Gary_Yngve Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 are you offended by the term chinese fire drill? do you think the average chinese person is offended by the term? do you think the only people offended by the term are people who think there may exist at least one chinese person offended by the term? what should we call the act of stopping at a red light, running around the car, and getting back in, instead to be PC? now repeat for the grainy term for a decked out crappy car w/ spoiler, special rims, neon license plate holder, etc... is that offensive? what should we call that to be PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketch Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Gary, you appear to have missed the boat on this one. In a "sensativity training" class I had to attend a while back I almost laughed in the instructors face when I was informed that it is no longer PC to use the phrase Politically Correct. It is preferable to use the declaritive of "culturally sensative." My vote for the stoplight shenanigans is to be a little more accurate and just call it "kids on beer" or some such nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Con Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Hoy about Chinese Downhill from the classic movie Hot Dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 the classic movie Hot Dog. "Rudy! You can kiss my ass......not on zis side. Not on that side....but right down zz middle"! Love that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 ConFuSciouS SayS: "Man with one chopstick go hungry." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 confusious say lady who fly airplane upside down have crackup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Wayne's World, excellent, party time... soup of the day is come of some young boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 just another vain attempt to codify civility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 If we have rules, we'll all be nice to each other and not wish, secretly, to kill each other in horrible bloody ways. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenSeagal Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 ConFuSciouS SayS: "Man with one chopstick go hungry." Confucius say: "HE WHO FART IN CHURCH SIT ON PEW" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Gary, it sounds like you've been chastised in an academic setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fear_and_greed Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Confucius say:"Man who goes to sleep with itchy bum wake up with smelly finger" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenSeagal Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Confucius say:"Man who goes to sleep with itchy bum wake up with smelly finger" Confucius say: "HE WHO WALK SIDEWAYS THROUGH TURNSTILE GOING TO BANGKOK!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenSeagal Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I don't think this is very "PC" either. Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Once, in grad school back in that horrid PC wasteland known as Cambridge, MA, I came into the office from outside during a rather cold and windy day. I mentioned to my officemate that "It's a little nippy out there". The resident PC gatekeeper happened to be passing by and said "That's a little offensive, don't you think?" (apparently unfamiliar with the etymology of the word) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Chinese Firedrill? He thought you were a retard, not a racist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Once, in grad school back in that horrid PC wasteland known as Cambridge, MA, I came into the office from outside during a rather cold and windy day. I mentioned to my officemate that "It's a little nippy out there". The resident PC gatekeeper happened to be passing by and said "That's a little offensive, don't you think?" (apparently unfamiliar with the etymology of the word) You should have told him you would like to avoid being niggardly with your word choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 That would have been sweet. Both of us were too stunned to think of a rejoinder, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No. 13 Baby Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I've noticed a resurgence of Whining About Political Correctness as of late, and can't help but attribute it to the fact that our next president will likely be either a black man or a woman. Pity the poor white man's burden. Keep the Confucius jokes coming, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I've noticed a resurgence of Whining About Political Correctness as of late, and can't help but attribute it to the fact that our next president will likely be either a black man or a woman. Pity the poor white man's burden. Keep the Confucius jokes coming, though! fwead dwift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 teehee, this is funny stuff. my girlfriend criticized me for the chinese fire drill comment when i witnessed one in a traffic jam on 520 and she said it was culturally insensitive. i asked what it literally meant, and if it lost its original meaning, then it should be fine. she's been ultra-sensitized to it from years of schooling in health sciences, where they've been neutralizing every possible offensive term. (i agree with the transition of VD to STD; not sure i understand why it was further necessary to go to STI. though i think it would be funny to talk about MD: Martian Disease) i suppose you could say that a car has been souped up. and the folks driving said cars are soupheads? that might be a better phrase to adopt. i'm sure i've said plenty of risque borderline offensive stuff in lecture to make a funny and keep the students awake; I have yet to be called on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'd like to know when "culturally insensitive" just becomes a nod to a different culture (with a bit of humor thrown in). When we lose the ability to laugh at ourselves, we lose our humanity. And when we lose the ability to brush of some of the things that people say and don't mean to be offensive with, we lose the ability to just communicate with our fellow man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 It all starts with an obsession for rules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Conway Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'd say stupidity. Luckily that's in abundance on all sides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 that statement is definitely against the rules. Await your reprogramming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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