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City officials urge ban on 'potentionally offensive' language
Political Correctness runs wild in the Peoples Republic of SeattleSEATTLE - An internal memo at Seattle City Hall is causing quite a stir. It suggests government workers no longer use the terms "citizen," or "brown bag." According to the Office for Civil Rights, the terms are potentially offensive and other words should be used. "Luckily, we've got options," Elliott Bronstein of the Office for Civil Rights wrote in the memo. "For 'citizens,' how about 'residents?'" Bronstein wrote. The Office of Civil Rights says Seattle serves all residents, whether they're United States citizens or not. And while city leaders publicize "brown bag" lunch meetings as a way to designate a bring-your-own lunch time event, the term has a sorted history. "It used to be a way people could judge skin color," Bronstein said in a phone interview. And all this time I thought it was because of the color of the BROWN PAPER BAG. Or perhaps Mr. Bronstein is lying... Does the public find it offensive? Most people agree it's not. But the City of Seattle isn't alone. State lawmakers have voted to remove gender specific words in official records. Freshman are now "first-years," journeymen are "journey-level," and penmanship is simply "handwriting." And state lawmakers are still IDIOTS To offend or not to offend, turns out to be a very sensitive question. So what is a person supposed to say instead of brown bag? According to the memo, people should try "lunch-and-learn" or "sack lunch." How about 'Brown bag lunch we have to call something else because Seattle City Officials are MORONS'? Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-08-02 |
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