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Originally Posted by Damien
No, The Term PC has been Hijacked. It is basically ensuring equal treatment not using offensive words for discribe minority groups. You do not have to go back far to find examples where racsit lanuage is used in programs.
Words like 'Pakki' and 'Nigger' where used a lot and now they are not allowed. Postive example number one! The reason you havent seen a positive example is because the term is now applyed to only negitive examples while positive examples go ignored ( A story about someone being sacked for racist abuse isnt a good story, but christmas under attack is!)
The reason its so popular a story to run with is because of the racist sub-text. It basicially saying that our current way of life is under attack from these minority groups with stirs a lot of anger
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Actually, I'd argue that the word 'Paki' wasn't originally used in a derogatory manner (at least not where I grew up). Originally, it was used purely as an abbreviation of 'Pakistani' - it's only in (comparatively) recent years that it's taken on the racist connotation.
As for 'Nigger', I seem to remember a thread a while ago that discussed the fact that the black community were, to one degree or another, 'reclaiming' the word, so can it still be seen as racist?
The trouble with 'Political Correctness' is that anyone can use it either as an excuse to do / not do something, or as a stick to beat someone else with when
they do / don't do something.