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I think in this day and age no matter how brave we think we are we still HAVE to follow the PC brigade and keep quiet about certain opinions. Does anyone remember the lady politician who said a couple of years ago that she could understand why someone could consider being a suicide bomber? It caused a big scandal and she had to retract what she said & I think she lost her position. Will I go to jail if I said I knew where she was coming from when she said it? These days you CAN go to jail if you speak the wrong way. My difficulty is that I'm a Scot and we talk a certain way and the language we're brought up with doesn't fit into the current scheme of things. I have to modify the way I talk to my kids in case they venture into trouble with their mouths sometime in the future.
Originally posted by wisefoolishness
again, we see freedom of speech taking a kick in the groin. i'm tired of people being scared to talk about what they want, too. if you have something to say, say it.
I believe I can talk about anything but I can't use certain words and that annoys me. I can't say Paki because it's considered extremely racist and I'm not racist. I have Paki friends who use that word with each other but I can't use it. We were all brought up with that word. Type paki into google and you'll see who can use that word and who can't. Did anyone watch the Poppadom incident on celebrity big brother this year? Those girls were questioned by the police. It was a storm in a tea-cup. Also, we use the label "black" to describe someone who is dirty, usually a kid who's covered in muck. Again, nothing to do with race. Most of the men in the past where I'm from worked in the coal mines and would come home "black as the ace of spades." Now you'll all hate me. I'm a racist. An ignorant person in your eyes. But, I'm not. I'm letting you know that gagging personal opinions can affect different folk in different ways. I'm not going to get arrested for saying UFOs are real, or the military are working alongside the greys, or even if I say 911 was an inside job, but I'm in danger for speaking the language I was brought up with.
there is a certain degree to where you must keep your mouth shut. if you're going to say something completely ignorant, or racist, or something like that, just don't say it. but, we must never be quiet.