WANTED
SMALL BLACKMAN TO WORK AS MUDFLAP
MUST BE FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO TRAVEL
:-0) snigger :-0)
With all due respect D B, the original post was humour.
But for the sake of clarity
It was not directed at any person or particular race.
It was humour
I am afraid you will get a lot of this sort of thing on this and many other forums.
There will also be swearing, sometimes humorous and sometimes not
There will also be sizeist remarks sometimes humorous and sometimes not
There will also be ageist remarks sometimes humorous and sometimes not
There will also be sexist remarks and sexual innuendo sometimes humorous and sometimes not
You are free to criticise those who make the remarks and free to be offended JUST as others are allowed to make any of the above remarks as their conscience and wives allow
As an aside, ( and please feel free to check back ) I have often passed comment that it is usually those who shout racist the loudest who are the true racists.. Why ? Because they SEE a difference in race colour or creed and try to defend those they perceive need defending** where as those who really don't give a toss about racism rarely see any
** Often at the angst, humiliation and sometimes anger of those same people who the racist leaps to defend
On the wall in one of my tutors rooms was an A2 poster
WANTED
SMALL BLACKMAN TO WORK AS MUDFLAP
MUST BE FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO TRAVEL
The don originally came from Jamaica ( and could get hold of an excellent bit of ganja :-0) !!! )
During one late night drinking / tutorial / general shindig ( as was the way back in the day ) I asked him why he had the poster..
Smith, he said, it is there to remind people there is a difference between humour and racism........
He was not a psychologist but a physicist and a very wise man
He ended up leaving for Harvard where he received tenure ( actually until he died at a very ripe old age rather than the normal 'until mutual agreement'. ).. I will take a lot of what he taught me about life to the grave.. A lot of the physics, I hate to admit, have long since fallen out of my brain !
I would suggest you take a close look at your own ethics D B as you seem to be seeing hatred where there is only humour
Davey Bee does have a point. Stuff is posted on this site that would not be acceptable if spoken or written in the workplace; at best 'disciplinary' would follow, potentially with dismissal.
What some people genuinely feel is 'acceptable humour' just isn't. Someone who I don't know overly well made a passing comment about my lack of much in the way of hair at work the other day and I took a pretty dim view of that - not so much that I am folically challenged (I don't give a toss, makes life easier:-0)) but that the person felt it was OK to make the observation about me in front of others. Not quite the same as racism but the principle is there.
No doubt comments about 'pc gone mad' will follow, but I would suggest that those who take this line need to realise it is 2014 and move with the times. As a 'for instance', a white English born person is now a minority group in London. It's a fact, get over it. It's a bit like The Sun calendar` hanging on an office wall was totally acceptable when I started work in 1976 - times have moved on.
I live in a predominantly white middle class area and work in a multi-ethnic central London location - but you know what, it is only typing this that has made me realise that, and for that I am proud.
And as for spelling, I am typing this on a 10 year old laptop while in a dark bedroom so if there are errors so what.sh1tehppns I would also argue that these are keying errors rather than spelling errors as I, and others, regard my word and grammar skills as significantly above average.
ANDYBIRD is BALD!!! 8rfl@8rfl@ I always remembered him as a tall good looking type!! shows how your mind can go dunnit!! :-0)
Out of all of this thread I can only take one thing away with me,
ANDYBIRD is BALD!!! 8rfl@8rfl@ I always remembered him as a tall good looking type!! shows how your mind can go dunnit!! :-0)
BTW am I racist, My ex Father in law is as black as a black thing and from Jamaica, my ex wife is half cast and I hate them both with a vengeance, 4 of my children are quadroon, I'm not a fan of 2 of them, the other 2 are a bit suspect as well, I have Asian and African friends they call me all sorts of racist names, but that's what we do, I know they would stand by me, same as I've stood by them, no hassles from any of them!! or me to them :dunno: but I'd still like to see the UK with less foreign enclaves and "mini" country's springing up in big cities with more integration and acceptance of the "English" laws customs and language, but I'm not allowed to say things like that any more -(
Acceptance of English laws and customs aye right, if you think I am going to start wearing socks with sandals, drinking piss water from glass mugs and morris dancing you can go feck yourself:wank:
You forgot banging on about winning the World Cup in '66 :-0)
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The way things are going, give it ten years, fifteen max, and it'll be the Islamic Republic of England. Why? .
After the referendum -We will have our own Republic thank you very much.man8um
Don't you just love SJW's.
And Dave i'm confused one minute you say 40 years and the next you say 57?
The irony of course is that threads first post was humerous but would have been forgotten within days as we continue to take the piss out of each other. It was you infact that has made the post about hate where the rest of us saw none.
You sure you ride a motorbike and not a high horse? Bloody sjw's get on my tits.