Posted on 04/24/2006 3:48:15 PM PDT by dukeman
The Lord Chancellor is facing accusations of political correctness after banning the word “homosexual” from official documents in his department.
Lord Falconer has ordered for the word to be removed on the grounds that it “may be considered offensive.”
The ban comes after a report commissioned by the Department for Constitutional Affairs to analyse how well diversity rules are obeyed when selecting judges.
Academics from the Queen Mary college compiled the report and concluded, “It is important to recognise that the term homosexuality is considered inappropriate by many gays and lesbians today.”
They claimed that gay charity Stonewall regards the word as derogatory, “It originates from a medical definition when same-sex attraction was construed as mental illness.' The report said “it should no longer be used in official documentation. Stonewall recommends that ‘lesbian, gay and bisexual’ is a more appropriate term.”
A spokesman for Lord Falconer's Department for Constitutional Affairs told the Mail on Sunday, “The equal opportunities statement in the guide to applicants has been changed to reflect good practice in line with the recommendation in the report.”
The wording has been changed to ask for applications from “people in those groups which are currently represented in relatively small numbers.”
It previously said “the Lord Chancellor pays no regard to sexual orientation and has made it clear that homosexuality is not a bar to appointments'.
David Conway of the Civitas think tank told the paper, “I am offended that the homosexual lobby has appropriated the use of the word gay. But no one listens to me, or to anyone else who complains that they can no longer use the word because it has been taken over by a single issue group.
“This is a word game that can go on for ever. It's another wrong turn over political correctness by a Government which has made many.”
Other disallowed terms include immigrant, Asian, man and wife, mixed race, West Indian and asylum seeker.
A spokesman from Stonewall told PinkNews.co.uk the group has never said the term “homosexual” should never be used, “We usually say the accepted best practice is to use the words lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender instead of homosexual which doesn’t directly describe the people.”
Now you are offending me. I really like the Power Rangers my kids used to like. And now you've gone and ruined it
Fudge pounders also applies.
It still is.
Rump rangers....
that's why they call each other queer. it's so edgy... so avantguarde... so, so... QUEER!!!
A humorous note though, on the word "fag". One usuage was in the famous English elite public schools. It being said that,though not discussed at the time, homosexuality abounded. The same tendency scuppered the British Intelligence services,a prime recruiting ground for the elite public school class.
The older youth of high status was assigned a young newcomer. He was called a "fag". He fetched, carried and was completely under the older boy's control. Possibly the name's origin for a homosexual.
Working class people used to use the term "all fagged out". This denoted extreme exhaustion.
Thank heaven I emmigrated. LOL
I thought it was "fudge packers". Must be a regional variant.
There is also "corn miners" for those living in the corn belt.
how about Bruce then? one can only imagine what's on Lord Falconer's hard drive.
So smoke'm!
Other disallowed terms include immigrant, Asian, man and wife, mixed race, West Indian and asylum seeker.
War is Peace
Slavery is Freedom
Ignorance is Strength
Homosexual is Normal
Immigrant is Native
Man & Wife is Oppressor & Womyn
West Indian is Multiculturalist
Asian is Multiculturalist Religionist of Peace
Asylum Seeker is Noncriminal Truthful Multiculturalist
"Lord Falconer has ordered for the word to be removed on the grounds that it “may be considered offensive.”
Yeah well maybe I find HOMOSEXUALS offensive!
You can't live in fear of doing or saying things that offend people. Anything could be considered offensive by SOMEONE.
Besides, I thought "homosexual" was the PROPER term. People usually just call them gay (and I'm sure people who don't like them can think of many more names), but if you can't call them "homosexual," what do you call them? They shouldn't be called "gay," because they are never actually happy. And they probably won't be happy until they've recruited everyone on Earth.
You mean to say, you NEVER suspected anything ...odd, shall we say... about Fudge-brown Ranger, or Lavender Ranger; not to mention, Rainbow Ranger?
Whatever happened to the Britain that used terms like "Filthy Wogs" and "Fuzzy-Wuzzys"?
Except "sodomy" is of broad definition.
So you're saying that Mark is a chocolate boxer? A dessert shipper? A cocoa merchant? I don't get it.
A copy of Viz will provide you with some of the more graphic names for 'em, but during common discourse "shirt lifters" and "uphill gardeners" will do just fine.
Mud Mashers
Cum Farters
Anal Explorers
Anal Afficionado
Booty Bombers
Butt Hornet
Rump Rovers
Butt Buccaneers
Rump Pillagers
Tail Marauder
Derrier Fugitave
Ass Skier
Poop Miner
Posterior Plowers
Buttcrack Vikings
Pelvic Privateers
Sailors of the Brown Sea
Nasa Uranus Probes
Invaders of Uranus
Anal Anglers
Poop Movers
Fanny Felons
Moon Explorers
Rump Mafia
Booty Crips
Hershey Highway Hitchikers
Butthole Spleunk
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