Yes. It is a type of apple pie. It had to come: Even Mom's apple pies can be offensive. The British blogger who found this out says that he was told to remove the above image from a site because: "it might cause offense/discomfort/upset to people with eating disorders/difficulties/distress/issues"
I will leave comments on such lunacy to readers.
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"Emotive" Words Banned for Australian Government Employees
The latest trick seems to be to label plain speech as "emotive" (Shock! Horror!). We read:
"Federal public servants will be told not to use emotive terms such as "eavesdropping", "propaganda" and "racial tensions" on government websites. The Thesaurus of Australian Government Subjects is aimed at providing public servants with a "broader vocabulary" of alternative and emotionless terms. Suggestions in the 175-page document, to be released this month, include:
* Surveillance should be used instead of "eavesdropping".
* Propaganda should instead be "communication" or "advertising".
* Racial tensions should be limited to "race relations".
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Perhaps I have an excessively vivid imagination but I can imagine some quite pleasant race relations -- relations that certainly do not equate with racial tensions. And what government would not prefer to have its propaganda viewed as "communication" anyway? And I have always wondered about dropping eaves. They sound rather too heavy to drop.
U.S. Sailors now to become Girl Guides
To "swear like a drunken sailor" is an old simile. Sailors have always sworn and used crude language. I you were cooped up in an iron box for months on end you probably would too. But no more! We read:
"The U.S. Naval Academy has ordered a court-martial for a faculty member who made a "crude" remark in the presence of female midshipmen, even though an investigating officer recommended only administrative action. The three criminal charges against Lt. Bryan D. Black come as the Annapolis school's superintendent, Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt, has announced a "zero-tolerance" campaign to rid the campus of sexual harassment. Lt. Black says he is being unfairly prosecuted as a "poster child" for Adm. Rempt's campaign. The academy filed criminal charges days after the school's board of visitors criticized Adm. Rempt after a Defense Department sexual harassment task force scolded the school....
The incident occurred last August during an oceanographic cruise in the Chesapeake Bay. Lt. Black served as safety officer on what is called a yard patrol craft. The charging document states that Lt. Black made "a crude remark" in the presence of a female midshipman, Samantha Foxton, about how a battleship sexually arouses him. He suggested how it might arouse her."
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If America wants a navy with Girl Guide types as sailors, I guess it is going to get one. I can think of better selection criteria however -- ones that sought men on the basis of their ability to handle the rigors of war, for instance.
