withdeanwombat
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Is it still the case that many Orstralians refer to germs as wogs ? I know there are board members out there somewhere,so update please.
Is it still the case that many Orstralians refer to germs as wogs ? I know there are board members out there somewhere,so update please.
I vaguely recall that although Wog is a racist term now at home.
I vaguely recall that although Wog is a racist term now at home.
I thought wog is what the aussies call the greeks.
One's black, one's brown and one's golden. I thought it might be 'funny' in a sort of 'oh-my-gosh', post-modernist ironic way to have called the black one '******' in honour of Guy Gibson's dog, but out of deference to our black next-door-neighbours (and with a nod to modern cultural niceties) we called him Murphy instead.
Yes - good decision - standing outside your back door shouting "******" probably would not make your neighbours feel very comfortable.
In this strange PC World I have, this very week, suffered the accusation of being called a racist.
1st thing last Monday I was called in and handed a brown envelope and told an allergation had been made against me but it was a full 30 hours and 2 requests from the Union before I was told what the 'incident' was.
It turned out that it was a note I put on a record where, in a light hearted way, I used lyrics from various Tom Jones songs (why, why, why - Just couldn't take anymore etc) in regards to a Welsh person.
Some 6 months later another Welsh person, a fellow employee but in a Welsh office has complained of racism.
If they were really offended then I am sorry but you have to wonder if they are in the right job. I'm minded to wonder if it's more a spurous allergation which has caused me far more distress with the way our organisation deals with these things.
My friends and colleages all support & back me and I doubt there will be more than a possible wrist slapping but so many people have spent so much time on this and there's bound to be a lot of bad feeling between management & staff locally.
Jeez did you really have to change it? f***'s sake, you don't have to be a paid-up member of the BNP to think that's a little bit 'political correctness gone mad."'I am still feeling the pain of having my name changed from Sambo to Sam. And yes Safeway it was a "right old hoo har"!
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