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Political Correctness running amok

Postby ixcuincle on Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:56 am

SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday.

Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071115/wl ... masoffbeat

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Postby Matt on Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:06 am

wearing your pants with your underwear showing will get you a disorderly conduct citation here in Perth.

i heard that somewhere in the USA kids can't even hug eachother (as a greeting as many do) or they'll face detention.

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Postby Laxation on Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:29 am

youve got to be fucking kidding me
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Postby Jing on Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:48 am

"HA HA HA, what would you kids like for Christmas!"

That just doesn't sound correct. :?
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Postby JaoSming on Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:54 am

Matt, I had that hugging rule in middle school.
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Postby benji on Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:51 am

You know there is a reason they had that rule just for you though...
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Postby Axel on Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:34 am

Hugging rule... I guess they really wouldnt approve of the hug/kiss that most of my friends do.

Feels like Europe.
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Postby cyanide on Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:22 am

Can't people take things in context? A jolly Santa who laughs out, "ho ho ho!" is not the same as, "You stupid ho!"
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Postby Matthew on Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:38 pm

cyanide wrote:Can't people take things in context? A jolly Santa who laughs out, "ho ho ho!" is not the same as, "You stupid ho!"


Really? No way! Thanks for pointing that out.
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Postby BigKaboom2 on Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:30 pm

Wait, what are we talking about now?

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Postby Andrew on Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:55 pm

If we're going to ban any words or phrases that could be taken wildly out of context or could be considered offensive thanks to a double entendre then we might as well live in silence, devoid of the written word. I've never heard of anyone being offended by the traditional "Ho ho ho" Santa greeting; if indeed there are people who are offended by it then I would respectfully suggest they've got way too much time on their hands if they're looking to stamp out things of that nature.
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Postby JT_55 on Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:30 pm

I will give $10000 dollars to anyone who would actually find a women who is truthfully offended by Santa saying "Ho, ho, ho".

Oh, no, I just offended a whole buch of women!
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Postby benji on Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:32 pm

How would you judge "truthfully"? Because it's not hard to find "feminazis". Especially on a college campus. (I could go for $10,000.)
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Postby JT_55 on Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:40 pm

Well, of course you can't tell them your going to win $10000 of some Canadian on the internet (I'm broke anyway). And asking them in a way that might get response bias (eg. "Are you offended by Santa saying "ho, ho, ho" because the word "ho" also means "whore"?).
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Postby Matt on Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:03 pm

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Postby Bruce on Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:21 pm

Hehe, I find this thread amusing. Sometimes when I get to watch old re-run movies, I can't help but snicker when they refer to a black person as negro and a woman as a girl. And any of you trekkies out there watched the original series DVDs? Captain Kirk never gets even a slap on the wrist for making a pass at every female that crosses his path. Uhura not exempted. Where as this days an officer would have been warned with a red flag or worst yet, court marshalled.

Next to this, I find it amusing that in this thread just about every other kid on this forum has to correct some else's post for grammar and spelling.
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Postby ixcuincle on Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:51 pm

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Postby Fitzy on Sat Jan 12, 2008 6:03 pm

Matt wrote:wearing your pants with your underwear showing will get you a disorderly conduct citation here in Perth.



i just read this thread and im pretty sure that applies here too
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Postby shadowgrin on Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:17 am

So Batman and Superman isn't allowed in those areas?
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Postby Jackal on Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:16 am

Silly Shadow, the cool Batman's don't wear their underwear on top of their clothes.
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