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Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rhymes

Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rhymes

Said1

#31

Re: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by The Gunslinger

Political corectness will be the downfall of western society. (I can still call it western society, right guys?)

I don't know. What do the non-westerners think? And what do those westerners who do not call themselves westerners think? Are you trying to turn this into an "us" and "them" thing?

I think not

#32

Re: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by Blackleaf

We can blame America, originator of Political Correctness, for that.

Suck it up

Said1

#33

Re: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by I think not

Quote: Originally Posted by Blackleaf
We can blame America, originator of Political Correctness, for that.

Suck it up

Sure, take all the credit. Poor predictable Americans. :P

Jay

#34

Re: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by I think not

Quote: Originally Posted by Blackleaf
We can blame America, originator of Political Correctness, for that.

Suck it up

It's not true. Europe is the mother of Old World thinking, not the New World.

America is the victim in this.

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I think not

#35

Re: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by Jay

Quote: Originally Posted by I think not
Quote: Originally Posted by Blackleaf
We can blame America, originator of Political Correctness, for that.

Suck it up
It's not true. Europe is the mother of Old World thinking, not the New World.

America is the victim in this.

--

Party Pooper

Jay

#36

RE: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Haggis McBagpipe

#37

Re: RE: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nurser

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by Jay

I thought about it.....I can't think of one example of a PC measure I support 100%.

How about the gadzillion PC measures needed to prevent our Zoofer from luring all females from the Internet into his lair? Huh? How 'bout that?

Jay

#38

RE: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

You got me there!

(I can't think of a respectable come back for that one)

Haggis McBagpipe

#39

Re: RE: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nurser

Mar 8th, 2006

Quote: Originally Posted by Jay

You got me there!

(I can't think of a respectable come back for that one)

Well, you see now, had we bet money on that, I'd be a rich woman today. Hey, I'd be able to get the $50,000 wooden boat AND the bridge and have change to pay the exorbiant toll I'll be charging to cross it.

Jay

#40

RE: Nursery schools rewrite "offensive" nursery rh

Mar 8th, 2006

Well, if that were the case, I would have thought of something...But I suspect neither one of us has 50K to bet away!

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