Seattle Silliness

[grip]

Seattle officials call for ban on 'potentially offensive' language | Fox News

Well, "citizen" and "brown bag" are no longer appropriate language in Seattle government. Really?

Is the PC word police going to censor every little, possibly offensive word? Why not focus some of that feel good effort towards solving some real crimes, like balancing their budget ($120mil deficit)? Or prevent others from calling overweight people "Porkchop"?

 

[Dittohead not!]

I was just discussing this very topic with a co worker, while we ate our brown bag lunches. The citizens of this country really need to be more sensitive to the types of words that just could offend some people. The conversation came around to birthdays, and what to get junior for his. I've decided to kill two birds with one stone and get him a dinosaur costume he can wear to the Halloween party. He's really in to dinosaurs just now, and loves to read about how scientists think they've evolved into birds. As for me, I like the idea of ghosts, goblins, and devils. That's what the holiday is all about, after all.

 

[Jack Hays]

Seattle officials call for ban on 'potentially offensive' language | Fox News

Well, "citizen" and "brown bag" are no longer appropriate language in Seattle government. Really?

Is the PC word police going to censor every little, possibly offensive word? Why not focus some of that feel good effort towards solving some real crimes, like balancing their budget ($120mil deficit)? Or prevent others from calling overweight people "Porkchop"?

Sensitivity Alert

We’ve published quite a few criticisms of local “human rights” or “civil rights” commissions in these pages. And we’re going to keep at it, until they give up their Orwellian ways. Last week, Seattle city agencies received a memo from Elliott Bronstein of their Office for Civil ...

A new low.

 

[Lukas105]

People need to stop controlling each other and stop being so damn sensitive.