today, i am here to talk about the pressing issue of...drum roll please...
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!
dun dun dun!!!
many people who know me will possibly know of the sheer intensity of loathing i feel for the politically correct and everything associated with it. in my opinion it is less of a method of protecting human rights, and more of an excuse for right-wing extremists and humourless old soaks to dictate what we can and cannot say.
for example, the jonothan ross/russell brand incident. now i did not hear this broadcast so i won't say whether it was bad taste or not, but i will say that it was carried way out of hand. in fact it was picked up, blown out of proportion, and sent hurtling into outer-space. a few people who heard it complained (fair enough), but when the media got involved it became somewhat of a scandel on the scale of watergate. they both apologised for any offense caused and that should have been that. bit by this point, many many humourless old vegetables who hadn't even heard it, decided that it for some obscure and no doubt pointless reason, decided to get russell the sack and jonothan suspended. why. it was meant in good humour, they were told they could do it, it wasn't received well and therefore they get punished because some miserable old biddy decided to take out their own probolems on other people.
fair enough if it was a personal attack, but it. was. a. joke. it wasn't meant in a mean way.
nobody is forcing you to watch/listen to something you find offensive. don't like it turn over. i don't like eastenders. does that mean i have to suffer through it then complain to the company to stop other people from watching it? no. that would be stupid.
grr...
anyway, hello! i'm in quite a frowny mood today...probobly because i've just been ranting...
i'm sitting here with my coffee (of which i've decided has too much sugar) ranting yet again. you lot are probobly bored of it by now so i'll cut this short and try to rant about something i like next time.
heres hoping...
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HOORAY!! someone who understands!! Yes, PCness sucks HARD. and futhermore, people complian because their licesnce fees go towards the bbc, they treat it as if it is a personal taxi, going only where they want to when in reality it is a bus, it offers a range of destinations and you choose the ones you want, or in this case the ones that don't offend you to your very core. Inccindently I heard that particular ross/brand broadcast and thought it was hilarious.
peace ot,
AJ
xx
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