I Dont't Know: Bah Bah Black Sheep.....Yep im a Racist.....Somehow?

[Zeema]

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Its the Same with 'Bah Bah Black Sheep' if i said this in a classroom im a Racist.

Oh dear Alan, you've fallen into our little trap. [http://www.glastonbridge.co.uk/flash/q.php?i=Baa+Baa+Black+Sheep+is+Racist]

A controversy emerged over changing the language of 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' in Britain from 1986, because, it was alleged in the popular press, it was seen as racially dubious. This was, as Curran, Pently and Gaber indicate, based only on a rewriting of the rhyme in one private nursery as an exercise for the children there and not on any local government policy.[4] A similar controversy emerged in 1999 when reservations about the rhyme were submitted to Birmingham City Council by a working group on racism in children's resources, which were never approved or implemented.[5] Two private nurseries in Oxfordshire in 2006 altered the song to "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep", with black being replaced with a variety of other adjectives, like "happy, sad, hopping" and "pink".[6] Commentators have asserted that these controversies have been exaggerated or distorted by some elements of the press as part of a more general campaign for political correctness.[4]

oh look, its a fellow named Glenn Beck. He looks like someone we can all trust.

Oh, didn't you hear? Not even Fox trust him now. [http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/entertainment/headlines/Glenn_Becks_Fox_show_dropped__119342649.html?storySection=comments]

I dont Glen Beck i don't watch american news i live in AUS

and i know people who get upset with me if i say 'Black Sheep'

 

[Zeema]

Ok I?m probably going to be ignored but this has to be hammered in. The whole "Bah Bah Black Sheep" story is fake. It was something the daily mail made up so stop using it as an example of why political correctness is bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loony_left

Its scary that something of such complete fiction can become engrained in the public conciousness as fact.

Remember the thing about kids having to wear goggles and hard hats to play conkers at school?
That was actually the headmasters idea in order to poke fun at the H&S laws. But it was twisted round and reported as if the law actually MADE HIM DO THIS.

What's Conkers?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

What's Conkers?

Awww!

Horse-chestnut seeds with a string drilled through them. Slam them against each other until one breaks. HUGELY British passtime among kids.

I dont Glen Beck i don't watch american news i live in AUS

Glenn Beck is the guy you showed the video of. He's so crazy that even Fox News dumped him. (Consider Fox News to be "The Daily Telegraph (Aus))

and i know people who get upset with me if i say 'Black Sheep'

Then they're raving idiots who need to get over themselves.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

The useful parts of political correctness come under manners and common sense. In general, PC is a good thing (can't remember the last time I heard '******' or 'sambo' being said not-in-jest by someone under the age of 70), there are comparatively few times when it get's taken out of hand. The 'bah bah black sheep' thing is an urban myth too, made up by the 'It's PC gone maaaaad!!!' brigade.

 

[Zeema]

What's Conkers?

Awww!

Horse-chestnut seeds with a string drilled through them. Slam them against each other until one breaks. HUGELY British passtime among kids.

Fascinating

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Great work jackass, I was gunna convince him its something we do in british schools which involves running at each other with javalins. Its character building.

Sorry, I just got so excited about teaching someone about something so purely British

Not as good as the Australian Dropbears, but still:

 

[Snotnarok]

People are insanely sensitive lately and it's sickening. One thing that really flat out annoys me, if I want to say I hated a movie or a game I shouldn't have to say "in my opinion" it should be a given since that's obviously what it is.

People would instantly attack me saying "You're wrong" or "****** you're stupid cuz you don't know what's good". Which boggles my mind, it's like I have to remind people that this is an opinion that I'm stating and no matter what reasoning is put through it, I cannot make my opinion fact.

Unless I'm talking about Sega Genesis because that has blast processing [/fact]

 

[Bon_Clay]

oh look, its a fellow named Glenn Beck. He looks like someone we can all trust.

i have no idea who Glen Beck is i just thought what he said was a bit accrete.

Well just a heads up, not only is the black sheep thing a fabrication as others have pointed out, Glenn Beck happens to be known for being a complete lunatic. So in the future you should probably not use him as a source if you want to look credible. The guy is completely mad, thinks the world is going to end and that hes basically a prophet.

 

[similar.squirrel]

You tell 'em, buddy! I'm sick of those Liberals, always aborting our potentially heterosexual children.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

Today i was watching the news [which is rare] anyway there was this report on this portrait of Matt Moran.

The Picture
://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201104/r748247_6181763.jpg

anyway at the end of the Report on Television the news reader had to say 'This wasnt made to offend Vegetarians' that was the gist of it, ive been looking for the report for a while. ANYWAY i really hate that, i understand that they have to clarify but they shouldn't have too. Is everyone so paranoid that if we all have to say nothing mean about a Minority otherwise get sued By the Political Correctness people.

Its the Same with 'Bah Bah Black Sheep' if i said this in a classroom im a Racist.


[Just to clarify im not trying to be offensive or rude. Its just a Observation.]

The Goody two shoes just need to bloody get over them selves.

What are your thoughts on Political Correct people?\
do you think they go to Far?

I reckon people are way to concreted about Political Correctness. I dont Mind the guys/gals its just they can go to far.

Here is Visual Aids


i agree somewhat with this guy not fully but bits i agree with

Holy shit, if that's the case, I should file a class action lawsuit against Coldplay for singing some weird ass but catchy song about the color Yellow. Coz I'm a fucking asian and I'm offended that someone mentioned some color in a song that's been attributed to my ethnicity.

I think it's time for the world to grow up a bit and get a life.

Show this to your fucking classroom and tell them what a bunch of fucking wimps they are. Shall we start banning every fucking color that ethnicities are attributed to? maybe we should stop calling foods by their names too- and give them stupid-ass-long titles that have no cultural bearing whatsoever; so 'curry' would be something like 'brightly-colored-pungent-spiced-meat'.

 

[mattsipple4000]

were the first Americans actual legal immigrant???

 

[ProtoChimp]

Completely and utterly off tpoic but a friend of mine (who just so happens to be black) came up with a game that we should act really racist to each other in public, calling each other ****** and cracker, and waiting for people to react and whoever they sided with, usually him, we would then join together turn on that person saying "Can't friends joke with each other you racist". Yes we are dickheads... Ahh good times

EDIT: Am I gonna get in trouble for saying n now?

 

[Zeema]

You tell 'em, buddy! I'm sick of those Liberals, always aborting our potentially heterosexual children.

hahhahahahahah, awesome.
That is all.

oh look, its a fellow named Glenn Beck. He looks like someone we can all trust.

i have no idea who Glen Beck is i just thought what he said was a bit accrete.

Well just a heads up, not only is the black sheep thing a fabrication as others have pointed out, Glenn Beck happens to be known for being a complete lunatic. So in the future you should probably not use him as a source if you want to look credible. The guy is completely mad, thinks the world is going to end and that hes basically a prophet.

Also don't expect anyone outside the USA to take Glenn Beck seriously. In fact most people will probably assume, as I did, that he's a liberal satireist making FUN of the right wingers.

Great work jackass, I was gunna convince him its something we do in british schools which involves running at each other with javalins. Its character building.

Sorry, I just got so excited about teaching someone about something so purely British

Not as good as the Australian Dropbears, but still:

oh bloody hell, are they real?
I read about them in a Pratchett book and assumed they were made up. Are they?

only in Myth

 

[Kevonovitch]

man, if i had 5$ for every time i had an arguement, and ended up fighting words i grew up on, because political corectness retarded (in it's actual use.) the language, i'd break 100k easily.
FUCK political correctness, all it does is waste time, and intentionally cause confusion just to swing things in someones favour verbaly.