I'm pretty sure this was not what the drafters of the Ontario DEI plan intended.. But then as they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332
I just love the irony in this one - it took over 200 years to enable Poms to be able to print & buy Fanny Hill, but only 53 to get to a time when it's removed from a university because it might offend someone.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11904416
If a book...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22120595
I think it is absolutely ridiculous that anyone would claim that this song should be censored - not played - just because some people might be offended because it has a (imo, tenuous) link to Thatcher.
What do you think of when you hear the term "Political Correctness".
I tend to think of censorship, and art being censored beyond recognition. My main case is the numerous times licensed anime has been censored to the extent that it is barely recognisable. Take the English Dub for One Piece...
Tim Minchin wrote and recorded a new Christmas song (WoodyAllenJesus) specially for the Jonathan Ross show to be shown tomorrow night (23rd), only for it to be cut out later.
Full story here.
Here's the song:
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