there is always someone ready to be offended

one thing that annoys me is the way some people say "its political correctness gone mad". its increasingly being used as a replacement for "i'm not racist, but..." as a preamble to saying something extraordinarily stupid.

nonetheless, there are times when a complaint just makes me roll my eyes and go "sheesh-get a life"

this week a canadian tourist made a highly publicised complaint about the marshmallow lollies known as eskimos. apparently eskimo is now an offensive word as it means something like "cannabilistic meat eater" given that the lollies are vaguely human shaped, its kind of understandable how the cannabalistic implications could be offensive. on the other hand, what does that say about jelly babies?

the race that used to be known as eskimaux (grammatically correct plural) are now known as innuits.

"how would you like it", she said, "if we made sweets called honkies?" (well, i'd try one)

it just goes to show that you can never do anything these days without considering the socio-policitacal ramifications of your actions. annoying, isn't it.

pscall (who make the lollies) are not planning on changing the name, but i understand the green party are asking that the lolly ggets a more appropraite name. they are suggesting "vaguely human shaped marshmallow, pumped full of sugar and terribly bad for your teeth."