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JayRodney Show this Post
06-24-2015, 06:50 PM #1
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‘Jurassic World’ Facing Boycott Over ‘Racist’ Dinosaur Name?


People have definitely become more aware of the words being used to describe other cultures, and at least a handful of them are taking issue with a dinosaur introduced in the record-breaking film Jurassic World.

The dinosaur in question: the Pachycephalosaurus (pak-ee-SEF-uh-lo-SAWR-us).

The problem: when shortened to “pachy,” the animal sounds too much like an offensive slur used in the U.K. to refer to people from Pakistan
Read more: breitbart.com

Nice to see people poking fun at the whole ball of stupid that permeates PC.
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Kreeper Show this Post
06-24-2015, 10:17 PM #2
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(06-24-2015, 06:50 PM)JayRodney Wrote:  ‘Jurassic World’ Facing Boycott Over ‘Racist’ Dinosaur Name?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4ygI0GHV8

People have definitely become more aware of the words being used to describe other cultures, and at least a handful of them are taking issue with a dinosaur introduced in the record-breaking film Jurassic World.

The dinosaur in question: the Pachycephalosaurus (pak-ee-SEF-uh-lo-SAWR-us).

The problem: when shortened to “pachy,” the animal sounds too much like an offensive slur used in the U.K. to refer to people from Pakistan
Read more: breitbart.com

Nice to see people poking fun at the whole ball of stupid that permeates PC.

I watched that a couple of days ago. He cracked me up.
I am speaking of the life of a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children; who has undertaken to cherish it and do it no damage, not because he is duty-bound, but because he loves the world and loves his children… - Wendell Berry, 1971
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Octo Show this Post
06-24-2015, 10:24 PM #3
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Ban all the things.
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Kreeper Show this Post
06-25-2015, 01:35 AM #4
Kreeper Griobhtha
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Watch some of his other videos. He is pretty funny.
I am speaking of the life of a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children; who has undertaken to cherish it and do it no damage, not because he is duty-bound, but because he loves the world and loves his children… - Wendell Berry, 1971
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06-25-2015, 10:03 AM #5
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I think it went too far ages ago.

Oh well.

Ancient, basic political strategy out of the tyrant's field manual.
See to it, that the slaves do not own a functioning language.
As old as geographically static society.

Up to the point of modern Swedistan, where you can no longer
call a woman a woman or a man a man.

Fekk.
We were better off as hunters/gatherers.
Thanks and praises to the gods of Kaleva, for making me a rebel
soul. :)

Can't find a Finnish variant, so...here goes:

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