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Pushing the boundaries of political correctness : Comments

By Nina Funnell, published 12/5/2010

Writers and comedians must recognise the role they play in establishing and normalising the rules of ethical engagement.

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sometimes writers and comedians will get it wrong.
IT was not just "wrong" with for example what that silly moo remarked on re some of the logies personalities' personal tragic events. That was just plain brainless. Even more brainless are those Uni examiners who let such morons pass to get into journalism.
No-one's pushing the boundaries of PC but PC is pushing the boundaries of normal peoples' tolerance. PC is nonsense & brainless frivolity personified. Stuff PC & its brainless followers !
Posted by individual, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 4:54:32 PM
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Houellebecq,
Thanks for the abc link to deveny.
I read her article.
What can I say?
It's a human rights tragedy when a brave supporter of free speech is martyred in such a manner.
And to think this happened in Australia!
I am however a bit confused by her comment earlier on in the piece,
the one she makes before she spends yet another 1,000 words explaining herself:
<<And I won't be explaining myself>>
Sort of sums her up.
Posted by Proxy, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 8:44:59 PM
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As you can imagine, Mohammed Kharr is very busy and cannot respond to this article personally.
He thanks you for your comments and hopes you continue to enjoy writing such banal articles.
Posted by MohammedKharr, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 9:17:53 PM
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Hi Houllebecq, I know you know about pushing the boundaries, and also the pain of being "censored", as I've made you serve the very very occasional suspension on OLO for outrageous comments much less offensive than Deveney's. ;-)

I'd disagree with Curmudgeon. I always answer emails as politely as I can. Sometimes you actually find that people become reasonable. There is, however, the odd person, who thinks that there is some audience for their continued abusive correspondence. And perhaps there is. One of the things I always assume in internet correspondence is that it might find its way into print one day, so don't say anything you don't want to own on the front page of a daily metropolitcan newspaper, or A Current Affair. It is a good discipline. Of course it sometimes leads you to be more inventively grumpy than you are in reality! :)
Posted by GrahamY, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 9:55:39 PM
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I've met Catherine Deveny, she's a sociopath...I'm not kidding, she really is as nasty and narcissistic in real life as her literary alter ego.
Who cares if her kids missed out on Wet n Wild because their Mum lost her job, Bindi and Bob Irwin's father is dead.
Posted by Jay Of Melbourne, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 11:09:10 PM
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I've met Catherine Deveny, she's a sociopath.
Jay o m,
which Uni let her graduate ?
Posted by individual, Thursday, 13 May 2010 6:55:57 AM
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