tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post113150281071253971..comments2024-03-18T08:38:01.678+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: On the Origins of the BCsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1134577199116930362005-12-14T16:19:00.000+00:002005-12-14T16:19:00.000+00:00http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3416`...http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3416<BR/><BR/>`John Gibson's response to all this humbuggery has been to suggest a<BR/>spontaneous uprising among the oppressed Christians of America. He makes<BR/>very clear that he isn't calling for a boycott of stores where "Merry<BR/>Christmas" has been replaced with the anti-Christian hate-mongering of<BR/>"Happy Holidays."`<BR/>(what a brilliant counterproposal, by the way - "We're supposed to<BR/>celebrate, so let's celebrate ourselves." so unlike what we usually do!)<BR/><BR/>from Ian DallLars Konzackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642711100378925950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131703539171287242005-11-11T10:05:00.000+00:002005-11-11T10:05:00.000+00:00"...the educational section of the Yosemite Nation..."...the educational section of the Yosemite National Park website gives the history of the valley in the "BP" system."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, sure, but that's from those godless Americans who don't even have a state church. What do you expect?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Charles - <BR/>"What could be more American than a Holiday dedicated to wonton gluttony..."<BR/><BR/>Wonton gluttony? Those damn immigrants! We didn't have no stinkin Chinese food on Halloween when <B>I</B> was a kid.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh and as to why British politics aren't reactionary on an American scale, the most depressing answer of the week:<BR/><BR/>"In three words: BBC."<BR/><BR/>I mean, you folks seem well on your way to getting rid of <I>that</I>. (Say it ain't so.) (Maybe I'm just bitter that there is, effectively, from where I stand, no more BBC World Service. You have no idea how that hurts; or maybe you do.)<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, major congrats, and God save the Labour back-benchers. Given the past week's two partisan actions in our Congress, one begins to wonder, is this [saving the ladies' presence] International Parliamentary Balls Month?Porlock Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791629233605877049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131671530325182372005-11-11T01:12:00.000+00:002005-11-11T01:12:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131581424788758532005-11-10T00:10:00.000+00:002005-11-10T00:10:00.000+00:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/new...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=368066&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131581303040600192005-11-10T00:08:00.000+00:002005-11-10T00:08:00.000+00:00AppendixThe following are direct quotes from comme...Appendix<BR/><BR/>The following are direct quotes from comments left on the <I>Daily Mail</I> website.<BR/><BR/>They are appended to an article in which Archdruid Williams "says he is worried about well-meaning secularists seeing offense in traditional images of the faith." <BR/><BR/>The story is placed under the headline "Archbishop attacks PC brigade's ban on Christian symbols", although it appears that some of the commentators thinks that it is Williams who is doing the banning.<BR/><BR/>Again, I have no-way of knowing whether these are bone fide civilians, or simply written by <I>Daily Mail</I> staff writers: one has to wonder about whether Lt Col Sidney Spatchcock retired can be a real person. <BR/><BR/><I> I really feel most strongly that as a Christian nation who have invited people of other religions to live amongst us, we should uphold the fact that we are first and foremost Christians. The <B>PC brigade</B> should remember this </I><BR/><BR/>Non-Christians not part of this nation?<BR/><BR/><I>If you think this looks bad, imagine how bad it looks to someone who has fought for our freedoms in Britain. Did I see my friends perish just so that Tony's Cronies could give away our sovereignty to the <B>PC brigade?</B></I><BR/><BR/>Very interesting usage of the word "sovereignty": are we conflating the PC Brigade who make us say "Winter Festival" instead of "Christmas" with the Faceless Unelected Brussels bureaocrats who force us to eat straight bananas?<BR/><BR/><I>The <B>PC brigade</B> are the ones who are making life in the UK difficult - they are deciding you cannot do this or that for fear of upsetting others. Why on earth has this country allowed itself to be dictated to?....If I went to live in another country I would expect to live by their rules, not change them because I didn't like it! Time the <B>PC brigade</B> realised people have choices, come and stay in this country and accept the way of life or don't come! Simple! Our country should be one where people want to live here but not at the cost of changing it to suit them, take us the way we are or don't come!</I><BR/><BR/>People with different cultures not part of this "country"; PC Brigade conceived as a force outside of this country but exerting control over it. <BR/><BR/><I>Yet, for all their pronouncements the <B>PC brigade</B> remains nameless and faceless.</I><BR/><BR/>Very interesting one, this: what started out as a figure of speech is now a clandestine organisation. (The reason that it is nameless and faceless is, of course because it doesn't exist.) <BR/><BR/><I>I thought we lived in a Christian country? If I lived in a Muslim country would they rename Ramadam for fear of offending me?</I><BR/><BR/>Muslims not part of the UK?<BR/><BR/><I>I am heartily sick of the <B>PC brigade</B> and all the claptrap they spout. I want my country to stay British and Christian and for all to see this. I want to see Union Jack flags, Christmas decorations, Easter eggs and hear English spoken as I walk down the street.</I><BR/><BR/>Conflations of "Britain" and "Christian". (Query: Do UK Jews count as immigrants?) Implication that you can't see Union Jacks, Christmas decorations, Easter Eggs or hear English spoken nowadays: sheer paranoid fantasy. <BR/><BR/><I>Can somebody please enlighten me as to where (and when) the <B>pc brigade</B> came from?</I><BR/><BR/>From the paranoid imagination of a the editors of the <I>Daily Mail</I> and the <I>Daily Express</I> Duh! <BR/><BR/> <I>The <B>PC brigade</B> appear to have finally flipped!</I><BR/><BR/>England prevails!Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131573309791859552005-11-09T21:55:00.000+00:002005-11-09T21:55:00.000+00:00As I've understood it, the whole thing with "polit...As I've understood it, the whole thing with "political correctness" actually DID begin with a political-left movement who demanded that everyone adhere to it, and the backlash is, obviously, still being felt today. As I understand it's sort of been a bit of revisionist history lately to claim that PC was something more or less invented by its own opponents to be a convenient boogeyman. Sort of like how the history of American "McCarthyism" has ironically made people forget/ignore the very real Communist subversion threats of the 1950s.<BR/><BR/>I'd look this up, but I'm, er, what's that word. Lazy.Eric Spratlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693985407942885193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131572556738297672005-11-09T21:42:00.000+00:002005-11-09T21:42:00.000+00:00I've been using BCE and CE for so long that it alw...I've been using BCE and CE for so long that it always surprises me that there is any outrage and horror at the idea. I just tried typing 1900AD and it felt funny. Mind you, I've had my "C19th" corrected before now for "being too academic". <BR/><BR/>This is a great post, btw. Reactionary nonsense from one of the papers which panders to stupid people and then just upset about 'declining standards'.Magshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076409812424646539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131545869386689952005-11-09T14:17:00.000+00:002005-11-09T14:17:00.000+00:00In three words: BBC.In three words: BBC.Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1131535368453936672005-11-09T11:22:00.000+00:002005-11-09T11:22:00.000+00:00He's back - and he's angry.You've said almost ever...He's back - and he's angry.<BR/><BR/>You've said almost everything I feel about the PC debate. I remember that the term PC started as a mockery of oversensitive use of language (e.g personhole for manhole which is probably apocryphal), but it has now turned particularly oversensitive itself with any deviation from an accepted use of language being seized on (they're announcing a 'seasonal entertainment'???????? Why not a Christmas entertainment? Must be because they're banning Christmas!). It leads to the sort of hysteria that Bill Bryson noted in 'Made in America' where 'Wildlife Management' is supposed to be a PC term for killing animals (it isn't - killing animals is part of wildlife management) and 'visually impaired' is a PC term for blind (It isn't - all blind people are visually impaired, not all visually impaired people are blind).Nick Mazonowiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01672027642700116849noreply@blogger.com