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Uproar
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 Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:18:56
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Originally posted whispering:
Like half of my teachers used overhead projectors because blackboards are crap. Nothing to do with racism for christ sake.
My school uses them overhead projectors now but when I was in Year 8, my Headteacher called for an assembly and announced that whiteboards (the one's that use black marker pens) will replace blackboards due to ethnic differences.
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UKr4veR
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:20:56
Haha see what I mean that's just ****ed up
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whispering
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:30:09
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Originally posted by Uproar:
My school uses them overhead projectors now but when I was in Year 8, my Headteacher called for an assembly and announced that whiteboards (the one's that use black marker pens) will replace blackboards due to ethnic differences.
Uhm, LOL. Sorry to hear that. Still, the old blackboards are crap, though they should changed them if they find a better one, not because they are idiots :p
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That was not ****ing racism
It was, you condemned a whole religion and race due to few idiots.
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Uproar
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:38:14
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Still, the old blackboards are crap, though they should changed them if they find a better one, not because they are idiots :p
lol. I miss the blackboards. I have great memories of slapping people on the back with the board duster!
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whispering
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:50:24
Btw, its not just muslims, heres one from the western people that forced to change a sign:
Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
"In Japan, the swastika is called manji (卍). On Japanese town plans, a swastika (left-facing and horizontal) is commonly used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple. The right-facing manji is often referred as the gyaku manji (逆卍, lit. "reverse manji"), and can also be called kagi jūji, literally "hook cross." A Pokémon playing card sold in Japan had a manji graphic. Because of its resemblance to the Nazi swastika (see below), the card was altered for Western translations, and eventually withdrawn in Japan following Western complaints."
...or how about those coca cola commercials (if i remember right, the robot is from China and was forced to be removed from the market) ->
The way we take something, may be very diffrent how others take them. Still i wouldnt ever complane if other countrys use e.g. those signs based on their own cultural meanings of them.
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UKr4veR
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:51:12
Whispering you have annihilated my thread and people can't understand what it is now thanks to your power trip
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whispering
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:52:55
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Whispering you have annihilated my thread and people can't understand what it is now thanks to your power trip
The topic was about the news story, right? I didnt edit it, there wasnt a link in the first post.
Edit: I added the link to the first post.
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Jax
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:53:55
the bah bah black sheep has now been changed aswell so my mam told me, not sure on the new words though lol
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Uproar
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:56:17
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the bah bah black sheep has now been changed aswell so my mam told me, not sure on the new words though lol
I heard about that aswell. Bah bah black sheep is an old skool rhyme. Whats the need to change it?
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UKr4veR
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 20:56:57
Thanks!
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 21:12:26
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Originally posted by whispering:
Btw, its not just muslims, heres one from the western people that forced to change a sign:
Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
"In Japan, the swastika is called manji (卍). On Japanese town plans, a swastika (left-facing and horizontal) is commonly used to mark the location of a Buddhist temple. The right-facing manji is often referred as the gyaku manji (逆卍, lit. "reverse manji"), and can also be called kagi jūji, literally "hook cross." A Pokémon playing card sold in Japan had a manji graphic. Because of its resemblance to the Nazi swastika (see below), the card was altered for Western translations, and eventually withdrawn in Japan following Western complaints."
...or how about those coca cola commercials (if i remember right, the robot is from China and was forced to be removed from the market) ->
The way we take something, may be very diffrent how others take them. Still i wouldnt ever complane if other countrys use e.g. those signs based on their own cultural meanings of them.
I agree with what you said whispering but surely the Nazi thing affected most of the world.
I know of the origins years ago in its original contect i have no problem with it but on a toy : ~
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 21:15:52
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Originally posted by DJ_JaXoN:
the bah bah black sheep has now been changed aswell so my mam told me, not sure on the new words though lol
I heard about that aswell. Bah bah black sheep is an old skool rhyme. Whats the need to change it?
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa_Baa_Black_Sheep_(nursery_rhyme)
"In 1999, guidelines from Birmingham City Council in England, UK suggested that the rhyme should not be taught in schools because it was seen as racially negative and could cause offence. These guidelines were dropped by the council early in 2000 when black parents described the advice as ridiculous. A further attempt at distancing the song from racism called for its name to be changed to 'Baa, Baa, Green Sheep' when taught in English schools."
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 21:25:01
And as for one of the biggest brands in the world using it for merchandising. I would imagine quite a few people would be rightfully upset
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Jon O-T
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 21:38:29
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Originally posted by mark-ireland:
have no problem with people coming to live in other countries but they have to learn to fit in.
Agreed.
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the bah bah black sheep has now been changed aswell so my mam told me, not sure on the new words though lol
Yeah i heard about that too.
Baa baa [children pause] sheep have you any wool? Thats just ridiculus.
I think people shouting racist remarks is disgusting and wrong. But nursery rhymes, black boards, ice cream lids and f00k knows what else is MAD! Do we moan about white boards??? Do we ask for them to be called CREAM BOARDS??? No we don't.
I think there are people that just look for something that could mean racism. If its racist spinning one way, imagine its spinning the other way!
Learn to fit in!!! Well said mark-ireland.
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Posted - 2005/10/06 : 22:39:32
UKr4veR take that back before i put a jihad on you!
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