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Vinca

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18. Somehow I missed this entire brouhaha.

Fri Jun 5, 2015, 07:38 AM

Jun 2015

Are the PC police telling us we can no longer use the word "cunning?" It gets so confusing what one can and can't use from one day to the next.

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FYI - the c-word does not have a negative connotation for all people: [View all] grahamhgreen Jun 2015 OP

It's a term of endearment in the UK. PeteSelman Jun 2015 #1

Yup, over there its like being offended Cuz you called someone dude. grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #2

This is irrelevant treestar Jun 2015 #11

Wouldn't be happening if a Hillary supporter MoonRiver Jun 2015 #29

If you really believe that, try visiting the UK and using it in a variety of social settings. Denzil_DC Jun 2015 #16

DU is not located, nor are most of its posters, in the UK nor Australia. Your point is irrelevent. hlthe2b Jun 2015 #23

The Admin who banned NYC_SKP is from the UK. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #30

What he didn't find endearing... Lizzie Poppet Jun 2015 #34

I take him at his word. Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #36

yes, context matters and the use on DU which resulted in the ban was a pretty negative use of the JI7 Jun 2015 #3

B-b-but . . . that four-letter-word was NOT used by the person banned. Petrushka Jun 2015 #4

Exactly the intent was so obvious treestar Jun 2015 #12

B-b-but he knew what he wrote meant it and used it anyway... CTyankee Jun 2015 #26

"B-b-but he knew...." ??? It's awesome . . . Petrushka Jun 2015 #70

Try using it as described in that.......article....... WillowTree Jun 2015 #5

The actual context makes it much more muddled Egnever Jun 2015 #6

Very well stated Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #7

We know how much that poster hated Hillary treestar Jun 2015 #13

Somehow I missed this entire brouhaha. Vinca Jun 2015 #18

No, unless you are using it as part of a tongue twister mythology Jun 2015 #24

I think the phrase "cunning stunt" and the tongue twister embedded within is what is at issue, but KingCharlemagne Jun 2015 #25

We are now into silly season nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #41

Thread Winner. Game over. Thank you all for playing. Hiraeth Jun 2015 #35

Just wondering dsc Jun 2015 #39

Cute but not relevant Egnever Jun 2015 #58

Exactly GCP Jun 2015 #74

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #14

It does in our culture. Kind of irrelevant that it's perceived differently in AU cali Jun 2015 #8

DU is an interntional board, so what is "our" culture? SwissTony Jun 2015 #10

DU's culture is it's own culture el_bryanto Jun 2015 #20

I'm an Aussie and would not use the c-word. SwissTony Jun 2015 #33

Why swisstony? grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #42

It's a word that offends many people and unless there's a good reason for using it SwissTony Jun 2015 #50

It depends on who's using it and how.... Violet_Crumble Jun 2015 #17

Violet, you can call me "dickhead" any time. SwissTony Jun 2015 #37

My son-in-law is Aussie, Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #46

And the greater the affection the "worse" the name SwissTony Jun 2015 #56

Exactly. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #66

Just out of interest, Union or League? I'm not asking for his name. Just curious. n/t SwissTony Jun 2015 #67

I'm not sure. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #69

Rugby League is the game I SHOULD have played. SwissTony Jun 2015 #71

They're always watching rugby on TV down there. Blue_In_AK Jun 2015 #72

How Aussies address each other often surprises and confuses furriners. SwissTony Jun 2015 #9

Your personal likes and dislikes -or Australia's or mine- are irrelevant. randome Jun 2015 #15

Oh for fuck's sake. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #19

You just used f***, lol! grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #43

I've seen similar justification for using the n-word. nt. LexVegas Jun 2015 #21

Is one of their houses in a different country? NCTraveler Jun 2015 #22

Irrelevant. MineralMan Jun 2015 #27

If it was serious, if it was a bad joke taken the wrong way, well.... grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #45

Who cares? sammythecat Jun 2015 #28

But where is "here"? SwissTony Jun 2015 #38

Wow! What a clever way of looking at it. sammythecat Jun 2015 #40

LOL I actually have a cat called Sammy. Nice puddy n/t SwissTony Jun 2015 #51

You had an argument? I must have missed that? n/t SwissTony Jun 2015 #60

When a person is writing, MuseRider Jun 2015 #31

Straight to the point - what SKIP said was meant as an insult to Hillary Rhodam Clinton. Rex Jun 2015 #32

Who gives a shit? Act_of_Reparation Jun 2015 #44

It's possible that some people may have mistook a bad joke done in poor taste as a vicious verbal grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #47

No more, nor no less possible than some people may have mistook LanternWaste Jun 2015 #48

Would you agree that intent is important in this context? grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #49

I remain unconvinced. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2015 #53

But he didn't use it, it was a play on words. That leads me to believe it was intended grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #55

What if he had "joked" about the words "nuck figgers" in a thread about Obama? beam me up scottie Jun 2015 #68

Simple logic, BMUS. Racial slurs are bad. Gendered slurs are fine. Because jokes. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2015 #75

i may not say it but i think about it every few minutes samsingh Jun 2015 #52

We're not all people. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #54

RESULTS OF JURY SERVICE --> 0-7 LEAVE IT nashville_brook Jun 2015 #57

I apologize for offending the alerter. Post is not meant to offend, but to inform. grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #59

thanks for the clarification, but it's not necessary. any reasonable person knows this... nashville_brook Jun 2015 #62

The censorious feel emboldened. The jury disagrees. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #61

And in the U.S. we use the word 'fannie' kiva Jun 2015 #63

"Education yourself"? lol grahamhgreen Jun 2015 #65

Ooooh, typo negates everything else in a post. kiva Jun 2015 #73

I once posted a video of Jarvis Cocker's excellent song "C**ts Are Still Running the World" whatchamacallit Jun 2015 #64

Offensive lands with the reciever of the message liberal N proud Jun 2015 #76