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Europe bans "Miss and Mrs" (among others)
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:05 pm
by Ed Mahmoud
EU bans use of 'Miss' and 'Mrs' (and sportsmen and statesmen) because it claims they are sexistUsing 'Miss' and 'Mrs' has been banned by leaders of the European Union because they are not considered politically correct.
Brussels bureaucrats have decided the words are sexist and issued new guidelines in its bid to create 'gender-neutral' language.
The booklet warns European politicians they must avoid referring to a woman's marital status.
This also means Madame and Mademoiselle, Frau and Fraulein and Senora and Senorita are banned.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:10 pm
by Derek Ortt
the EU needs to shut up! Start worrying about what is important
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:49 pm
by JonathanBelles
HAHA!!! Thats VERY dumb! I agree with Derek, are there no other things to ban? They should have much more on the agenda to talk about than that!
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:12 pm
by Squarethecircle
This is silly. They aren't going to get people to stop speaking their own languages correctly and they should be doing something more responsible with their time.
Re: Europe bans "Miss and Mrs" (among others)
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:11 pm
by Ptarmigan
That's really lame.
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:17 pm
by brunota2003
How are you supposed to greet people properly then, if the words are not politically correct...are they going to ban Mr. and Senor too?
Re: Europe bans "Miss and Mrs" (among others)
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:30 am
by angelwing
Oh gimme a break, this is getting so nutty! More important things to worry about than this crap.
Re: Europe bans "Miss and Mrs" (among others)
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:44 pm
by Aslkahuna
Europe is just pointing the way towards which we are heading.
Steve
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:33 am
by abajan
Perhaps people will now wake up and see that all this "political correctness" nonsense has gone way too far. Sometimes we just need to speak our minds and stop worrying so much about who we might offend.
Dr. Ben Carson (a noted pediatric neurosurgeon), in his book "The Big Picture", speaks to the issue quite well in a section of Chapter 10 entitled "When being politically correct conflicts with our principles".
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:49 am
by HURAKAN
One word: Stupid.
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:12 pm
by Tampa Bay Hurricane
This is the most ridiculous law ever....the legislator who thought
of this must have been doing pot and meth and crack all at the
same time...what kind of idiot law is this political correctness crap???
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:15 pm
by HURAKAN
I think they were thinking, "what can we do to divert the attention from the economic problems to something stupid." Someone jumped and said, "lets ban Miss and Mrs."
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:10 pm
by southerngale
abajan wrote:Perhaps people will now wake up and see that all this "political correctness" nonsense has gone way too far. Sometimes we just need to speak our minds and stop worrying so much about who we might offend.
Dr. Ben Carson (a noted pediatric neurosurgeon), in his book "The Big Picture", speaks to the issue quite well in a section of Chapter 10 entitled "When being politically correct conflicts with our principles".
Exactly. It's absolutely absurd! I will say what I want to say... I'm not going to walk on eggshells to appease a bunch of nutcases. PC blows.
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:47 am
by coriolis
People look back in history and wish that they could have lived during the peak of Greek or Roman civilization before they declined. We have certainly been fortunate to have lived during the peak of the European/American civilization. Let the decline begin!
Re: Europe bans "Miss and Mrs" (among others)
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:40 pm
by P.K.
Nice to see the part of my taxes which end up going to Brussels aren't being wasted...