A few snippets from a review of last year that I have been reading:
January
Librarians in Edinburgh are no longer to be referred to as such. Their new title will be 'audience development officers'.
February
A Manchester court fines a man who dropped a cigarette end £175 with £155 costs. Another accused who assaulted a woman is fined £55 and told to pay £50 compensation.
March
Scottish police officers issued with diversity handbooks instructing them not to refer to gays as homosexuals and not to use terms such as manpower, and unmanned and even policeman as they are sexist.
April
A wheelchair-bound man sues MI5 after being turned down for a job as a secret agent.
May
An ASDA customer in Halifax has to prove she is over 18 before being permitted to buy a set of spoons. Staff inform her it is possible to murder someone with a spoon.
June
A £1million Home Office scheme to coax asylum seekers to go home - including the offer of £4000 in cash - meets with limited success. Only one family responds.
July
All adults are banned from a school sports day in Bedfordshire in case a paedophile turns up.
August
A women's refuge in Dorset is closed down because it is not open to men.
September
A 71 year old widow who prodded a teenage hoodie in the chest after stones were thrown at her Blackpool home is convicted of assault.
October
A 15 year old is chased down the street and has the wine gums he'd just bought confiscated because the shop assistant is worried about having sold alcohol to an under 18.
November
A survey of Scottish schoolchildren aged 9 to 15 reveals many think Adolf Hitler is manager of the German football team, Auschwitz is a historical theme park and the SS were Enid Blyton's Secret Seven.
December
Drug addicts are to be fast-tracked to receive NHS treatment within 21 days. The target for cancer patients is 31 days.
Dunno whether toor
at some of these.
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03-02-2010 11:06 AM #1
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How the PC Brigade went mad in 2009
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03-02-2010 11:26 AM #3
I'm looking forward to the frothing at the mouth at the use of "PC brigade", I'll be surprised if keyboards survive the smashing of keys at the outrage of someone using "PC Brigade"
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03-02-2010 11:35 AM #4
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry at an entire section of society being unable to differentiate between health and safety legislation and political correctness. Deary ****ing me...
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03-02-2010 11:41 AM #8
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I should have known better.
Same goes to LH. Lighten up FFS!
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03-02-2010 11:51 AM #13
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A £1million Home Office scheme to coax asylum seekers to go home - including the offer of £4000 in cash - meets with limited success. Only one family responds.
Three points:-
Asylum seekers get millions in benefits don't they? Also, isn't the point of seeking asylum to avoid being murdered in your own country? £4,000 doesn't seem alot for the lives of an entire family.
I'm holding out for another vile racist diatribe peppered with coquettish emoticons from ArabHibee before I get outraged.
You're jokes aren't very funny at all.
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03-02-2010 11:56 AM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-02-2010 11:59 AM #18
How a racist went mad in 2009...
http://www.hibs.net/message/showthread.php?t=166817
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Racism
Sexism
Health and Safety
Why can't all these humourless PC zealots leave us alone to stick our heads in celebrity mags, get the techno on and not give a **** about anything.!
Woe betide anyone who challenges your attempt to summarise a year's worth of made-up Daily Mail stories.
Pathetic
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03-02-2010 04:36 PM #22
The problem with unsubstantiated rumours, is that a) you can't check the source and b) some people take them as gospel.
What's become of this once great country?
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It's like the 5 year plans of Soviet times. Still, concentration in class is at an all time high (99.4%), Horseplay is officially down threefold and hijinks are at their lowest for 21 years.
Not looking forward to the Tories, but Labour have definitely run out of ideas.Last edited by steakbake; 03-02-2010 at 04:49 PM.
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a) wind-up
b) you believe it all, and wanted to share your anger
c) you believe it all, then having realised its indefensible pash come out with the "I was only joking" defence.
Regardless, this type of lazy, crass, ignorant reporting (and its repetition by individuals such as yourself) is what makes the "facts" reported become accepted wisdom. It is literally anti-intelligence, and needs to be stomped on at every opportunity.
Lighten-up? Nah, this type of crap deserves no accomodation. Its like being force fed stupid pills.Last edited by Twa Cairpets; 03-02-2010 at 07:03 PM.
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03-02-2010 06:52 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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03-02-2010 08:25 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Nowt like trying to stir **** eh
Folk like you really put me off this board Mikey !!No Eternal Reward Shall Forgive Us Now For Wasting The Dawn
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You are pathetic imo. She posts a jokey text and you go on about Daily Mail stories
Dreary dreay me. What a plum you can be !
You must be a big hit with the ladies !No Eternal Reward Shall Forgive Us Now For Wasting The Dawn
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Dreary me
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Why dont i hold Arab down and you can all punch f*** out of her .No Eternal Reward Shall Forgive Us Now For Wasting The Dawn
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