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Thread #150917   Message #3523358
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
06-Jun-13 - 05:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: PC Spanish Class- No 'black'!
Subject: RE: BS: PC Spanish Class- No 'black'!
I do feel we must continue to uphold the new mores where offensive, racist, homophobic or abusive remarks and words are no longer acceptable or tolerated. I approve for example the efforts to come down hard on racist jeering on the football pitch. But having witch hunts and jumping on innocent people is going too far and actually damages the cause. People now say 'PC gone mad". I once had a big red-haired lad of twelve come crying to me because people were calling him 'Ginger'. I asked him what colour his hair was, and he replied, "Ginger, Miss." What could one say? I'm afraid I told him to cheer up and laugh it off. I added that I was called 'SkinnyLegs' and 'The Galloping Hairpin' by my classmates, and as I was indeed skeletally thin, I just had to grin and bear it. He laughed and all was well. As I said, Common Sense.