Hammond "race row"

[hairykrishna]

I tend to use as a general term for 'thief' or for describing someone/something chavvy. It doesn't automatically mean 'traveller' in my mind.

[Oldred_V8S]

GlenMH said:

As has been mentioned: the p-word for travelling folk is a censored word on PH and we have had numerous threads about it in the past.

Continuing use of the various forms of this word will be deemed as swear-filter avoidance and will be dealt with as such.

ˆˆˆˆThe world has gone mad! ˆˆˆˆ

What next a ban on Didicoy and all the other derivatives that have for years been used as a descriptive words, not swear words or derogatory words for our good friends the travelling folk, but are now somehow deemed to have changed into something unacceptable.

As mentioned previously, why not go the whole hog and ban others like Chav? I am sure Chav's must find it unacceptable.

I can understand the ban on the use of words such as (the name of Guy Gibson's dog in the Dam Busters), as that evolved into something totally unacceptable, but a ban on a word that is used in everyday parlance, has no racial connotation, is just barking! Language develops and words such as will always evolve, so why are people trying to prevent the evolution of the English language?

Edited for spelling

Edited by Oldred_V8S on Friday 1st June 10:55

[ViperPict]

I take more offense to Hammond's attempts to be like JC but being deeply unfunny...

[Otispunkmeyer]

This proves people simply have too much time on their hands or are employed in completely useless posts that shouldn't exist... ergo we have these stupid rules about whats offensive because some thunder in the public sector needs to justify their existance (and their grossly oversized paypack and pension...hurr de hurr ).

Or like I say, too much time, bored people coming up with things to do.


If peple spent more time doing something useful, instead of being "offended" by every other word someone else utters... we'd be a lot better off. Country is nucking futs.

Actually fk it I going to jump on the offended band wagon... the words offended and offensive now offend me because it immediately conjours images of a complete wet blanket of a person and that makes me feel uneasy with the world.

Edited by Otispunkmeyer on Friday 1st June 10:38

[Happy82]

12gauge said:

This is what happens when you treat people with sociology degrees as serious human beings.

non degrees have a lot to answer for.

[odyssey2200]

Jamie VTS said:

I dont find it offensive, but then again im not a traveller. This thread is very similar to a conversation I was having the other day about the word "chav" is that an offensive word? Its certainly derogatory. Although IMO "chavs" and "s" are not races of people I can still see how by calling them it, it would be deemed offensive.

I find their Tax dodging, thieving, intimidating, trespassing, sponging lifestyle and very existence offensive but the bastids still exist.

Sometimes you just have to accept that if you act like a CT then people will see you as a CT and call you a CT. .

[Jamie VTS]

odyssey2200 said:

I find their Tax dodging, thieving, intimidating, trespassing, sponging lifestyle and very existence offensive but the bastids still exist.

Sometimes you just have to accept that if you act like a CT then people will see you as a CT and call you a CT. .

I understand what you are saying and have felt the very same in the past, im not saying it is WRONG to call them s, infact I can think of many words that are much more appropriate and would probably deemed to be offensive.

None of these pointless arguments and stereotypes detract from the fact that the terms and chav are offensive, derogatory terms. Whether you choose to use them or not is up to you but it doesnt change the fact that it is offensive.