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ghost
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 Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: Teacher calls police because student made a racist remark!!! |
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Have things gone mad/crazy in England?
A student, who happens to be a girl, was recently sent to the Police H.Q. in Manchester, England, because she said something which the class teacher interpreted as being highly racist and offensive, when in truth the poor student merely wanted to change groups because the group she was assigned to contained students, none of them able to speak English.
This whole notion of what is ''politically correct'' has gone to such an extreme that the situation is becoming ludicrous. Soon, no one will be able to say anything or anything which ''might'' be construed as offensive.
The idea of p.c. is good in principle, but now it has become farcical.
On a side note, thankfully Turkey is still somewhat free from all those p.c. issues and students are allowed to talk freely in class, unrestrained by the shackles of p.c. and thought police hovering nearby.
Check this out for the full report!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6047514.stm
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Sheikh Inal Ovar
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Visibly agitated by the ordeal, Mrs Stott explained to the press
"Call themselves teachers ... they's nutters. They're off their 'eads. My Codie woudnt say boo to a fly. She's a lovly girl .... she used to play wiv one a them paki kids when she was young .. when they's young they's nice .. none of this Darth Vader stuff ... anyhow my Codie's no racist. I shud knows I's er muvver .. it was me what brought er up" |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:12 am Post subject: |
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thrifty
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Teacher calls police because student made a racist remar |
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| ghost wrote: |
Have things gone mad/crazy in England?
Ghost, McGill University |
Yes that is why most people want to leave and go and live in Dubai, France, Spain or open a bar in Goa or teach English in Istanbul. |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| On a side note, thankfully Turkey is still somewhat free from all those p.c. issues and students are allowed to talk freely in class, unrestrained by the shackles of p.c. and thought police hovering nearby. |
As long as you don't mention Kurds, Armenians, Orhan Pamuk, Israel/Judaism or anything less than positive about Ataturk, the Turkish State or a man's mother. |
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thrifty
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| Or the fact that they were on the losing side in WW1. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:33 am Post subject: |
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"Am i bovvered?, do I look bovvered I ain't bovvered"
I read somewhere that bovvered will be included in the next edition of OED.
The first steps of chav getting into academia? |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| Or the fact that they were on the losing side in WW1. |
or that many things thought to be "uniquely" Turkish, aren't. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:05 am Post subject: |
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or that many things thought to be "uniquely" Turkish, aren't. |
Greek Baklava anyone? |
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Like a Rolling Stone
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Her mother said her Codie's jewellery and shoelaces were removed, her fingerprints and DNA samples were taken and she was put in a cell.
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BBC English uesd to be proper English and now it's gone all regional for Northerner's. 
"Her mother said her Codie's..." her Codie's! "That's my Codie your talking about!"
"Her Codie's jewellry!" I may be right old-fashioned but she's a bit young for jewellry! |
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Otterman Ollie
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Well,well, this all paints a less than rosy picture of what life must be like back home,glad I'm well out of it,brits are so anal even at the best of times,so what's all this pc stuff then? Sounds like a pile of crap to me .
Amazes me how Catherine Tate gets away with what she says and does on B.B.C. Prime . |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| Don't mince words, say what you really think, Ollie! |
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Otterman Ollie
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| You sound just like my baby sister,btw I don't ,never have ,never will ,ever been known to MİNCE! |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| Otterman Ollie wrote: |
| You sound just like my baby sister,btw I don't ,never have ,never will ,ever been known to MİNCE! |
I can't imagine that otter mince would be very tasty anyway. |
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yaramaz
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| But don't mop up the otter mince gravy with bread if you have potatoes too. |
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