Politically Correctness (1 Viewer)

[Enlightened_One]

Political correctness. What do you think of the whole idea, and do you think it's gone too far. A bit of a while ago John Howard said that schools were becoming too politically correct. Personally I get what he meant, and in a way I agree.

In a way it's important to have manners, and not be offensive, but it's spiralling out of control. In an attempt to become completely multiculutral Australia is losing it's own culture.

What do you lot think?

 

[neo o]

Your saying 2 different things there. But anyway, id hardly say Australia has made an attempt at being multicultural we ARE multicultural. We also aren't losing our own culture, multiculturalism means certain different cultures "co-exist" (i use the term loosely) in a community.

ie : the cultures dont interact whatsoover and have minimal effect on each other.

Thats how you get your Eastwoods full of noodle bars where anyone who cant speak Chinese will have problems ordering and your Fairfields where anyone of non-middle eastern appearance will have some problems getting around.

Multiculturalism is fun.

 

[um..]

and then you have the rest of the country where anyone who isnt white is looked at suspiciously

 

[Alexander]

Two of Howard's biggest achievements have been to put Reconciliation and Multiculturalism out of the spotlight.
Im not sure if multiculturalism causes us to loose our culture, but it sure stops its development.
There are different shades of grey in political correctness. We were once pretty politically incorrect when we massacred Chinese on the goldfields, but today we seem to give up our own important mainstream celebrations (christmas, easter...) so as not to offend a minority.
I can understand what Enlightened One is saying. But this is a trend in the west...except for maybe the US.

 

[crazyhomo]

Originally posted by Alexander
Two of Howard's biggest achievements have been to put Reconciliation and Multiculturalism out of the spotlight.
Im not sure if multiculturalism causes us to loose our culture, but it sure stops its development.
There are different shades of grey in political correctness. We were once pretty politically incorrect when we massacred Chinese on the goldfields, but today we seem to give up our own important mainstream celebrations (christmas, easter...) so as not to offend a minority.
I can understand what Enlightened One is saying. But this is a trend in the west...except for maybe the US.

ummm...i was under the impression that most people still celebrated christmas and easter...

 

[glycerine]

they'll take the long weekends in any case

 

[johnson]

Originally posted by Alexander
We were once pretty politically incorrect when we massacred Chinese on the goldfields,

massacring people isn't being politically incorrect, it's called murder you fool

 

[neo o]

Originally posted by johnson
massacring people isn't being politically incorrect, it's called murder you fool

well it isnt very nice though is it?

 

[Enlightened_One]

I was refering to the way some schools banned celebrating christmas because they thought it might offend some people of muslim background who went to the school, and stuff like that, spiralling out of control.

 

[Alexander]

Me too.
And the massacres on the goldfield were based on politically incorrect notions of racial difference, that was kinda my point

 

[SKA]

oh people are fucked

 

[virgin^sexy]

theres a school where whiteboards cant be called 'whiteboard's. they have to be called 'caucasian boards'

thats taking things a tad too far.

 

[glycerine]

Originally posted by virgin^sexy
theres a school where whiteboards cant be called 'whiteboard's. they have to be called 'caucasian boards'

thats taking things a tad too far.

but.. they're... white...

that's pretty highlarious though

 

[Xayma]

Hmm so what would they call whiteout?

 

[crazyhomo]

Originally posted by virgin^sexy
theres a school where whiteboards cant be called 'whiteboard's. they have to be called 'caucasian boards'

thats taking things a tad too far.

bs. i dont believe you

 

[iambored]

Originally posted by virgin^sexy
theres a school where whiteboards cant be called 'whiteboard's. they have to be called 'caucasian boards'

thats taking things a tad too far.

i don;t believe you either

 

[Generator]

Originally posted by neo_o
Your saying 2 different things there. But anyway, id hardly say Australia has made an attempt at being multicultural we ARE multicultural. We also aren't losing our own culture, multiculturalism means certain different cultures "co-exist" (i use the term loosely) in a community.

This is not a multicultural nation state... We have a number of minority groups existing under an anglo-australian administration.

 

[virgin^sexy]

Originally posted by crazyhomo
bs. i dont believe you

well it may be made up. i dont know. its not my school i just heard about it.

 

[Alexander]

A little bit of politically incorrectness should be a good thing. For one we'd probably end the era of individualism & start rebuilding a sence of community.

 

[Alexander]

It's hard enough to develop a culture when you're on the other side of the world fromm your real home in a bizzaro-environment.
For some odd reason, theres been a trend to cut off our roots and live bereft of a real culture.
For a lot of us, our history goes back to the UK and if you're like me, can be traced back to the hundred years war. We miss out on a much larger sence of belonging when we tell ourselves that our culture begun in 1788 with a bunch of stinking convicts who might as well have been sent to mars.
If you think of an immigrant to any country, you think of someone with a very strong sense of their own history, families, customs etc. as they are surrounded in a 'place' called Australia full of sorry souls with no bearing of all these things.
I don't think im the first 'Auzzie' to feel a pull back to the motherland, where we belong.