Political Correctness

[RDN]

I don't miss Thailand...

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Yeah, right! You'll be back!

[thai3]

That was a good post though, and in my opinion more than proof that you are not a troll.

Your comment = very PC

Too busy to read the whole thread but it's a fascinating subject especially where the web is concerned. On some boards you cannot say 'Jap' 'Frog' or even 'Yank' as it's deemed 'offensive by the spanish inquisition. Strangely though at the same time posters are allowed, even encouraged to post lurid sex tales usually involving bar girls and quite often behind the wives back. I find this sort of PC/non PC attitude odd to say the least. At the same time you can be as offensive as you like where farang women are concerned, as long as you don't call them frogs or yanks of course.

Meanwhile on the home front UK our local hospital has banned the bible lest it offends the ethnics, everything it seems offends someone thesedays-peter

[Boon Mee]

That was a good post though, and in my opinion more than proof that you are not a troll.

Meanwhile on the home front UK our local hospital has banned the bible lest it offends the ethnics, everything it seems offends someone thesedays-peter

But they encourage the Koran I suppose.

And had a heart-attack when the story broke how those mean 'ol GI's were flushing it down the loo.

Edited June 2, 2005 by Boon Mee

[Pie Boy]

That was a good post though, and in my opinion more than proof that you are not a troll.

Your comment = very PC

Too busy to read the whole thread but it's a fascinating subject especially where the web is concerned. On some boards you cannot say 'Jap' 'Frog' or even 'Yank' as it's deemed 'offensive by the spanish inquisition. Strangely though at the same time posters are allowed, even encouraged to post lurid sex tales usually involving bar girls and quite often behind the wives back. I find this sort of PC/non PC attitude odd to say the least. At the same time you can be as offensive as you like where farang women are concerned, as long as you don't call them frogs or yanks of course.

Meanwhile on the home front UK our local hospital has banned the bible lest it offends the ethnics, everything it seems offends someone thesedays-peter

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They banned the bible! Which hospital was this?

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I was there for three years

On and off - the third year after my usual two months back home was the best, but I quit while I'm ahead.

I still want to live or work in Iceland, Khazakstan, Holland, Denmark, Venezuela, Russia, Hungary, The Phillipines and Ireland so there is much to be done, can't waste all my time in one country.

Aaaaaarrrrggggghhh!!!!

[Boon Mee]

I was there for three years

I still want to live or work in Iceland, Khazakstan, Holland, Denmark, Venezuela, Russia, Hungary, The Phillipines and Ireland so there is much to be done, can't waste all my time in one country.

Iceland!

What are you going to do there? Be a fisherman?

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Boony, shut up and put this topic back on the rails will ya?

...Or I'll get Wolfie here myself.

[Boon Mee]

Boony, shut up and put this topic back on the rails will ya?

...Or I'll get Wolfie here myself.

You're avoiding the question.

There's young Scamp with a fishing pole in his frozen hands wondering how in the he11 he got here...

[Totster]

Boony, shut up and put this topic back on the rails will ya?

...Or I'll get Wolfie here myself.

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You're avoiding the question.

There's young Scamp with a fishing pole in his frozen hands wondering how in the he11 he got here...

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I'm sensing some kind of sexual tension between you two.....

totster

[Boon Mee]

Boony, shut up and put this topic back on the rails will ya?

...Or I'll get Wolfie here myself.

You're avoiding the question.

There's young Scamp with a fishing pole in his frozen hands wondering how in the he11 he got here...

I'm sensing some kind of sexual tension between you two.....

totster

[sriracha john]

Political correctness is the alteration of language to avoid offense based on race, gender, disability, or other status. Carefully chosen words, language, and.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness

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nice definition Wolfie, but I think you misquoted the source. Isn't it:

http://en.wilkopedia.org/wilko/Political_correctness ?

[thai3]

They banned the bible! Which hospital was this?

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Leicester health authority, not put into effect yet and they might reverse it due to even muslim spokesmen, sorry spokespeople, saying it's barmy. The bibles in question are the gideon ones they put in the lockers. Also claimed they were an MRSA danger, apparently even more ridiculous.

Cannot now say 'brainstorming' at work as it might upset epileptics. Whatever happend to spastics?-peter

[meadish_sweetball]

Ban them all. And thwow them to the floow.

[Boon Mee]

They banned the bible!  Which hospital was this?

The bibles in question are the gideon ones they put in the lockers. Also claimed they were an MRSA danger, apparently even more ridiculous.

Godless Heathens...

[opothai]

because PC has gone over the top in the uk, i blieve it is now having the opposite effect than what it was meant for, and making people more racist.

[Pudgimelon]

NO ARAB PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN HERE

WE DO NOT WANT ARAB PEOPLE CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR MOLESTING WOMEN

WE RESPECT YOUR BELIEF IN ISLAM

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Just so you know:

Most Muslims are NOT Arabs. Indonesia, after all, is the world's biggest Muslim country.

A very large number of "Arabs" are NOT Muslim. Palestinians, for example, have a significant Christian element in their population. Those people are ethnically "Arab", but also host some of the world's oldest Christian congregations.

So in your scenario, a Palestinian Christian would be denied service at your noble little bar because he "looked" Arab. Christians, of course, never get drunk and molest women, so this guy should fit right in at your little bar, but he gets tossed out because he's not the right KIND of Christian, hmmm...

Oh, but I guess that's OK with you because the proprietors "mean well".

Oh yeah, "Respecting their belief in Islam" while at the same time accusing them of "molesting women" doesn't seem to fit on the same sign, since the latter implies a complete misunderstanding of the former.

but I think the attitude has a lot to do with the fact that they are not as lax on foriegn residency as we are and they have never let another country populate them.

Ah... this is a classic. I can't count the number of times I've heard some American idiot say the same kind of thing, but when I ask him about his family roots, it turns out he's only a second or third generation descendant of immigrants himself.

Such is often the case with people of this mindset. They are perfectly willing to disparage new immigrants while at the same time lauding the virtues of their own immigrant ancestors. Lucky for him, such opinions are not universally held. Otherwise we'd have to tell all those descendants of Jutes, Normans, Angles, and Saxons to get off that little island they mistakenly call home. Well, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing after all, because then the Scots would have the run of the place and they're a much more sensible group of people .

Case in point, here we have a defacto immigrant to Thailand complaining about Britian being too lax with it's immigration policies. So in this guy's mind, it's OK for HIM to be an immigrant, but not for other people. And yes, it's true that Thailand's immigration policies are a nightmare for anyone who REALLY wants to immigrate, but that doesn't stop a whole lot of people from taking advantage of Thailand's very, very, very, very lax enforcement of it's tourist visa and work permit policies. So again, this guy thinks it's perfectly OK for him to take advantage of a favorable system for him here in Thailand, but he disparages those who take advantage of a favorable system FOR THEM back home.

Hypocrisy? Yes. I think so.

[OlRedEyes]

NO AUSSIES TO SIT DOWN HERE

WE DO NOT WANT AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR MOLESTING WOMEN

WE RESPECT YOUR BELIEF IN FOSTER'S

Sound's better, don't it?

[Sir Burr]

  Well, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing after all, because then the Scots would have the run of the place and they're a much more sensible group of people  .

Nope, sorry, the Scots would have to vacate too. They were originally from Ireland. The original inhabitants of Scotland were the Picts.

[Pudgimelon]

NO AUSSIES TO SIT DOWN HERE

WE DO NOT WANT AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR MOLESTING WOMEN

WE RESPECT YOUR BELIEF IN FOSTER'S

Sound's better, don't it?

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Well, I think everyone would agree that it's just common sense to ban Australians from your bar, at least until they're potty trained. Maybe then it'd be OK as long as there was a contigent of Kiwis in the bar to help translate all that gibberish that Aussies pass off as "English".

[Pudgimelon]

Nope, sorry, the Scots would have to vacate too. They were originally from Ireland. The original inhabitants of Scotland were the Picts.

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Quite right. My family was part of that group that came over from Ireland, lost a war didn't they?

But I think it'd be OK for the Scots to have the run of Britain since nobody likes the Picts anyway, a noisy lot of ruffians if you ask me .

[Sir Burr]

The Scots are OK, it's the Welsh nobody likes.

[Pudgimelon]

The Scots are OK, it's the Welsh nobody likes.

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The Welsh are still allowed in Britain? Can't someone put a stop to that?

[mbkudu]

Isn't this thread about political correctness? I think all you vertically challenged,

rotund, mobility challenged, intelectually challenged, erectile disfunctional, alcohol dependent people need to come on over and take a seat with us short, fat, crippled, stupid, impotent, drunk bastards and get a handle on what life is really like.

[Sir Burr]

short, fat, crippled, stupid, impotent, drunk bastards and get a handle on what life is really like.  

You've just described the Welsh to a tee!

[RamdomChances]

short, fat, crippled, stupid, impotent, drunk bastards and get a handle on what life is really like.  

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You've just described the Welsh to a tee!

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I resent that I'm not crippled or impotent

[amal2029]

Try and find a Thai that has a good word to say about Thai-Indians.

Very true, Sir.

I always ask them if lord Buddha was in fact "kaek".

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true sir, I had ask the same question from Thais and on that point they seems to act like dumb....

[chuchok]

QUOTE(The Gentleman Scamp @ 2005-06-01 20:14:32)

NO ARAB PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN HERE

WE DO NOT WANT ARAB PEOPLE CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR MOLESTING WOMEN

WE RESPECT YOUR BELIEF IN ISLAM

I have been told that there is was a good reason for signs like these.Many people from that neck of the woods would treat the ladies like a piece of &lt;deleted&gt;. Ask a few of the old timers in Pattaya, they will tell you the stories.

[Jai Dee]

QUOTE(The Gentleman Scamp @ 2005-06-01 20:14:32)

NO ARAB PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN HERE

WE DO NOT WANT ARAB PEOPLE CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR MOLESTING WOMEN

WE RESPECT YOUR BELIEF IN ISLAM

I have been told that there is was a good reason for signs like these.Many people from that neck of the woods would treat the ladies like a piece of &lt;deleted&gt;. Ask a few of the old timers in Pattaya, they will tell you the stories.

Not just Pattaya either... just take an evening stroll around Sukhumvit Soi 3-5 area in BKK and observe the Arab behaviour there...

[daleyboy]

QUOTE(The Gentleman Scamp @ 2005-06-01 20:14:32)

NO ARAB PEOPLE TO SIT DOWN HERE

WE DO NOT WANT ARAB PEOPLE CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR MOLESTING WOMEN

WE RESPECT YOUR BELIEF IN ISLAM

I have been told that there is was a good reason for signs like these.Many people from that neck of the woods would treat the ladies like a piece of &lt;deleted&gt;. Ask a few of the old timers in Pattaya, they will tell you the stories.

The first time i came to Thailand, i had just got to the hotel (the landmark) and i was stood at the reception waiting to check in when 3 isralies(spelling) came in barged past me and the people in front of me, then for some reason started verbally abusing the girl behind the counter shouting they wanted a differnt room or some &lt;deleted&gt; like that, anyway that went on for a couple of minutes, nobody seemed to do anything so i said to them what the ###### do you think your doing, shouting at the poor girl isnt going to get anything sorted, they turned round to me and said shut the &lt;deleted&gt; up or we are going to cut you, all this in a five star hotel, so with that the manager came out and very shortly afterwards they were escorted off the premises by the police( hope they got a nice cell with some big boy) not sure what happened after that. Great introduction to Thailand ehh. Since that happened i have noticed on more than one occasion very rude and abusive israleis(spelling) in various locations and i am just waiting for the day that one of them gets a good slap, because what i have seen of them they deserve it.

[Pink Mist]

saw that sign in the roo bar in Pattaya, had a little chuckle, didn't read to much into it.