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.
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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.
ReplyDeleteI think the Brits should do the whole world a favor and ban themselves!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI hear the sound of a fool exercising his tongue without running it through his brain first.
hahahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteWhere is a good plague when you need one?
Oh for crap sake. Just call 'em all Muslim, and everyone will be happy.
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