Thursday, November 13, 2008



British city bans term 'British'

We read:
"The word `British' can be as offensive as `negro' and `half-caste', according to a race relations body. The publicly-funded organisation's views have been adopted by Caerphilly council in South Wales for a leaflet advising staff on how to deal with the public.

In a section on what words or phrases not to use to avoid causing offence, the leaflet solemnly informs the council's 9,000 workers: `The idea of "British" implies a false sense of unity - many Scots, Welsh and Irish resist being called British and the land denoted by the term contains a wide variety of cultures, languages and religions.'

The suggestion the word `British' should be avoided appears alongside similar sections which warn that `half-caste' implies `a person is not whole and so should be avoided' and that `negro' has `racist overtones and is linked with the slave trade'.

But Tory MP David Davies, MP for Monmouth said: `There's absolutely nothing offensive about describing people as British.

Source

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

How ridiculous. The United States is comprised of 50 states referred to as America. "The land denoted by the term contains a wide variety of cultures, languages and religions". No one here seams to dislike being called American other than extreme leftists.

Anonymous said...

I think the Brits should do the whole world a favor and ban themselves!

Anonymous said...

I live in the US and am called an American. I also live in the state of Kansas and can be called a Kansan. I live in the city of Wichita and am also called a Wichitan.

I hear the sound of a fool exercising his tongue without running it through his brain first.

Anonymous said...

hahahahahahaha

Where is a good plague when you need one?

Anonymous said...

Oh for crap sake. Just call 'em all Muslim, and everyone will be happy.