Why is it that we have to put warnings on almost every product
known to man? I understand some of them but others are just plain
stupid. Take for example a bag of peanuts that I purchased the other
day that had "not suitable for nut allergy sufferers!" No shit
Sherlock, they're PEANUTS! If you suffer from a nut allergy and you
are aware of it then why would you eat a bag of nuts - that's just
insane.
The same applies to the ever increasing amount of road signs that
pop up everywhere, informing you of a corner, or a junction, or that
you will need to give way in 100 yards (just in case you can't
already see it!) or even worse, that frogs may cross the road.
Surely we are evolved enough to know a corner when we see one
without being told what it is, and that if you are allergic to nuts
it is a bad idea to eat them! If the world has got to a state where
these warnings are completely justified and required then...
This is probably my favourite rant. A long time ago in a galaxy far
far away - well perhaps not a galaxy far away, as it was here but hey
ho - you used to be able to say things that would be taken with a
pinch of salt, now however you have to be extremely careful with
everything that you say or do else you may end up upsetting some
select group of people.
I was having a conversation with my boss the other day and we were
discussing a new branding name for our support contracts. We wanted
something that would clearly define the two different product,
something catchy and different. 'Black Support' or 'White Support'
came up, for a split moment we thought this was a great idea we
could use marketing terms like "No grey areas, its just black and
white". This was until we realised that we couldn't use these terms
as they were probably not politically correct anymore or that some
small minded person would turn it into something it simply isn't.
It seems that it is almost impossible now to do anything without
insulting some group or culture (see here you would normally write
'minority' but I'm not even sure if you can use that phrase anymore)
but conversely if you do agree not to do something because you might
offend the minority (ha I said it!) you could end up offending the
majority. Whether its the majority or the minority it shouldn't
really matter as this is supposed to be a world of free speech I
guess however whoever said that was telling big fat lies
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a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion