tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post3291249907954011957..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: What do we do with the drunken sailor?Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-12247653082272410192009-02-09T07:29:00.000+00:002009-02-09T07:29:00.000+00:00My cubs have the song "what shall we do with ...My cubs have the song "what shall we do with the drunken Raksha" (Raksha being the old traditional cub leader name that fits the song). Does this make them guilty of PC gone mad insanity for daring to change the words? Sadly I fear it does.Akelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831868310005824686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-35806320259515324662009-02-06T22:13:00.000+00:002009-02-06T22:13:00.000+00:00"Is PC gone mad a money spinner?"Sort of..."Is PC gone mad a money spinner?"<br><br>Sort of. Editors likr Rebekah Wade and Pul Dacre bang on about how they reflect the views of their readers to sell papers. If their readers think Political Correctness has gone mad, then they'll reflect it.<br><br>But journos themselves aren't immune to confirmation bias. If some hack who thinks that crazy lefties regularly censor children's things for political reasons and learns that some nursery has changed the words of a nursery rhyme, they're going to come to the same conclusion as their readers.Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-73933887312210344672009-02-06T19:12:00.000+00:002009-02-06T19:12:00.000+00:00well, yeah, sort of. if the papers get gullible pe...well, yeah, sort of. if the papers get gullible people to believe this shit and get them sufficiently riled up about it, said gullible people will probably want to purchase more right-wing tabloids in order to keep up with the latest entirely true antics of those loony-lefty elf-n-safety politically-correct nu-labour excessively-hyphenated jobsworths. because clearly said tabloids are (along with Noel Edmonds) the only remaining media outlets not afraid to tell the truth in this most Bonkers Britain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-1903613113227062182009-02-06T17:32:00.000+00:002009-02-06T17:32:00.000+00:00Fact is, the tabloids are liars and the people who...Fact is, the tabloids are liars and the people who repeat these PC stories they spread are dupes. But what is the purpose? Is PC gone mad a money spinner?Chris Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-20072117021490903502009-02-06T13:55:00.000+00:002009-02-06T13:55:00.000+00:00'What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?' ...'What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?' is a song about impotence – why else would you cheer when up she rises? oh those sad wangs – and the angry papers mayhap ought not to be seen to be cross that little kids can't sing about alcohol-induced erectile dysfunction.Isabellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-3008334122149442792009-02-06T10:13:00.000+00:002009-02-06T10:13:00.000+00:00Matt - you've frightened me so much that I'...Matt - you've frightened me so much that I've taken that bit out. Given that I know how much the papers lie about that kind of stuff, I wouldn't be surprised if someone else did that.Five Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-87362974715704321042009-02-06T07:59:00.000+00:002009-02-06T07:59:00.000+00:00I am so tempted to send the old macdonald alterati...I am so tempted to send the old macdonald alteration to the mail on the basis it was made as animals on farm are seen as an animal rights violation...Mattnoreply@blogger.com