Please login or click here to join.
Forgot Password? Click Here to reset pasword
 |  |  |  |  |  |
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 18:10 on 6th February 2009 Don't know Krissy just p....d off because they make such a fuss over nothing! It really is nonsense! |
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 18:12 on 6th February 2009 It true...hairs are split and everything is anaylized these days. You have to walk on eggshells, don't ya? |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 18:15 on 6th February 2009 Hey Krissy, can you say 'Hairs are split?' You see, isn't it just stupid? |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 18:50 on 6th February 2009 Oh Ron! There was an article in the Metro news about this today! To quote: Racial Troubles Following Royals A month after Prince Harry faced public scrutiny over his use of racial slur, his grandmother, the Queen of England, is facing a similar outcry following the discovery that racist dolls were being sold at the gift shop of one of her palaces, Sandringham. The dolls -- called golliwogs -- trace their origins back to a children's book and were inspired by blackface minstrel shows popular in the 19the century America. End. What next, we ban Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", or how about Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer"? Honestly, all this politically correct nonsense has gotten out of hand. I am with you on this one Ron. |
Ted  Posts: 733 Joined: 14th Jan 2009 Location: Netherlands | quotePosted at 21:39 on 6th February 2009 And I always thought that political correctness was a Dutch invention. |
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:26 on 7th February 2009 Ron, you and my husband Terry would get on great Ron! We went into this shop in Broadway about 10 years ago and he asked if he could buy a Gollywog for Joseph. They were horrified and said he had to call it a Gollydolly so in annoyance he got louder and louder talking about how it was just a name from his childhood and foolish political correctness! Living in the West Midlands we have lots of multi-cultural friends and they think it is all a load of rubbish too. It is the "do-gooders" who cause all this trouble - in my opinion alot of them are racists. I must say though that I do not agree with Carol Thatcher calling the tennis player a "Gollywog". However it was a private conversation and instead of it exploding all over the news and it resulting in her being sacked it should have been dealt with at the time. What about the latest row Ron - Jeremy Clarkson calling Gordon Brown "A one eyed Scottish idiot". Some blind people are now up in arms about that. Haven't heard any Scottish people moaning yet though! They said it was using "idiot" and "one-eyed" in the same sentence. This doesn't mean he thinks all people with one eye are idiots - just Gordon Brown! I would hate to be in the public eye these days - you have to be so careful what you say. They will destroy comedy/amusing banter completely if we are not careful. In the 70's and 80's just think how many insults were thrown at Maggie Thatcher! Edited by: Stephanie Jackson at:7th February 2009 08:07 |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 18:11 on 7th February 2009 Perhaps you need to get Terry to register on POE Stephanie? He could add to the discontent in the country thus hoping the 'idiot' reads the forum! I bet he gets to hear about it you know, probably got several people searching the net for opinions..........that's the power of POE! |
David Donnelly Posts: 61 Joined: 22nd Jan 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 11:42 on 10th February 2009 A little history on the subject: |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 13:23 on 10th February 2009 Interesting David, thanks for that because I suspect a lot will take a look. I have only just noticed the different spelling 'Golliwogs' as apposed to 'Gollywogs'. Wonder which way it used to read on the Roberstons Jams? |
Mark Corby Posts: 25 Joined: 23rd Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 15:01 on 16th February 2009 yes ban a kids toy because its racist. thats clever. Morons.These idiots are making people ashamed to admit theyre english and born here.There is such a thing as reverse rascism which people seem to be doing their best to create in their ignorance.Bad idea all round. |
Follow PicturesOfEngland.com on social media and help share the beauty of England....
