Foxy. I'm sorry. I got too involved and a bit hysterical. My sincere apologies

Dear Vanilla,

As far as I'm concerned - you are one of the best 'posters' on this Forum. Your arguments are always well argued and valid.
And it's always interesting to read what you have to say.

So there!

The reason I wondered whether your post was a troll, Pelican, was the suggestion that the religious aspects of Easter were possible causes of the cancellation. Odd, because neither an egg hunt nor a bonnet parade contains any religious content.

It is more than a touch bizarre to say "I think we should remove religious connotations from this festival by banning two non-religious aspects of it".

If the pupils had been re-enacting the stations of the cross, it could perhaps have been justifiable on these grounds.

Unpopular. But at least consistent.

But chocolate and bonnets? Good grief!

Foxy and Pericles, thanks for your input. Yes we all thought it a bit bizarre at the time but you have to understand the nature of this particular Principal. I don't mean to denigrate her because her heart was often in the right place if not a bit misdirected at times.

The school was quite a good school and there were often many other non-Australian cultural activities such as Indian dancing, Indonesian cooking and talks from people who had worked in Aid organisations overseas. So the kids were exposed to many different experiences as part of their SOSE classes. It was just one experience I have had with PC.

Mind you working in the public service on the odd contract here and there can have its PC moments too :).

Just on the lighter side ...

I've found a list of "Politically Correct" words that I thought everyone on this thread may enjoy:

Lazy - Motivationally deficient.

Fail - Achieve a deficiency.

Dishonest - Ethically disoriented.

Bald - Follicularly challenged.

Body Odour - Nondiscretionary fragrance.

Ugly - Cosmetically different.

Unemployed - Involuntarily leisured.

Dead - Living impaired.

Drunk - Chemically inconvenienced.

Ignorant - Knowledge-based non-possessor.

That's all for now.

I need to clarify a couple of things:- given that my directness is a plainly obvious, I do not shy away from my previous comments;....UNLESS they are misleading.

"One thing is surely well proven. Political Correctness is indeed a flexible concept is it not?

It comes in very handy for all sorts of things....."
Posted by Ginx, Sunday, 24 February 2008 10:34:05 PM
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For Foxy:-This was NOT directed at your comment/s, you have my word on it. It referred to the concept of PC being shaped like playdough to serve the purpose of the individual who applies it. As the thread played out, I felt that that was well proven, and that is when I stated it. I still feel so. It was NOT directed at ANY individual comment.
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"This kind of twaddle is being assigned to the wastebasket.......
Posted by Ginx, Sunday, 24 February 2008 7:52:05 PM

For TammyJo:-"I was referring to the Ho ho thing; NOT your comment.Irrespective of what we discussed, 'twaddle' referred to the daft criticism of Santa saying Ho ho ho!!. Again;- you have my word on it.(I notice from another older thread that you and I have a similar history in some matters. It can be very tough; I wish you well).

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Two out of three ain't bad...........?

"Once Ginx gets to the point of being able to say "Your wrong, and here is why" rather than 'You are bile filled scumbag racist pigdog' kind of thing... then the forum will have reached a higher plane"
Posted by BOZO_David, Sunday, 24 February 2008 6:08:55 AM

For BOZO:- Your mind is a cesspit!! 'SCUMBAG RACIST PIGDOG' did not come from me! It came straight out of that festering swamp of a mind of yours. The 'kind of thing' proviso doesn't square it. This type of viciousness comes straight from the BOZO cesspit!

A TRULY Christian friend of mine read some of your posts; she had to stop; she was horrified and quite upset, and insisted that you were NOT a Christian. Either you are not, or Christianity is a profoundly evil influence??