As seen in this article: http://news.aol.com/article/groups-b...n-might/639248 certain phrases commonly used in the English language have been ordered to be banned in Britain.

Some of the phrases are "right-hand man" because it could be offensive to left-handed people, "black sheep" because it could be offensive to black people, and even "master bedroom" because of the same reason that I previously listed.



You all know that I love me some expletives. I consider them to be a part of the English language and they are merely words to me. I don't say them to directly offend people. I say them because I like to, I am entitled to, and I like to make use of my ability to speak. The phrases that are being banned are the same thing. They are words and phrases that are a part of the English language, which is why it irritates me. We, as humans, have been given the wonderful gift of speech and the abilty to think for ourselves (although most never take advantage of that). Why does anyone have the right to take that away from us, whether they find it to be offensive or not?

And are they ******* kidding me? I use the phrase 'black sheep' all the time to describe myself. I am the 'black sheep' of my mother's family. They hate me because I'm not the little pink frilly girl they always wanted me to be. Any moron can distinguish where that phrase originally came from. Most sheep are white. When you have a black sheep, it's rare and sticks out. There you go! Nothing racist about it!

The only people that find racist undertones in certain phrases are people who are actively looking for them and people who are just trying to find things they think might offend someone. I wonder if they've even bothered to ask black people, left-handed people, white people, etc., if certain phrases actually offend them. I'd be willing to be they're just assuming that people's feelings will be hurt. I have a problem with that ****. I'm the type of person that likes people to be direct with ask questions if they have them, instead of assuming they think they know how other people think, how they feel, what they know and what will upset them and what won't. They should ask the people, not assume they know what they want.

I get really tired of this crybaby "let's not offend people" bullshit. It offends me that they are taking away people's right to use certain phrases. It's also extremely comical to me that they think people are automatically going to stop saying these phrases just because they ban them. "Oh honey, let's go paint the mas... largest bedroom in the house!" By the time the year 2100 rolls around, I am sure I will turn over in my grave because the English language will be reduced to a series of grunts and head movements, or it will end up like the movie "Idiocracy".

I'm surprised they aren't ordering to ban the phrase 'green thumb' because it might be offensive to people with gangrene.

Luckily, this isn't happening in the US. But I wouldn't be surprised if it made its way over here.



Now that I'm partly finished with my rant (only because I have 15 minutes before I leave work and I have to finish some things up), I'd like to see what you guys think about this.

 

I'm left handed and thats retarted

 

yea different coutries are full of ****. i recall when i was in germany last year when some ************ told me"Ami, go home", which i guess was suppos to offend me and i responded "**** you ****" and his jaw dropped and everyoe around me stared haha, i guess he was offended.lol. the **** salute is banned out there and is against the law, so other countries with there whiny laws and how words hurt their pussies could eat ****!!! ill punch a congressman if he takes my words away!

 

******' dumb...

 

Britain is going the route of Farenheight 451. anyone who has read that book understands what i mean. gogo stupid british.

 

how lame. Don't people have better **** to do?

 

**** Great Britain. You can't understand a godamn word they say anyhow. Them Blokes are all *******, and I'd bet a fiver our rock n roll and our food is better than theirs.. Long live the queen. Bout the only thing they said that's true..

 

Let's not forget this is coming from a country that has cops without guns. **** them.

 

Hahaha, awesome. The German's don't even educate students about the Holocaust if I remember correctly. It's like they don't want anyone to know it happened.

By the way, I love your sig. I met Sid Haig (Captain Spaulding) at a friend of mine's tattoo parlor grand opening and he was ******* awesome! I made him say "I'll bash your ******' bawwwwls in!" He autographed my "House of 1000 Corpses" DVD and he wrote "Dearest Valerie, I'd like to bite you on the ***, take lockjaw, and have you drag me to death. Love, Sid."

 

This coming from the people that have foods named "*******" and "spotted dick."
http://www.freewebs.com/grayt42/711p...ggots-Pack.jpg

 

Britain was for the longest time on my list of countries to visit and tour and spend craploads of money in (along with a few other EU countries). They were removed about 5 years ago when the nanny state **** got just plain out of hand. I'll never visit them. I'll go next door to southern Ireland and add to their economy. At least midget tossing is still legal in ireland.

 

From now on, anything with Black will be changed to miserable.

That's a pretty miserable mustang you have there, miserable sunshine.

 

thats right, nothing is ever said about those times, pretty funny.
Sid is one cool ************!!

 

Yeah I agree with you Sunshine, I work in a casino and deal with the masses daily. As a joke, when somebody sneezes I say . . . "GOD bless you" and then follow up by saying "Oh sorry. . . alla bless you or buda or insert your chosen deity here" I continue by saying "Sorry guys I cannot be insinsitive to anybody or any religion so I cover them all just so im politicly correct". MOST of the time I get a good laugh out of people who get WHY im making the joke. ANyway, I DO agree with what your saying, and in my line of work I have to deal with it ALL the time.

I got a better one for ya. . . .

My coworker got fired a couple weeks ago for telling a Michael Jackson joke. He said that Michael died from eating 8 year old weiners was the jist of the joke. Well a player didnt like the joke and said it was RACIST of all things (the employee was a white male by the way). So the guy was FIRED. I could not belive that ****. Its crazy!

 

I got a better one for ya. . . .

My coworker got fired a couple weeks ago for telling a Michael Jackson joke. He said that Michael died from eating 8 year old weiners was the jist of the joke. Well a player didnt like the joke and said it was RACIST of all things (the employee was a white male by the way). So the guy was FIRED. I could not belive that ****. Its crazy![/quote]

not all that crazy
you work at a business
the customer is always right
that was dumb on ur co worker to tell that joke anyhow

im not fond of all this but at the same time we have to understand and respect other's cultures
the **** thing was a lil overboard. i mean lets b realistic

 

that was meant to be a quote

 

105blahblah must be a kid... Let me fill you in on real life kiddo:

Ain't nobody GOT to respect jack or tolerate ****. We are not constitutionally bound to such and I particularly don't have to give 2 squirts of cold N **** about other peoples feelings or culture or skin color or any goddamned thing. Let me offend you really fast: you (insert derogatory remark) (insert your skin color here) makes me feel sick and your god is a (insert offensive expletive here). I'm surprised that evolution hasn't erased your shitty worthless (your nationality here) culture from the Earth and I hope Michael Jacksons ghost buttrapes your mom's 3rd cousin Gladys while stuffing bacon down her throat.

See.. I was perfectly able to hurl offense at you. It's not illegal. It's kinda funny, especially the way I did it. (insert "nothing personal" here to make up for the offense). Making MJ jokes is part of freedom of speech. If he were to tell it to say, a customer, then you have some willful misbehavior that can be sanctioned but telling it to a coworker... nah. And racist... MJ was white. You can't even be racist against honkey cracker-*** peckerwoods like him. **** he was so white he got away with raping kids.

Firing someone for an off color joke is just begging for a lawsuit. Firing someone for calling a ******* pedophile a dead ******* pedophile is a public service and I'd advise 02silver's friend to get a lawyer and get him some of that wrongful termination payday gravy. I expect 10% finders fee for telling you.

The preceding was intended to illustrate a point, not to make any one person or group feel like a 2nd class citizen. If you take offense to anonymous internet text then you're already a 2nd class citizen and a 3rd rate primate.

 

So am I, and I don't care.