Topic: lol uk: Police IT department bans word 'blacklist' in case it is deemed racist

HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q started this discussion 14 years ago #19,758

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/9250580/Police-IT-department-bans-word-blacklist-in-case-it-is-deemed-racist.html

squeegee !firstkPE1Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #323,622

sage

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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #323,633

Yeah, they're pedantic fucks about that sort of thing. I believe that the word "manager" was banned for having "man" in it.

@OP
I thought you prefered the Daily Mail, Walter?

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #323,692

Stupid, but at least they banned the word 'whitelist' too.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #323,735

It's funny because English police still use the word "golliwog" when referring to a black man running away from a crime

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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 14 years ago, 40 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #323,743

@previous (E)
They do? I doubt it.

Anonymous E replied with this 14 years ago, 25 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #323,749

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
It's true.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #323,750

@previous (E)
Source?

Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #323,803

@323,735 (E)

They don't. They sell those in Cornwall though.

Green !BEERiVqJJw double-posted this 14 years ago, 16 seconds later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #323,804

@323,735 (E)

They don't. They sell those in Cornwall though.

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