Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Political Correctness Gone Mad

Gone are the wonderous days of our childhood, when nursery rhymes were something that all kids were able to join in and have some fun.
Now we find that the powers that be have decided to do away with "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor" and morph him into "A Grumpy Pirate".
What is the difference between a drunken sailor and a grumpy pirate?
Does this mean that all kids will grow up and join the Royal Navy and either have to much of the famous rum and lye about in a permanent stupper singing "I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts", or decide to don a bandana, hoist up The Jolly Roger (or should he now be called The Happy Person), and go off and steal another vessel, I don't think so. What is the difference, literally one is obviously been drunk and disorderly in charge of a vessel and the other is taking without consent whilst in a bad mood, so surely we are not stearing our kids down the correct path in life either way.
We have already lost our baa baa black sheep, who has been around for years, and has now turned into a baa baa woolly sheep. This is without doubt patronising for all intelligent people, who I'm sure are aware that all sheep are woolly, or do all sheep go around in nice arran sweaters all day, as they are not sure what that warm fluffy stuff is on their backs, so they had better wrap up in case they get cold.
Not so long ago, it all started with ladies wanting to become Mizzz, instead of Miss or Mrs, and we have been on a downward slippy slope ever since.
If it's not bust, don't fix it. Leave things as they are people. We have managed for years without someone in a office somewhere, obviously bored, thinking to themselves, lets change our way of life and cause insult to the average person in the street. PC in moderation is OK, but lets not go mad.

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