Author Topic: Clarke Resigns..... right? (Read 7957 times)

IDM · « **Reply #60 on** November 13, 2020, 05:48:51 pm by IDM »

No, just yellow..

« **Reply #60 on:** November 13, 2020, 05:48:51 pm »

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BillyStubbsTears · « **Reply #61 on** November 13, 2020, 06:41:09 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

Has anyone ever had first hand experience of the word "blackboard" being banned? I have several friends and family that are or were teachers and I've never heard any examples of them being banned from using the word. I regularly use a blackboard at work and no-one has ever mentioned any issues with the use of the word.

I've just searched online and found plenty of people complaining about "PC councils banning the word blackboard" but no actual examples of it.

IDM · « **Reply #62 on** November 13, 2020, 06:46:01 pm by IDM »

I don’t think it was banned per se, more went out of fashion.. certainly in my later schooldays and at uni, the staff mainly used whiteboards and pens.

BillyStubbsTears · « **Reply #63 on** November 13, 2020, 07:15:08 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

That's a different thing though IDM. Whiteboards are just easier to use.

Campsall rover · « **Reply #64 on** November 13, 2020, 07:32:41 pm by Campsall rover »

If a blackboard is offensive then i give up completely.
If it is then a whiteboard has to be doesn’t it?

Give me strength. The world has gone PC mad.

I don’t know what is acceptable any more. I really don’t. I don’t have a racist bone in my body but the words i thought were acceptable apparently are not. I think

MachoMadness · « **Reply #65 on** November 13, 2020, 07:40:57 pm by MachoMadness »

Campsall. no one is arguing that a blackboard is offensive. People like to pretend that they are to distract you from the real issues. But they're not.

BillyStubbsTears · « **Reply #66 on** November 13, 2020, 07:41:37 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

Campsall.

Do you have any experience of people being banned from using the word "Blackboard"?

Campsall rover · « **Reply #67 on** November 13, 2020, 07:44:36 pm by Campsall rover »

Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on November 13, 2020, 07:41:37 pm

Campsall.

Do you have any experience of people being banned from using the word "Blackboard"?

No none at all.

BillyStubbsTears · « **Reply #68 on** November 13, 2020, 07:44:50 pm by BillyStubbsTears »

I blame the whole PC thing on the lefty snowflakes who control Universities.

Although...

They obviously haven't spotted the unacceptable racist name given to the world's leading online teaching software used by Universities all round the world.

https://www.blackboard.com/en-uk

PC snowflakes AND f**king hypocrites, the lot of 'em.

IDM · « **Reply #69 on** November 13, 2020, 08:01:18 pm by IDM »

I’m not aware of any ban on “blackboard” but it certainly fell out of favour in the 90s when “chalkboard” came into common use.

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #70 on** November 13, 2020, 08:43:43 pm by Bentley Bullet »

When referring to banned, it's not necessarily banned by law, but by pressure brought on by people preaching political correctness, or the PC brigade.

When referring to the PC brigade, it's not necessarily suggesting there is a political or any other sort of group or official party of them in existence, it is just a term to describe extreme over the top do-gooders collectively.

We all know these people exist, and we all should know that these people played a part in replacing such words as Blackboards for Chalkboards.

wilts rover · « **Reply #71 on** November 13, 2020, 09:14:30 pm by wilts rover »

You will of couse have a load of examples of that you can share with us to show the accuracy of that BB?

wilts rover · « **Reply #72 on** November 13, 2020, 09:22:06 pm by wilts rover »

The invention of the 'blackboard is banned' myth to discredit actual attempts at racial integration:

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/letters/2318169.political-correctness/

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #73 on** November 13, 2020, 09:28:44 pm by Bentley Bullet »

Not in the news outlets you read, no! You'll just have to rely on good old BB experience if you want to believe me, but I suspect you are probably part of the PC brigade problem.

SydneyRover · « **Reply #74 on** November 13, 2020, 09:56:26 pm by SydneyRover »

that means there will be no proof then?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #75 on** November 13, 2020, 10:09:24 pm by Bentley Bullet »

See my last post, Skippy.

SydneyRover · « **Reply #76 on** November 13, 2020, 10:52:55 pm by SydneyRover »

BB

Happy to put up £25 for the foodbank against your £100 depending on your confidence level of coming up with some credible evidence that the word blackboard is regarded as non-pc?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #77 on** November 13, 2020, 10:55:08 pm by Bentley Bullet »

Do you accept personal experience or has it got to be in the Guardian?

SydneyRover · « **Reply #78 on** November 13, 2020, 10:57:42 pm by SydneyRover »

As you don't appear to have much of the former why don't we let Martin be the judge of what is credible or not?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #79 on** November 13, 2020, 11:01:18 pm by Bentley Bullet »

Offiah? Lewis? O'Hara?

SydneyRover · « **Reply #80 on** November 13, 2020, 11:03:04 pm by SydneyRover »

who do you think I mean bb?

SydneyRover · « **Reply #81 on** November 13, 2020, 11:06:01 pm by SydneyRover »

Doing a bit of fact checking bb?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #82 on** November 13, 2020, 11:10:51 pm by Bentley Bullet »

Luther King?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #83 on** November 13, 2020, 11:11:29 pm by Bentley Bullet »

Sheen?

SydneyRover · « **Reply #84 on** November 13, 2020, 11:13:49 pm by SydneyRover »

If you want to admit you got it wrong anytime I'm happy to back up your £100 with my £25 as it's a good cause bb, making it $125 total for the less well off?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #85 on** November 13, 2020, 11:18:00 pm by Bentley Bullet »

Don't be silly Syderney. You're so out of touch anyone would think you lived on the other side of the world.

SydneyRover · « **Reply #86 on** November 13, 2020, 11:21:21 pm by SydneyRover »

All your posts are up there for people to read we'll just leave it there and save you further embarrassment aye?

Bentley Bullet · « **Reply #87 on** November 13, 2020, 11:41:25 pm by Bentley Bullet »

My only embarrassment owd lad is wondering why I'm wasting my life talking to you.

SydneyRover · « **Reply #88 on** November 14, 2020, 12:21:25 am by SydneyRover »

Quote from: SydneyRover on November 13, 2020, 10:52:55 pm

BB

Happy to put up £25 for the foodbank against your £100 depending on your confidence level of coming up with some credible evidence that the word blackboard is regarded as non-pc?

i_ateallthepies · « **Reply #89 on** November 14, 2020, 08:38:40 am by i_ateallthepies »

Perhaps the simple and correct explanation for the word 'blackboard' going out of use is that they were replaced with green ones.

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