The End of Naked Chicks?
The RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) is the biggest non-profit organisation in the UK dedicated to the protection of our feathered friends. They do a magnificent job too.
In my teens, I used to be a twitcher (birdwatcher) myself, and spent abnormally long hours staring through binoculars at birds, identifying them, cataloguing them, spotting rare ones and photographing them. I led a very sheltered childhood, as you can tell.
Anyway, the RSPB has now decided, in the interests of political correctness, and so as not to cause offence to sensitive souls, to remove from its web site and literature those words which have a sexual connotation. In particular, the RSBP’s computer has now replaced the word “cock” with asterisks on its web site, and in future, “cock” will be replaced by the word “male” in its literature and books, where appropriate.
This is symptomatic of an insidious move by authorities to modernise our language. Political correctness gone mad.
Since time immemorial, ornithological terms have been used as slang to describe human sexual acts. Bestial terms are common too, such as "ass", "bitch" and so forth. The history of language is long and colourful. Comparing humans to birds or beasts is a way of communicating the carnal nature of humanity. These words say more about what the speaker means and feels, than politically correct terminology ever could. Most folks realise that a particular word having a double entendre does no harm at all. Why censor a common everyday term?
What on earth is going to happen to the hundreds of English pubs which are called “The Cock Inn” or variations thereon? What happens to the "cock robin" or “aircraft cockpit”?
Where will it end?
Someone in authority obviously has a very cock-eyed view of the world (sorry, couldn’t resist that one).
Apparently the RSPB is also considering the removal of “tits”, “boobies”, “shags” and “chicks” from its vocabulary.
At this rate, soon there will be nothing left to ban…
Feline Infektious, who would probably be outraged if I called her a naked chick.
In my teens, I used to be a twitcher (birdwatcher) myself, and spent abnormally long hours staring through binoculars at birds, identifying them, cataloguing them, spotting rare ones and photographing them. I led a very sheltered childhood, as you can tell.
Anyway, the RSPB has now decided, in the interests of political correctness, and so as not to cause offence to sensitive souls, to remove from its web site and literature those words which have a sexual connotation. In particular, the RSBP’s computer has now replaced the word “cock” with asterisks on its web site, and in future, “cock” will be replaced by the word “male” in its literature and books, where appropriate.
This is symptomatic of an insidious move by authorities to modernise our language. Political correctness gone mad.
Since time immemorial, ornithological terms have been used as slang to describe human sexual acts. Bestial terms are common too, such as "ass", "bitch" and so forth. The history of language is long and colourful. Comparing humans to birds or beasts is a way of communicating the carnal nature of humanity. These words say more about what the speaker means and feels, than politically correct terminology ever could. Most folks realise that a particular word having a double entendre does no harm at all. Why censor a common everyday term?
What on earth is going to happen to the hundreds of English pubs which are called “The Cock Inn” or variations thereon? What happens to the "cock robin" or “aircraft cockpit”?
Where will it end?
Someone in authority obviously has a very cock-eyed view of the world (sorry, couldn’t resist that one).
Apparently the RSPB is also considering the removal of “tits”, “boobies”, “shags” and “chicks” from its vocabulary.
At this rate, soon there will be nothing left to ban…
Feline Infektious, who would probably be outraged if I called her a naked chick.
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posted by Lin at 10:35 AM
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