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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:39 pm
by dave
jmmw wrote:i doubt that had any racial basis what so ever, like typing lol or poi simply easier
i don't think JG103 meant that doogues was being racist,although the word "abos" might be interpretated as being racist by some people and it may save any racial war of words if we write words correctly relating to peoples culture or beliefs in the future
...just my thought
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:44 pm
by JG-103
exactly dave
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:12 pm
by JG-103
UQ102 asked by council ranger put down a "distressed and badly injured cat" in parkwood (job code 347)
EDIT: cat was mauled by dog
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:49 am
by jmmw
apologies to JG-103 i didnt mean to accuse you of accusing doogues of being racist i simply wanted to make sure the vigilantes didnt start attacking
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:20 pm
by JG-103
Its ok jmmw, i didnt think it had any racial basis either, but as dave said, it may be interpreted as being racist and i think its best not to abbreviate it.
Its most likely the same reason why you dont hear the police operators abbreviate it either.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:41 pm
by doogues71
No I wasn't being racist at all it was just easier to abbreviate it.As I am not the best speller here.I am sorry if it did offend anyone.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:03 pm
by Kinetic
doogues71 wrote:No I wasn't being racist at all it was just easier to abbreviate it.As I am not the best speller here.I am sorry if it did offend anyone.
You shouldn't give a toss if you did offend anyone. Abo's is hardly nasty.
Talk about political correctness gone mad if you can't even say Abo's without a bunch of whiny PC nazi's having a fit.
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:27 pm
by jmmw
hahahahahahahaha
Political Correction can be frustrating
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:44 pm
by JG-103
Kinetic wrote:
Talk about political correctness gone mad if you can't even say Abo's without a bunch of whiny PC nazi's having a fit.
id like to watch you call aboriginals down here in kwinana abos, you wont last long
Have you ever considered that there could be some aboriginal warsug members on here
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:58 am
by Froggles
This is getting severly off topic. How about we just leave this thread to events that happen on Friday and Saturday Night.
Just a suggestion.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:38 pm
by TheDoc
JG-103 wrote:Kinetic wrote:
Talk about political correctness gone mad if you can't even say Abo's without a bunch of whiny PC nazi's having a fit.
id like to watch you call aboriginals down here in kwinana abos, you wont last long
Have you ever considered that there could be some aboriginal warsug members on here
I can strongly agree with JG-103 i wouldn't be caught dead saying that word down there
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:32 pm
by Zebedee
So we can get back to the purpose of the topic, here's the official story:
I realise that the original use of the word was simply an abbreviation and there was nothing bad intended by it however to avoid someone mis-reading and taking offence, I'm asking everyone to not use the abbreviation in future.
I'm as anti-PC as the next guy, but history has shown on this forum that if it's possible to take what someone's written the wrong way - you can bet that somebody will.
If someone wants to discuss this further, please feel free to send a private message to an admin or moderator. However this thread isn't the place or the time for that discussion.
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:09 pm
by nachoman
hold-ups balga and balcatta
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:47 pm
by Kanye
POST REMOVED BY AN ADMIN. Which part of "this thread isn't the place or the time for that discussion." was hard to understand??
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:49 pm
by jmmw
that conversation was finished ages ago