Is this world becoming too politicaly correct?

[kup]

It's Santa's fault that Americans are fat!!! BURN HIM!!

[Doubledealer]

Q. What's the difference between Santa and Tiger Woods?
A. Santa stops at three ho's

[1AZRAEL1]

This is why I try Not.... to read the news it only further validates my feeling that 'humanity' as a whole has just gone completly, utterly mad...

So what shall we do? Have a Thin Santa? No he would be promoting Anorexia.
Perhaps we need a buff.. Fit... macho muscle Santa. Yes then he can promote the Cardio Twister, Subway & Total Gym.

I am beginning to have the same view. Everytime I look at the news, I see things that make me mad. Once in a while I see a story about heroism or something which I like to read, because it shows there is still some good in this world. Unfortunately lately, the bad is outweighing the good for me.

Soon santa will have to wear a crash helmut, wear a seatbelt, and be thin like the twigs in the fashion industry.

Or better yet, I think we should have a Robot Santa, that way he can wipe out all the politicians for not keeping to their promises, he will put them on the naughty list. And then hit them with his "Toe Missile"

Q. What's the difference between Santa and Tiger Woods?
A. Santa stops at three ho's

No idea, please tell us.

[Maxiewolf]

I am beginning to have the same view. Everytime I look at the news, I see things that make me mad. Once in a while I see a story about heroism or something which I like to read, because it shows there is still some good in this world. Unfortunately lately, the bad is outweighing the good for me.

Soon santa will have to wear a crash helmut, wear a seatbelt, and be thin like the twigs in the fashion industry.

Or better yet, I think we should have a Robot Santa, that way he can wipe out all the politicians for not keeping to their promises, he will put them on the naughty list. And then hit them with his "Toe Missile"

Oh I pretty well lost my ''faith" in the whole Santa/Christmas thing when i was watching the Santa photos being taken at the mall here "Okay Kids stand Beside santa..." (and dont make contact with the red suit.. or the beard.. or the chair... and dont accept any candy...) So one would think the whole santa being a "bad" influence.. of all the things they could come up with it was... he promotes obesity?

[GoktimusPrime]

Changing things for political correctness has been around forever.

e.g.:

+ Taekwondo is not an ancient Korean martial art. It's a Korean adaptation of Japanese Shotokan Karate, done so because after WWII there was a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment amongst Koreans. So for people like Choi Hong Hi to continue teaching Karate he had to reinvent and remarket his martial art to continue attracting students. Some people claim that Taekwondo was developed from ancient Korean martial arts, but I've yet to come across any evidence to support this. When comparing TKD with ancient Korean martial arts like Taekkyun, Kwon Bop, Kukkiwon etc. they're very different (to me Taekkyun looks more similar to Chinese Internal Kung Fu than Japanese Karate).

+ Some people argue that Ueshiba Morihei developed Aikido from Chinese internal Kung Fu styles like Baguazhang, pointing to some similarities between the styles and that Ueshiba created Aikido after returning from serving in Manchuria (however others would point out that Aikido shares traits with Taijutsu)

+ When Christianity was introduced to Europe, Pagan Yule Tide was relabelled as Christmas and the Spring Fertility Festival became Easter. Many Pagan symbols still remain in modern Christianity, such as images of winter for Christmas (as Yule is a winter festival whereas original images of the Nativity lacks any such imagery; e.g.: shepherds would not be tending to flocks grazing in snowfields!) or the Easter Rabbit and Egg, both Pagan symbols of fertility (the original symbol was the crucifix(ion)); in Finland they have Easter Witches, yet another modification to make Pagan practices and images politically correct for Christianity.

+ A lot of terminology has been changed. Words like retard and moron used to be technical medical terms to describe people with intellectual disabilities/difficulties. In fact I have a very old book about Dyslexia called "Reading Retardation."

...and the list goes on. So it's nothing new and I doubt it will go away, so I'm not bothered by it. I just go, "oh okay."

Political correctness is in a state of constant flux because today's politically correct terms might become offensive in the future which means we have to change it again. I think this is what frustrates some people; the fact that we often change and update our terminology. For example a lot of educators use the term "IM" (Intellectually Moderate) to describe students who have intellectual handicaps, yet I've taught at a school where the children actually used the term "IM" as an open insult, just like the word "retard."

Anyone ever read the original versions of The Little Mermaid or Cinderella?

[1AZRAEL1]

Same as the Spastic Centre are trying to change their name a bit. 65 years ago, spastic wasn't a derogatory term and not looked on badly. Of course we know people use it now to insult people.

For those that don't know, The Spastic Centre helps kids with Cerebral Palsy.

I can go on about "gollywog" and "bah bah black sheep" about other examples, but we all know bout those.

[GoktimusPrime]

The current fat jolly Santa image emerged from a 1930s Coca Cola marketing campaign anyway. So perhaps if people are now finding this image inappropriate, perhaps we should revert back to more traditional images of Saint Nicholas!