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kris9128

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nursery rhymes
« on: 07 June 2008, 09:59:07 »

have just had an argument with my 3 yr old over a nursery rhyme. turns out the words have been changed to bah bah wooly sheep. apparently saying bah bah black sheep is deemed as offensive. what is wrong with this country.
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« Reply #1 on: 07 June 2008, 10:58:08 »

Yeah - I heard this latest bit of "PC" cr*p too ......  I wonder, though, about poor old Noddy and Big Ears.  I seem to recall, a fair few years back, that he was banned because of his "relationship" with Big Ears --- surely he should be unbanned now --- isn't homophobia non PC ?

BTW -- never noticed blue leds on his little yellow car !!!!
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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #2 on: 07 June 2008, 11:58:34 »

Personally I think it causes more trouble with Racist problems than enough....

As for Ba Ba Black Sheep, I have a mate who is black and he takes no offence to it at all its a childrens rhyme.
All this "PC" stuff is making "A Thing" out of innocent everyday instances which leads to Racism in my opinion.  >:(

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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #3 on: 07 June 2008, 12:41:32 »

im surprised they have never changed this pubs name, i see this a couple of yrs ago when i worked in henley, there used to be a big banner hanging outside of a blackboys face. dont know if still there

http://www.blackboysinn.co.uk/?page=home
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« Reply #4 on: 07 June 2008, 12:45:23 »

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Personally I think it causes more trouble with Racist problems than enough....

As for Ba Ba Black Sheep, I have a mate who is black and he takes no offence to it at all its a childrens rhyme.
All this "PC" stuff is making "A Thing" out of innocent everyday instances which leads to Racism in my opinion.  >:(

 

Very true LK ---anyway the poor sheep in question IS black -- and, as for calling it woolly sheep --- that's "woollist" what about the bald sheep!!!
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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #5 on: 07 June 2008, 12:46:50 »

makes you baaaaarking mad dont it  ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #6 on: 07 June 2008, 12:48:24 »

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makes you baaaaarking mad dont it  ;D ;D ;D

Is that a reference to sheeeeeepdogs  ::)
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« Reply #7 on: 07 June 2008, 13:17:56 »

is this the way nursery rhymes will end up.
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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #8 on: 07 June 2008, 14:45:22 »

Agatha Christie wrote a novel she called "Ten Little Niggers".  I read it in the 1950s.  Good book.  

I later noticed that it had been renamed as "Ten Little Indians".  That took it through the 70s and 80s.

I have recently found out that it is now called "And then there were none".  

Isn't it silly? :(
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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #9 on: 07 June 2008, 14:58:56 »

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Agatha Christie wrote a novel she called "Ten Little Niggers".  I read it in the 1950s.  Good book.  

I later noticed that it had been renamed as "Ten Little Indians".  That took it through the 70s and 80s.

I have recently found out that it is now called "And then there were none".  

Isn't it silly? :(

I once played the role of the butler in this play in france where it is still called "Les dix petits Négres" or the 10 little niggers.

Anyone who knows this play will know that the title refers to 10 little black statues which magically break when each of the characters die....

So the French who preach about Freedom, Equality and Fraturnity (which is what the 3 colours of the french flag stand for) dont have to change the bloody name, but we do...... bonkers!
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« Reply #10 on: 07 June 2008, 16:18:17 »

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makes you baaaaarking mad dont it  ;D ;D ;D

Is that a reference to sheeeeeepdogs  ::)

 ;D Somebody call?........ ;D

I really enjoyed reading the Nursery explanations; much better they`re explained fully to little-ones, rather than all this 'dumbing down' :y
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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #11 on: 07 June 2008, 18:35:51 »

I've heard baa baa rainbow sheep sung!


I mean WTF is a rainbow sheep  >:(

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« Reply #12 on: 07 June 2008, 18:39:12 »

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I've heard baa baa rainbow sheep sung!


I mean WTF is a rainbow sheep  >:(

 :o P.C: Where will it end? ::)
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« Reply #13 on: 07 June 2008, 18:55:26 »

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im surprised they have never changed this pubs name, i see this a couple of yrs ago when i worked in henley, there used to be a big banner hanging outside of a blackboys face. dont know if still there

http://www.blackboysinn.co.uk/?page=home

There's a Black Boy pub a few miles from me in Heage.
So what are we supposed to call Black Sheep then  :-/ Just one thing to say to it all "arse"
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Re: nursery rhymes
« Reply #14 on: 07 June 2008, 18:58:34 »

Did you see that asylum seekers are now seekers of sanctuary? Due to the link with the ayslum, which literally translated is 'place of sanctuary'

PC gone wild!!

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