Are YOU politically correct ?

[TOTO]

"Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct, both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seeking to minimize offense to racial, cultural, or other identity groups. Conversely, the term politically incorrect is used to refer to language or ideas that may cause offense or that are unconstrained by orthodoxy."

So Are you politically correct. Are you politically correct 100% of the time or only around certain people or about certain issues ? why are you politically correct or why Not ?

[Bikernereid]

In my humble opinion (yeah right) political correctnes is for those namby panmy prats who do not have the courage of thier convictions to say what they think. They want to like in a sugar coated world where everyone has one opinion and it is a nice cute fluffy one which is complete bollox.

I hate PC as it goes against freedom of expression and speech and does not help any issue to move forward. I have found that quite a few people from ethic minorities find pc shit which is supposed not to offened them more offensive.

I am not PC at all and will never be so. I think that everyone has the right to say what they think not matter how offensive. How can we possibly change and challenge the beliefs of others if we don't know what they really think cos they daren't say anything.


"Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct, both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seeking to minimize offense to racial, cultural, or other identity groups. Conversely, the term politically incorrect is used to refer to language or ideas that may cause offense or that are unconstrained by orthodoxy."

So Are you politically correct. Are you politically correct 100% of the time or only around certain people or about certain issues ? why are you politically correct or why Not ?

[Big Dave]

Call me Un-f***in' PC again and I'll smash you.

[ynot slow]

Not when it comes to our iconic mountain.Was said to be renamed Mt.Egmont/Taranaki in all publications,including maps,newspapers etc.Pisses heaps of us Naki peeps,both maori and non maori(pc fuck),mind you mostly locals refer to her as the mountain,still annoys when the local daily news says Mt Taranaki.And in todays paper someone was going on about this Naki name,I think it's brilliant,gives each provence a feel good idea to them,i.e Rapa,Wangavegas,Rotovegas,Dorkland(sorry couldn't resist),next all the local icns will be deemed not pc,no carrot,trout,gumboot.Fuck the PC:Police:

[sAsLEX]

I hate PC as it goes against freedom of expression and speech and does not help any issue to move forward.

The lefty fuckin tree huggers have outlawed that sorry.

[Bikernereid]

I know you you right-wing fascist and you like the rest of us smart right-winger speak your bloody mind come hell or high water, THANK GOD!! And I am a tree hugger too so shut the fook up sticking me in with those bloody lefty loonies. I know where you live!!


The lefty fuckin tree huggers have outlawed that sorry.

[sAsLEX]

I know where you live!!

NZ aint it terrible.........

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=83142&stc=1&d=1200905686

[Bikernereid]

NZ sucks ass!! Pompey rules........:laugh::bleh:


NZ aint it terrible.........

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=83142&stc=1&d=1200905686

[owner]

Sometimes depending on which personality is talking

[deanohit]

Fuck no!
Well, depends on if the people I'm talking to are easily offended. Pussies!

[Bikernereid]

Why talk to them anyhoo if they are easily offended, talk to someone with balls n a brain.


Fuck no!
Well, depends on if the people I'm talking to are easily offended. Pussies!

[deanohit]

Why talk to them anyhoo if they are easily offended, talk to someone with balls n a brain.

Because they're family and they're religeous freaks.

[Drew]

On reading the definition a few times to be sure I got it, yes. I try not to offend people, (except round these pages, but who really takes this place seriously?)

Someone who is offended by what you say will generally consider anything you say with as much stock as the stuff they clean out of thier navel. And I, like most would like to think I have something to say. I may well be wrong, but atleast people will think about it before making that conclusion.

[TOTO]

Because they're family and they're religeous freaks.

hahaha fucking funny :clap:

[Bikernereid]

hey I understand completely as I have God squad, bible toting religious fuitcakes in my family and I have stopped caring what they think about me and my life style. I voice my opinion but have stopped getting ranty when I do it. Age is a great teacher!!


Because they're family and they're religeous freaks.

[James Deuce]

You asked the question so by definition YOU are. The only PC I have a hope of understanding is a Personal Computer. I only use that to browse for porn and taunt social workers.

[howdamnhard]

No I'm not politically correct and have often been accused as being blunt and tactless.:bleh:

[Bikernereid]

Only spoken by people who can't handle the truth or don't have the gutts to speak it!! At least if you are blunt what you see is what you get, nowt wrong with that!!


No I'm not politically correct and have often been accused as being blunt and tactless.:bleh:

[howdamnhard]

Thanks,thats me,always the one asking the questions others are to polite or afraid to ask.Two friends of mine are now married (hope thats a good thing) because I bluntly asked them if they were an item or not having noticed them spending a lot oftime with each other.They were both to shy to tell the other that they secretly liked each other until I forced the topic,ooops.:pinch:


Only spoken by people who can't handle the truth or don't have the gutts to speak it!! At least if you are blunt what you see is what you get, nowt wrong with that!!

[Donut]

No I'm not politically correct and have often been accused as being blunt and tactless.:bleh:

better then been sneaky, spitefull and back stabbing i say :2thumbsup

[Bikernereid]

Where as I nowadays always seem to ask people about their partner/ spouse to find out they just split or are getting divorced!!

Sometimes you do have to be a little sneaky, that is how I got my Kiwi man (just don't tell him)!! I think being too blunt would have had him running for the hills:gob: He is used to it now and seems to rather appreciate it.

Asking questions is how we learn and progress so you keep asking those questions and challenging others, you never know they might actually learn something too!!


Thanks,thats me,always the one asking the questions others are to polite or afraid to ask.Two friends of mine are now married (hope thats a good thing) because I bluntly asked them if they were an item or not having noticed them spending a lot oftime with each other.They were both to shy to tell the other that they secretly liked each other until I forced the topic,ooops.:pinch:

[Usarka]

Too many know-it-alls and bigmouths use anti-PC as an excuse for being annoying arrogant syphillis infected toe rags.

Like a one legged tight rope walker its all about balance.

[MSTRS]

Why talk to them anyhoo if they are easily offended, talk to someone with balls n a brain.

Well, that's you and your gender out of the equation as well. Back to your kitchen.
PC? Me? No, not really.

[007XX]

Well, that's you and your gender out of the equation as well. Back to your kitchen.
PC? Me? No, not really.

:Oi: Wanna come here and say that again? :bash:

And no, you can't cope a feel to check if I'm telling the truth...But trust me, I got balls...and so does Str8Jacket, Flame, Keystone19, Youngatart, Mrs kendog, Janno, and the list goes on...

So don't you give me any of that gender BS, or I'll come over and give you a wedgy you'll remember for quite some time...:devil2:

Me, PC?...don't be so farkin' stoopid! :D

[MSTRS]

And no, you can't cope....

Who can't cope?:hitcher::bleh:

[007XX]

Who can't cope?:hitcher::bleh:

*mutter,mutter*...still:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9nptjUs9FM

:bleh:

[Drunken Monkey]

Politeness and political correctness aren't the same thing. You can avoid the use of PC terminology (which is most often identified by the use of 'excessive' gender neutral terms) without having to resort to being blunt. So if you use terms like "flight attendant" instead of Steward/Stewardess or use this new annoying habit of referring to all male and female stars of the screen as "actors" instead of actors/actresses, then you're basically being PC. Gender and race neutral terms are the most obvious terms, but I imagine there are many others.

Granted, it's not limited to linguistics, but that is a significant part of PC. There are also PC ideals, for example toeing the "eco-friendly" line just for "eco-friendly" sake. To me the differentiating factor would be the motivation; someone who has adopted "eco-friendly" after a solid education in sciences then years of experience working with the results of "non-eco-friendly" messes would, to me, have taken that stand from personal experience and rationalisation. Someone who is "eco-friendly" because the TV says everyone should be is swaying towards PC.

Well, that's my take anyway.

[Hitcher]

Am I politically correct? Let me open my personnel access hatch and find out...

I remember being at a conference some years ago where keynote speaker Guy Chapman introduced himself as Person Personperson. That brought the house down.

[jrandom]

I am not PC at all and will never be so. I think that everyone has the right to say what they think not matter how offensive. How can we possibly change and challenge the beliefs of others if we don't know what they really think cos they daren't say anything.

Wow!

You are a progressive thinker.

You just keep right on challenging those beliefs, sunshine. Word!

:niceone:

[Bikernereid]

Kitchen, you are old fashioned aren't you, didn't you know we prefer to spend more time in the bedroom these days!! You poor other half!!


Well, that's you and your gender out of the equation as well. Back to your kitchen.
PC? Me? No, not really.

[jrandom]

... we prefer to spend more time in the bedroom these days!!

Methinks the lady doth protest a little too much and a little too monotonously.

:sherlock:

[MSTRS]

Kitchen, you are old fashioned aren't you, didn't you know we prefer to spend more time in the bedroom these days!! You poor other half!!

Not at our age...

[Bikernereid]

where do you think my laptop is .....in my bedroom!!

And I hate all this macho sit about the female gender not having balls.


Methinks the lady doth protest a little too much and a little too monotonously.

:sherlock:

[jrandom]

I hate all this macho sit about the female gender not having balls.

:blink:

Indeed. Not to mention all the sit [sic] about the male gender not having ovaries.

[Bikernereid]

hey babes you can take mine I don't need them!! Share and share alike, anything to bring the genders closer together.


:blink:

Indeed. Not to mention all the sit [sic] about the male gender not having ovaries.

[owner]

Let it be known. I got you. and there was nothing sneaky about it, And Im just now understanding what exactly I got:msn-wink: I do enjoy her bluntness and willingness to speak her her mind in person and on KB very un pc. but I will train her in the ways of the tall poppy when she gets here (just dont tell her!)


Where as I nowadays always seem to ask people about their partner/ spouse to find out they just split or are getting divorced!!

Sometimes you do have to be a little sneaky, that is how I got my Kiwi man (just don't tell him)!! I think being too blunt would have had him running for the hills:gob: He is used to it now and seems to rather appreciate it.

Asking questions is how we learn and progress so you keep asking those questions and challenging others, you never know they might actually learn something too!!

[PrincessBandit]

... I voice my opinion but have stopped getting ranty when I do it. Age is a great teacher!!

Is that really you Bikern1mpho or an impostor????:laugh:
Nah, seriously, good on ya!

PC should never get in the way of CS (common sense), and un-PC should never be used simply as an excuse to be rude and obnoxious. Oh, i forgot, lots of people don't actually care about that :msn-wink:

[jrandom]

I will train her in the ways of the tall poppy when she gets here (just dont tell her!)

Onya mate.

I recommend a pair of jandals and a spatula with a pink ribbon around it as a welcome-home present.

[yungatart]

Kitchen, you are old fashioned aren't you, didn't you know we prefer to spend more time in the bedroom these days!! You poor other half!!

Please don't feel sorry for me!
The kitchen is fine......looking forward to the day hXc leaves for Belgium, then we can do it wherever we want......

As far as being PC is concerned...moi! Never!

[Bikernereid]

is an awesome place to live!!!! Spent 4.5 happy/drunk years there. Beer is amazin, chocs are to die for and if you are into lace then Belgium is the place to be. where will hXc be based?

God for gold when the little un leaves!!


Please don't feel sorry for me!
The kitchen is fine......looking forward to the day hXc leaves for Belgium, then we can do it wherever we want......

As far as being PC is concerned...moi! Never!

[Bikernereid]

Spatula, obviously haven't tasted my cooking and as for jandals- maybe Docs but never jandals!!


Onya mate.

I recommend a pair of jandals and a spatula with a pink ribbon around it as a welcome-home present.

[yungatart]

is an awesome place to live!!!! Spent 4.5 happy/drunk years there. Beer is amazin, chocs are to die for and if you are into lace then Belgium is the place to be. where will hXc be based?

God for gold when the little un leaves!!

Somewhere in the French part...no idea where until about a month before he goes.
And I don't think he is in to lace?????

[MSTRS]

Spatula, obviously haven't tasted my cooking and as for jandals- maybe Docs but never jandals!!

Spatulas...are for :spanking: , not cooking!

[Hitcher]

hey babes you can take mine I don't need them!! Share and share alike, anything to bring the genders closer together.

There's a vas deferens between men and women, don't you know?

[madandy]

PC-ness has certainly been taken too far but I wonder at which point one stops using a bit of PC politeness and simply becomes rude and/or ignorant.
Example (maybe a poorly consructed one) : A group of Bikers are enjoying a cold drink at the local bar discussing the state of race relations/land claims/Maori place names/whatever when in walks a couple of Maori dudes. Does the group continue its conversation as they were, with possible racist slurrs or do they adopt a somewhat PC angle and begin to replace words like black & coon etc. with less offensive terms should one of their pigmented brothers overhear the discussion...if you carry on with the conversation unchanged are you simply a racist?
Being 100% 'non PC' can often double for being intollerant, sexist, a dangerous or inconsiderate road user, an ignorant bastard/bitch and racist etc...
A balance of sensible PC understanding (much like common sense really) and sticking up for what yer beleive has got to be better for every one than stubbornly standing firmly in one trench or the other...

[007XX]

PC-ness has certainly been taken too far but I wonder at which point one stops using a bit of PC politeness and simply becomes rude and/or ignorant.
Example (maybe a poorly consructed one) : A group of Bikers are enjoying a cold drink at the local bar discussing the state of race relations/land claims/Maori place names/whatever when in walks a couple of Maori dudes. Does the group continue its conversation as they were, with possible racist slurrs or do they adopt a somewhat PC angle and begin to replace words like black & coon etc. with less offensive terms should one of their pigmented brothers overhear the discussion...if you carry on with the conversation unchanged are you simply a racist?
Being 100% 'non PC' can often double for being intollerant, sexist, a dangerous or inconsiderate road user, an ignorant bastard/bitch and racist etc...
A balance of sensible PC understanding (much like common sense really) and sticking up for what yer beleive has got to be better for every one than stubbornly standing firmly in one trench or the other...

Yep, I agree with that...and I think if you kept that discussion up, the bar would become a very animated one in no time! :eek: :chase::spanking:

However, all it comes down to is respect...even if you don't know the other person, reserve your judgement until you do know them.

I have no qualms speaking my mind, but will however exert a certain amount of diplomacy depending on the situation...and that is when respect for yourself and other, as well as plain common sense will come into play.

A little finesse has never hurt anyone, except for those lacking in it.

[Pwalo]

I find it's easier just to do what SWMBO tells me to do.

[Badcat]

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

[Hitcher]

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

Sometime I must find out who was first to say that.

[madandy]

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

Perhaps the combined effort of several groups of liberal minorities. Liberalists, Feminists, Environmentalists, Maori activists, Human rights activists, Gay rights activists...
I think fairly soon you'd arrive at Motorcyclists being a Liberal Minority like all the other groups.

[idb]

I've never heard anyone own up to being PC...so what's the issue?



I'm really, truly, incredibly sorry for any offence this post may have caused to any past, present or future forum members

[ElCoyote]

where do you think my laptop is .....in my bedroom!!

And I hate all this macho sit about the female gender not having balls.

Oh......you've met Georgina Beyer then

[Hitcher]

Oh......you've met Georgina Beyer then

The stallion who became a mayor?

[Swoop]

So if you use terms like "flight attendant" instead of Steward/Stewardess...
I thought it was "hostitute". Oh how times change.

[ElCoyote]

The stallion who became a mayor?

Or maybe not, I'm not brave enough to check:no: