GraemeC Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Not actually true' date=' this has been going around for a few years now early 80s if i do recall, its not banned [/quote']Sorry, whats not true and whats not banned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Are we going to have to change our name to 'African-American Atom'? Non-white,ethnic minority Atom doesnt have much of a ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?Yes sir, yes sir, I stole it from a shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project S.A.M. Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Sorry' date=' whats not true and whats not banned?[/quote']A real one is that teachers are no longer allowed to speak of "Brain-storming", due to the entirely obvious fact that it's offensive to epileptics.I have reservations about the proposed replacement term, "thought-showering", on account of the many already victimised children with pathological bladder weakness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoAUBL Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Are we going to have to change our name to 'African-American Atom'? har har harmaybe you should call yourselvesHex={00' date='00,00} ATOM My niece who is 6, tells me off for singing bah bah black sheep... Cus she says she was taught it was bad. I have to sing bah bah wooly sheep....surely a wooly sheep would have wool ?!so the next line is completely redundantmaybe it should be green sheepor is that offensive to martians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flossie suvara Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 i think this whole thing is stupid.like the gay gordons...do they no clal tht summit else now? -Sor did i imagine tht?=/xActually, the "Gay" in "Gay Gordons" is a mispronunciation of the Doric word "gey", which in the context of "Gey Gordons", means terrible or fierce, which is what the clan Gordon was known as in the past. I've never heard of any ultra-pc move to change the name of the dance.We sing baa baa black sheep to our daughter, but we also sing a second verse:Baa baa white sheep have you any woolYes sir yes sir 3 bags fullOne for the jumpers and one for the frocksAnd one for the little girl with holes in her socksRegardsFlossie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach_69 Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 i think its so stupid to ban it, i dont even think that they used black sheep because it stands out, i think they used it purely for the alliteration and its not saying anything bad about the sheep at allDoes this mean that they are going to change the expression "the pot calling the kettle black"?its ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Karloff Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 What offends me is the half-witted pen pushers who dream such bullshit up. Racism and intolerance are not bore of nursery rhymes, but from lack of education and enforcement by parents. I remember well the Gollywog on Golden-Shred jamjars, and my gran saving tokens to get the toy Gollywog for me and my sisters. Not one of us is in any way racist as a result, probably because our parents have always taught us tolerance and understanding of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach_69 Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 i had a Gollywog when i was younger (about 3 or 4) but my parents had to take it away coz i was absolutly petrified of it i am not racist, and i dunno what it was they just scared the shit out of me, gave me really bad nightmares and such like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepmaster5000 Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 eni meni minei moe(sp)catch a tiger by the toewhen it Squeals let it goeni meni miney moeand you are NOT itthe word tiger replaced the word nigger in the 70's some time, now is that really a bad thing??? at least there the new sounded like the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 eni meni minei moe(sp)catch a tiger by the toewhen it Squeals let it goeni meni miney moeand you are NOT itthe word tiger replaced the word nigger in the 70's some time' date=' now is that really a bad thing??? at least there the new sounded like the old one.[/quote']Yes thats fine....I dont have a problem with that because I think nigger is a horrible word and belongs in the dark ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawy Lawson:Attorney Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 i think its so stupid to ban it' date=' i dont even think that they used black sheep because it stands out, i think they used it purely for the alliteration and its not saying anything bad about the sheep at all[/quote']Exactly Happy (ha-pay) sheep changes the rhythm as well as royally fucking the aliteration. Isn't taking the black sheep out offensive to farmers who farm black sheep? Furthermore, it's a black fucking SHEEP! It's wool IS black!EDIT: African-American is not a synonym for black (even though I know people are joking, some people seriously believe it is). Anyone hear the case of the American commentator who called an black, Austrailian athlete "African-American"? I'm hearing more and more people tell me that black isn't the PC term and while I admit it isn't exactly accurate, calling people from Zimbabwe or Jamica or France or Ireland "African-American" is just plain incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Lead Soup Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Anyone hear about the fuckwit who was awarded 170K for being called "Bubba"?Woo. Get some backbone you fucking coward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lucy* Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 i had a Gollywog when i was younger (about 3 or 4) but my parents had to take it away coz i was absolutly petrified of it i am not racist' date=' and i dunno what it was they just scared the shit out of me, gave me really bad nightmares and such like[/quote']I was really suprised when I heard that gollywogs had racist connotations! Being about 4 years old I just thought it was sweet little badge i had.And are we not keeping racism going by making such a big deal out of a nursery rhyme. Bet none of us thought of it as being racist until we were told it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawy Lawson:Attorney Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 I was really suprised when I heard that gollywogs had racist connotations! Being about 4 years old I just thought it was sweet little badge i had.And are we not keeping racism going by making such a big deal out of a nursery rhyme. Bet none of us thought of it as being racist until we were told it was.See, 'cos we've been TOLD they are racist. When I was a kid, i never even thought of them as "black". You must admit though that the term "wog" is really, really horrible and, when you think about it, with their big curly hair and massive lips that Gollys were indeed gross, racist stereotypes. Maybe a product of a more misguided age than a racist one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 they still sell gollywog toys in aberdeen market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zeenat Aman Posted February 8, 2005 Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/golliwog/Informative link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2005 Anyone hear about the fuckwit who was awarded 170K for being called "Bubba"?Woo. Get some backbone you fucking coward.You've lost me with that one......who's a coward and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Commander Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Gollywogs were cool. Neither me or my sister found it to be a racist thing. As far as we were concerned they were just amusing little guys who liked to dress up. The world is going crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Mel Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 my favourite books when i was really little were the little black sambo books. i never found them racist in the slightest, i just thought it was really cool that a little boy could go out and fight a tiger all by himself.and i didn't grow up racist either because my parents and school educated me the right way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rach_69 Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 yeah, racism is all about how you are brought up i thinki am not racist although my older brother is hugely because he grew up mostly with his dad who was very racist. Because i grew up with our mum and my dad who arent racist in the slightest i am not (except the gollywogg thing, but i dont think thats to do with race, i think its coz they kinda resemble clowns ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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