changed from

Retarded -> handicapped -> special -> specialy-abled -> differently abled

Really where is to wander too next … don’t people realize that changing the word without changing peoples level of civility wont do the trick. Anything can be turned into an insult if the person speaking decided to put it in such context. We have to realize this is an adult world … be civil … be fair. But don’t fuck around with language just to spare someone … it is the attitudes that need changing not word choice

You sure it wasn't just because you were pissing them off by speaking repeatedly?!
Probably but i only kept sayin it because they rasied a pointless issue anyway, my friend is epileptic and he has fitted at school befor, i asked him if he was offended and he said no and the teachers still made an issue out of it but hey u are most likely right :)

I think it has gone too far. Apparently the tide is turning now so that people aren't as concerned about it. Quite frankly I agree. It's so annoying you always have to mind your p's and q's so you won't be called racist etc. Like get over it already.

My personal pet peeve is the “language” wandering that happens … as long as there are humans any term can be turned into an insult...

Retarded -> handicapped -> special -> specialy-abled -> differently abled
I know! You're not fat, you're horizontally plentiful (or something). You're not bald, you're folliclely (sp?) challenged. :headbang:

I don't agree with using derogatory terms because someone is a particular race/religion/size/sex/whatever, but this is ridiculous! Surely more effort should go into increasing tolerance, rather than changing language? Offensive language is one thing (although I think it is only one symptom of the problem, rather than a cause of it), but simple factual statements being changed in the name of political correctness is ludicrous!

I get annoyed with American Indians wanting to be called Native Americans. By definition, I'm a native to America because I was born here. If we're to call people something, make up something that is logical.
Also, blacks wanting to be called African Americans. I sit next to a guy who was born in Somolia and now is a US citizen..that's an African American. I'll call you whatever you want to be called as long as it's logical

you can also take native to mean 'originating from'...but then that's just splitting hairs.
Things like that don't annoy me as much - they want to be linked to their heritage in their own way...fair enough.
But the rest of the stuff is totally stupid...like not being able to say black coffee! Black is primarily a color...like magenta or pink! To 99.99% of the population, calling someone 'black' is just a term, with no malicious intent at all...it's just like calling someone 'white'. Infact, it seems to be the 'blacks' who refer to 'colours' of people more than the rest...crazy stuff.

I can't say I've ever really noticed it to be a problem. Instead of getting wound up about it, why not carry on as usual? If someone gives you grief about ordering a 'black coffee' or having chats about 'black holes' (because, lets face it, it's a difficult topic to avoid) then just ignore them.

Yeah. Totally. I can't even call one of my teachers, who is obviously Romanian, a gypsy with the entire Spanish frecken' Armada attacking me.
Just an FYI Gypsy refers to the Romany people as they call themselves and has nothing to do with Romania. It is believed that the Romany people actually migrated from India. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gypsy&r=67

And yes being PC has gone way to far, anyone see PCU? Funny Movie.

:D Very Very good my friend lol. The exact problem with PC a nursery ryhme must be changed how crazy is that :headbang:

Has anyone ever seen a book called politically correct bedtime stories?

It's pretty old by now, but it came out in two volumes. I only remember a little of Hanzel and Gretel who were abandoned by their "tree butcher" father, and Bambi in which Thumper tried to tell Mr. Owl about the new king of the forest and was eaten in a protracted gorey passage.

Because of insult connotations retarded has changed from

Retarded -> handicapped -> special -> specialy-abled -> differently abled


The way I figure it, you're disabled if you have no legs and have to rely on a wheelchair.
You're differently abled if you have no legs but you can fly.

But I agree thatwhenever enough people think that something is bad then whatever word you use to mean that thing will be taken as something bad.

The word kike is generally thought to have come from the Yiddish word for circle and Jews would call eachother this because they refused to use an 'X' to sign their name if they couldn't read. They thought that the 'X' was a symbol of bad luck, so they used a circle instead and ended up calling eachother kikellas sp? (little circle people).

That very affectionate term is now the worst thing you can call a Jew because people who didn't like Jews used it.

There was even a highschool punk band that got in trouble for saying "oi" (a british slang call for attention based on the latin for listen, but also a yiddish exclamation) because two jewish people in the audience took offence. Even if they did mean it as the yiddish exclamation, how would it have been anti-semetic? Probably in a climate of anti-semetism any reference to jews will be taken negativly, but that's negative mind-reading. That breaks up marriages, strangers aren't entitled to try it with eachother.

Yeah. Totally. I can't even call one of my teachers, who is obviously Romanian, a gypsy with the entire Spanish frecken' Armada attacking me.

Its true.You can't even call an American a 'big dumb smelly redneck' without them getting all aggro about it. que fuerte!!

I get annoyed with American Indians wanting to be called Native Americans. By definition, I'm a native to America because I was born here. If we're to call people something, make up something that is logical.
Also, blacks wanting to be called African Americans. I sit next to a guy who was born in Somolia and now is a US citizen..that's an African American. I'll call you whatever you want to be called as long as it's logical

You know, they don't generally call themselves "Native Americans". "Native Americans" is something us white people came up with.

Native american was given to them by the political correctness upseters. No doubt they will rather be known by their clans/bands what have you. They were basically different nations, only they were nomadic. Calling them Native americans would be like calling us brits, Native Europeans, even thouh it would be more suiting for us to be known as British.

It is only when writing about all native americans that I use that term, simply because it is easier, and they share similar culturers to one another.

Its true.You can't even call an American a 'big dumb smelly redneck' without them getting all aggro about it. que fuerte!!
Lol sounds like someone didn’t catch the sarcasm lol and tried to combat it with more sarcasm which didn’t work out either lol

Lol sounds like someone didn’t catch the sarcasm lol and tried to combat it with more sarcasm which didn’t work out either lol

I did and there was no countering of any sort involved.I think it worked as you are laughing.

The way I figure it, you're disabled if you have no legs and have to rely on a wheelchair.
You're differently abled if you have no legs but you can fly.

But I agree thatwhenever enough people think that something is bad then whatever word you use to mean that thing will be taken as something bad.

The word kike is generally thought to have come from the Yiddish word for circle and Jews would call eachother this because they refused to use an 'X' to sign their name if they couldn't read. They thought that the 'X' was a symbol of bad luck, so they used a circle instead and ended up calling eachother kikellas sp? (little circle people).

That very affectionate term is now the worst thing you can call a Jew because people who didn't like Jews used it.

There was even a highschool punk band that got in trouble for saying "oi" (a british slang call for attention based on the latin for listen, but also a yiddish exclamation) because two jewish people in the audience took offence. Even if they did mean it as the yiddish exclamation, how would it have been anti-semetic? Probably in a climate of anti-semetism any reference to jews will be taken negativly, but that's negative mind-reading. That breaks up marriages, strangers aren't entitled to try it with eachother.



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