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And you thought the UK had gone PC mad

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    And you thought the UK had gone PC mad

    Williams Aide Resigns in Language Dispute

    By Yolanda Woodlee
    Washington Post Staff Writer

    The director of D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams's constituent services office resigned after being accused of using a racial slur, the mayor's office said yesterday.

    David Howard, head of the Office of Public Advocate, said he used the word "niggardly" in a Jan. 15 conversation about funding with two employees.

    "I used the word 'niggardly' in reference to my administration of a fund," Howard said in a written statement yesterday. "Although the word, which is defined as miserly, does not have any racial connotations, I realize that staff members present were offended by the word.
    Discuss, abuse Chico and/or Franco, whatever...

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    Is that the same "Yolanda" from "Pulp Fiction".

    Spod - In "Love you too honey-bunny" mode!

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      #3
      Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

      Could be. I think he would have caused less offence if he'd jumped onto the table in the meeting with a shooter and said, "if any of you moves I'll execute every last motherfcuking one of you".

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        Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

        So, let me get this correct. The guy has resigned because the people he was addressing were too dense to know the real meaning of the word and the assumed it was offensive?

        Oh, FFS!!!

        Spod - In "off for a lie down" mode!

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          #5
          Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

          This isn't a new story is it?

          I remember something like this happening about 3 or 4 years ago...

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            #6
            Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

            I recall a contract I did a couple of years back at a large Whitehall department. We were told that we couldn't use the term 'nitty-gritty' because it was racially offensive.

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              Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

              This isn't a new story is it?
              Dunno, some dude just sent it to me today. He might be living in a timewarp though.

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                I remember reading, must be 15 years ago, about a chap being accused of racism (by a co-worker of Indian origin IIRC), because he had used the phrase "it's like the Black Hole of Calcutta in here", when complaining about the heat in his office. He had to go through the whole formal disciplinary bit. Probably the first time that an employee had to use the history of the East India Company as a defence against racism.

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                  #9
                  Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

                  That's nothing.

                  I was hauled before Human Resources this morning for asking my mate Chalky here for a black coffee.

                  What is the world coming to?

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                    Re: And you though the UK had gone PC mad

                    I blame the abolition of slavery, and giving women the vote, the whole damn world has gone to pot!

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