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Politcal Correctness gone mad?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Ciaran, Sep 13, 2011.

  1. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Woman denies Suffolk window golly doll racial harassment charge


    A woman charged with racially aggravated harassment after a neighbour complained about a golly doll displayed in her window has denied the offence.

    Jena Mason, 65, of College Lane, Worlingham, Suffolk, was arrested after complaints to police from her neighbour.

    She pleaded not guilty at a hearing at Lowestoft Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

    The case was adjourned for a case management hearing on 11 October.
     
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  2. The Raging Oxter

    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    [video=youtube;hmkHLiZMJeU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkHLiZMJeU[/video]
     
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  3. Um no, I don't think it's "PC gone mad"

    Think how shocking it looks to our eyes to see that Aston Villa mascot in the fifties.

    I know the usual types will maybe jump on this as "PC brigade telling everyone what they can and can't do" but I, genuinely, think that gollywog dolls are a horrendous hangover from a more ignorant past.
     
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  4. Incidentally, if that Stewart Lee skit is the one I think it is, it's spot on. <ok>
     
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  5. Nazara

    Nazara Active Member

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    **** sake world gone mad!!
     
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  6. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Maybe it is a hangover from the past and maybe the old biddy put it there on purpose but charging someone for putting a doll in their window? Racial harrassment? Way way over the top to me.
     
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    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Mr Beale I see you lurking. As a black guy, what is your take on this?
     
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  8. VenomPD

    VenomPD Merrick jr

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    <laugh> I saw a golly doll tied to a tiny white cross outside the Presbyterian church in my home town about 18 years ago. Sick but somehow also complete genius
     
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  9. Yes, a racial harrassment charge sounds over the top but, if the woman was dressed as a minstrel singing "swany river", it would seem pretty shocking.

    I don't see THAT much difference.
     
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    Ciaran Going for 55

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    He is talking about people getting killed and people wiping turd on peoples cars because of their skin colour. This is a doll in a window.
     
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    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    As often, you miss the point.
     
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  12. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    No I don't. It isn't a very hard point to get really. I just don't think these things should be absolute. If someone calls me an Fenian Bastard on the internet then I couldn't care. If someone stopped me in the street and shouted at me that I was a Fenian bastard then that's different surely? It's a doll ffs <ok>
     
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    The Raging Oxter Well-Known Member

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    No, the point is it has **** all to do with political correctness which is a cliched phrase used by ignorant arseholes.
     
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  14. THe Mighty Huth Rocks

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    Oh, i'd rather be a golly, than a paki
    oh, i'd rather be a golly than a paki
    oh i'd rather be a golly
    rather be a golly
    i'd rather be a golly than a paki
     
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    SUPERNORWICH 23 SUPERNORWICH

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    used to like the Bangers and Mash books at school, and one day someone was offended and they banned them nationwide... Like the PG Tips ads, the Johny Vegas ones are crap compared to the originals..... The monkey is even grey now not to cause offence
     
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  16. Ciaran

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    What phrase would you like me to have used oh man of wisdom?
     
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  17. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
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    Normally I'd agree that this is all a bit silly, but I think that this is something a bit dodgy.
    The woman's been having an ongoing property row with a neighbouring family and the mother of the couple happens to be black.
    Coincidence?
    Unlikely, really.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...iwog-window-dispute-neighbour-black-wife.html
    I know it's the Mail, but it was the first link that I could find that actually had any real details.
     
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