So really, you want to be able to say anything you want, without anyone else saying anything they want back? :)
No, but i do think political correctness is taken way too far. For exampe, here in Finland is a department store chain that now and then have sales they named "Crazy days". A while ago, there was a politican (for the Green party) that actually demanded the name has to be changed because it was offensive to people with mental illnesses.
And i do think you should be able to make satirical drawings of Mohammed without getting killed for it. And most disturbing, nobody makes those kind of drawings anymore (or atleast they're not published in newspapers), not so much in fear of getting killed but beacuse it's now considered racist. So, terrorists and left-wing anarchists got just what they wanted. Freedom of speech is getting restricted a little more each day.
My work is terrible for that. We have been told not to compliment a female on a new hairdo as you are 'objectifying' her. You're not allowed to tell jokes that could offend, you aren't allowed to say anything negative about the place as this could 'cause negativity bias on other colleagues'. Basically you're now allowed to say anything. If you're opinion is different to theirs you are deemed a 'problem'. They want yes men (or women). We are also encouraged to embrace the LGBT community in work and are offered support if you have gender issues. We've also recently built a gender neutral toilet for some reason. I could go on but won't.
Imagine the outcry if that was made today.
I still remember the outcry when the first GTA game came out, round about 1998, people were saying it glamourised violence and was sick, i think there was one part where you could blow up a bus full of nuns :))
Imagine the outcry if that was made today.
I still remember the outcry when the first GTA game came out, round about 1998, people were saying it glamourised violence and was sick, i think there was one part where you could blow up a bus full of nuns :))
One of my fave things was doing a handbrake turn and smearing the line of hare Krishna's all over the pavement. I remember if you squished them all you got a huge bonus for it!
Guranga!!!! :))
In GTA: London 1969 you could do the same thing with the Mods :))
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No, but i do think political correctness is taken way too far. For exampe, here in Finland is a department store chain that now and then have sales they named "Crazy days". A while ago, there was a politican (for the Green party) that actually demanded the name has to be changed because it was offensive to people with mental illnesses.
And i do think you should be able to make satirical drawings of Mohammed without getting killed for it. And most disturbing, nobody makes those kind of drawings anymore (or atleast they're not published in newspapers), not so much in fear of getting killed but beacuse it's now considered racist. So, terrorists and left-wing anarchists got just what they wanted. Freedom of speech is getting restricted a little more each day.
Do they want to be be embraced? If someone embraced me at work I'd smack em in the face!
I think in true wos style we've veered slightly off course.
I still remember the outcry when the first GTA game came out, round about 1998, people were saying it glamourised violence and was sick, i think there was one part where you could blow up a bus full of nuns :))
One of my fave things was doing a handbrake turn and smearing the line of hare Krishna's all over the pavement. I remember if you squished them all you got a huge bonus for it!
Guranga!!!! :))
In GTA: London 1969 you could do the same thing with the Mods :))
That's right, and Zzoom was about saving refugees, not shooting them So they spiral amusingly in the air. Definitely not.