Thread: What a load of olde bollocks behaviour this world is coming to!

ok gotcha Tote, bit of depth perception needed there......

Originally Posted by Arapiles

It doesn't matter whether it's new or old, it was an offensive term then and it's an offensive term now. It's not a term whose meaning has changed over time, like, "fantastic" or for that matter, "gay", it was always used as a term of racial abuse.

And the fact that members of the RAF felt comfortable calling a dog by that name, and actually putting it on a headstone, condemns them and the organisation.

I'm guessing that none of you have lived in the USA or the UK and I assure you that prejudice against black people is a very visible and live part of both societies, the US more so.

If anyone is a bit touchy about the n word then I suggest they don't go to Denmark. It is the correct Danish word for black African person.

Afro-Americans use it freely to describe another black person just as they call whites honky or cracker.

PS - I nearly forgot. Same word and same meaning in German.

Originally Posted by Homestar

When I was at the vet a while ago, the old lady before me called her black lab as they were leaving - yep, that name - the vet told me after she left that’s the 3rd generation of black lab she’s called the n word and she was oblivious to the offence it would cause some.

When I was a kid any black dog in a small town would most likely have the n word as a name.

I don't believe any offence was intended.

I think I've posted about Guy Gibson's dog before and how some DVD's of the film have 'Blackie' dubbed over the dog's name.

The original word was also the code over the radio back home from the raid when the first dam was breeched.

I am not a fan of history being 'rewritten' at all.

cheers, DL

So I wonder when they will change the name of the White House?

Originally Posted by scarry

So I wonder when they will change the name of the White House?

i have often wondered the same thing....

Originally Posted by scarry

So I wonder when they will change the name of the White House?

Wot you sayin' Willis, the "Cafe Au Lait" bungleow? C'mon fairs fair.

If people are offended by certain words, its those people with the issue , deal with it and stop inconveniencing others.

I agree.

Pom. Dago (or Diego), Wog, ******, even Aussie could be misconstrued by some with that issue.

The dog was named that by Gibson, not the RAF.

Originally Posted by scarry

So I wonder when they will change the name of the White House?

When someone decides to paint it a different colour I guess.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

If anyone is a bit touchy about the n word then I suggest they don't go to Denmark. It is the correct Danish word for black African person.

Afro-Americans use it freely to describe another black person just as they call whites honky or cracker.

PS - I nearly forgot. Same word and same meaning in German.

I was at the weigh bridge in Darwin the other day and 4 Military vehicles and trailers arrived with mostly US Marines and I heard the N word more times in the 30 minutes I was there than I have ever heard before. You were either a ***** or a White *****.

Walk thru Darwin city and dont give off a cigarette to our itinerants ( cant call them anything else now apparently )when harassed for 1 and see what you get called, the N word wold be a compliment to what I have been called.

Bulletman