Have Barnet Council banned mother in law jokes?
Posted by 5cc
September 27th, 2010
‘Sense of humour failure: Council slaps ban on mother-in-law jokes for being ‘offensively sexist’‘ appeared in yesterday’s Mail, claiming that Barnet Council had banned the jokes in a 12 page council publication.
What did Barnet Council say? Um:
“Barnet council does not have a policy on mother-in-law jokes.
“There is no booklet and no ban on mother-in-law jokes.
“Our advice to staff is that they should be polite and avoid giving offence to any member of the public.”
What really happened is that an external training company gave handouts to 30 odd staff that went on one training course, which only advised against doing them in front of members of the public.
Hardly Political Correctness going mad is it?
Remember: when the Mail says something ridiculous has been banned, what it really means is that someting ridiculous hasn’t been banned. At all.
Categories: Political correctness |
Has the Daily Mail lost the battle against ‘political correctness’? It seems to abound in spite of the Mail’s best efforts. Admittedly, a lot of it is invented by the Mail itself as the usual misrepresentation of its hate figures.
In the ‘good old days’, when Bernard Manning was at his peak, jokes about ‘blacks’, ‘pakis’, ‘queers’, Irish and women (even rape) were not uncommon. They were considered funny!
Nowadays, thanks to the ‘Political Correctness Brigade’, they are (thankfully) unacceptable.
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