Comments on: Political Correctness, has it gone mad? http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kimmo http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-41874 Kimmo Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:36:05 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-41874 I heartily approve of this strip in its magnificent, inspired, artfully ambiguous entirety. FD, don't you go changin' for any cunt. I heartily approve of this strip in its magnificent, inspired, artfully ambiguous entirety.

FD, don’t you go changin’ for any cunt.

]]> By: Venise Alstergren http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-41210 Venise Alstergren Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:10:51 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-41210 JEFRO20: For what it's worth, I use the word cunt a lot-admittedly mostly in traffic- and yelled at blond bimbos who are driving huge SUVs and trying to do a 'U' turn in the middle of Glenferrie road. In this, and other situations the word is both apposite and fair. I am both older than you, and a woman. FWIIWorth, again: Today's younger generations are what we used to call 'square'. Also terribly pleased with themselves, esp the women. JEFRO20: For what it’s worth, I use the word cunt a lot-admittedly mostly in traffic- and yelled at blond bimbos who are driving huge SUVs and trying to do a ‘U’ turn in the middle of Glenferrie road. In this, and other situations the word is both apposite and fair. I am both older than you, and a woman.

FWIIWorth, again: Today’s younger generations are what we used to call ‘square’. Also terribly pleased with themselves, esp the women.

]]> By: jefroe20 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-41025 jefroe20 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:59:19 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-41025 Yes,political corectness has gone mad.But the 'C***'' is a word I use ,when in extreme frustration and anger.Never as sentence filler.(I'm 56 and no prude).When was the last time YOU used the word.Maybe recently but I'll bet it wasn't a family gathering.The problem is, even shows like 'chasers war on everything'has to come up with something more 'edgy' than last seasons efforts and that's where they came undone. the point is ,stretching the boundaries of what is funny and 'your generation' is freer and cooler than mine,is a fallacy.There is more conformity now than 40 years ago.And that' pisses me off' !(can I say that?) Jeff Yes,political corectness has gone mad.But the ‘C***” is a word I use ,when in extreme frustration and anger.Never as sentence filler.(I’m 56 and no prude).When was the last time YOU used the word.Maybe recently but I’ll bet it wasn’t a family gathering.The problem is, even shows like ‘chasers war on everything’has to come up with something more ‘edgy’ than last seasons efforts and that’s where they came undone. the point is ,stretching the boundaries of what is funny and ‘your generation’ is freer and cooler than mine,is a fallacy.There is more conformity now than 40 years ago.And that’ pisses me off’ !(can I say that?) Jeff

]]> By: wyane http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40737 wyane Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:34:58 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40737 Spell it "cunce" - that way you beat the filters (assuming you don't type in GIF format) and it's, maybe, slightly less offensive to the 3 people left that are still offended. Spell it “cunce” - that way you beat the filters (assuming you don’t type in GIF format) and it’s, maybe, slightly less offensive to the 3 people left that are still offended.

]]> By: Kevin Tyerman http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40706 Kevin Tyerman Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:52:51 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40706 The most interesting thing about the reaction to this cartoon is the objection by individuals to the use of either the "C" word or the "N" word, but no-one seems to have objected to the use of *both* words in this context. The most interesting thing about the reaction to this cartoon is the objection by individuals to the use of either the “C” word or the “N” word, but no-one seems to have objected to the use of *both* words in this context.

]]> By: Joal http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40694 Joal Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:01:37 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40694 Errol: I think you're overreading it. Furthermore, your intepretation of his motives are not particularly pertinent to the discussion. Given that he's ended up cancelling promotional appearances due to some of the reactions he's received, I'm not so sure that he's benefiting. Errol: I think you’re overreading it. Furthermore, your intepretation of his motives are not particularly pertinent to the discussion.

Given that he’s ended up cancelling promotional appearances due to some of the reactions he’s received, I’m not so sure that he’s benefiting.

]]> By: monkeyboy http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40663 monkeyboy Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:24:06 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40663 Too PC??? Not at all! A White guy apologising to another white guy because of a crappy black joke...hmm not PC at all. Too PC??? Not at all!

A White guy apologising to another white guy because of a crappy black joke…hmm not PC at all.

]]> By: Errol Benvie http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40644 Errol Benvie Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:25:55 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40644 I would like to turn the spotlight on one of the people benefitting most from the fuss. Mr Connick. There is a clue to whether he staged this or at least grasped an opportunity in the moment. Take a listen to his normal accent (American of course) and then listen carefully when he is voicing his displeasure to Darryl Somers at the end. There is for me a clear change of accent to a southern black American accent. This kind of theatrics seems somewhat out of place for someone really outraged. Perhaps he had a vision of how a bit of publicity may assist himself. I thought he was taking the mickey but I don't know his accent well. I would like to turn the spotlight on one of the people benefitting most from the fuss. Mr Connick. There is a clue to whether he staged this or at least grasped an opportunity in the moment. Take a listen to his normal accent (American of course) and then listen carefully when he is voicing his displeasure to Darryl Somers at the end. There is for me a clear change of accent to a southern black American accent. This kind of theatrics seems somewhat out of place for someone really outraged. Perhaps he had a vision of how a bit of publicity may assist himself. I thought he was taking the mickey but I don’t know his accent well.

]]> By: Joal http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40617 Joal Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:37:01 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40617 The only thing more entertaining than the comic is the discussion thread. The only thing more entertaining than the comic is the discussion thread.

]]> By: Vicki Grieves http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40613 Vicki Grieves Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:36:06 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40613 Was it on or off the medication FD ? sorry to be pedantic but surely on the medication PC is a c--t and off it PC is ideologically sound......whereas you indicate that off the medication PC is still a c--t, using the word too......somehow this has confused me..... Was it on or off the medication FD ? sorry to be pedantic but surely on the medication PC is a c — t and off it PC is ideologically sound……whereas you indicate that off the medication PC is still a c — t, using the word too……somehow this has confused me…..

]]> By: Venise Alstergren http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40612 Venise Alstergren Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:35:32 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40612 Ooops: Line two should have read. "He used the word cunt knowing......" Ooops: Line two should have read. “He used the word cunt knowing……”

]]> By: Venise Alstergren http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40611 Venise Alstergren Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:33:30 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40611 What in the name of God does anyone objecting to the word cunt use for brains? Does anyone here think First Dog is stupid? I don't. He used the cunt knowing that there were people who would regard it to be a worse tragedy than the crime itself. And, oh boy, didn't some people walk straight into the trap. What in the name of God does anyone objecting to the word cunt use for brains? Does anyone here think First Dog is stupid? I don’t. He used the cunt knowing that there were people who would regard it to be a worse tragedy than the crime itself. And, oh boy, didn’t some people walk straight into the trap.

]]> By: Pete WN http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40603 Pete WN Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:52:26 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40603 OMG who could seriously object to the use of the word c-nt in this skit - thats just political correctness gone mad ... oh, wait ... FD thanks for not watering this down. OMG who could seriously object to the use of the word c-nt in this skit - thats just political correctness gone mad … oh, wait …

FD thanks for not watering this down.

]]> By: skink http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40588 skink Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:20:31 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40588 either that or it was hiding a nasty Chinese burn, although I can't think why anyone might try to strangle her either that or it was hiding a nasty Chinese burn, although I can’t think why anyone might try to strangle her

]]> By: skink http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40585 skink Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:13:11 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40585 I had thought that you had reached a pinnacle with "better than a hand job from Jesus' in your succinct ability to offend the offendable to the greatest degree with the fewest possible words, but you have surpassed yourself in Frame 5 Bravo if the 'C' word is now off the leash, can we have a cartoon about Planet Janet? I can't be the only one wondering whether that choker she was wearing on the telly last night was hiding the stictches where her old head was sewn onto her new body. I had thought that you had reached a pinnacle with “better than a hand job from Jesus’ in your succinct ability to offend the offendable to the greatest degree with the fewest possible words, but you have surpassed yourself in Frame 5

Bravo

if the ‘C’ word is now off the leash, can we have a cartoon about Planet Janet?

I can’t be the only one wondering whether that choker she was wearing on the telly last night was hiding the stictches where her old head was sewn onto her new body.

]]> By: Angus Sharpe http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40569 Angus Sharpe Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:55:20 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40569 I think that FD has by far the most insightful commentry on Crikey on this issue. I also think that using the n-word or the c-word are, and should be, like weeing on an electric fence. Or painting your face black and going on TV. You just don't do it. This is FD's point. @carol, @mungo, @deccles, was the skit OK but using these words not? I think that FD has by far the most insightful commentry on Crikey on this issue.

I also think that using the n-word or the c-word are, and should be, like weeing on an electric fence. Or painting your face black and going on TV. You just don’t do it. This is FD’s point.

@carol, @mungo, @deccles, was the skit OK but using these words not?

]]> By: deccles http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40564 deccles Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:40:31 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40564 Yeah, pardon my sudden attack of partially political correctness. C-nt was a bit like Arnhem - a bridge too far for me. Arseholes, arsewipes in fact pick up any of Jasper's plural nouns and the cartoon works as well if not better. The Kamahl quote in Frame 6 is ... however... absolute genius. Yeah, pardon my sudden attack of partially political correctness. C-nt was a bit like Arnhem - a bridge too far for me. Arseholes, arsewipes in fact pick up any of Jasper’s plural nouns and the cartoon works as well if not better.

The Kamahl quote in Frame 6 is … however… absolute genius.

]]> By: beckchanock http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40563 beckchanock Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:40:17 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40563 I guess I'm the wrong generation but what I'm most astonished about is that enough people watched Hey Hey It's Saturday for this to be a big deal. Seriously though: racism is always a big deal, but making fun of Michael Jackson is hardly racism. Boring, yes. Racist, not really. I guess I’m the wrong generation but what I’m most astonished about is that enough people watched Hey Hey It’s Saturday for this to be a big deal.
Seriously though: racism is always a big deal, but making fun of Michael Jackson is hardly racism. Boring, yes. Racist, not really.

]]> By: Mungo McCall http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40561 Mungo McCall Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:34:15 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40561 I know its the whole point of the cartoon but I still flinch anytime the n-word is used... I know its the whole point of the cartoon but I still flinch anytime the n-word is used…

]]> By: Damo http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40556 Damo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:27:51 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40556 Oh no, not the 'c' word. Won't somebody think of the children! Oh no, not the ‘c’ word. Won’t somebody think of the children!

]]> By: Kez http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40554 Kez Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:20:15 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40554 I think the use of the word cunt is crucial to this comic. I think the use of the word cunt is crucial to this comic.

]]> By: Angus Sharpe http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40553 Angus Sharpe Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:12:30 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40553 @FD you have done it again. @Carol, were you offended by the 'c' word, but not the Hey Hey It's Saturday skit? And if so, why one and not the other? You might equally ask was it really necessary, to get the joke across, for Hey Hey It's Saturday to show a racist skit. This is FD's point. @FD you have done it again.

@Carol, were you offended by the ‘c’ word, but not the Hey Hey It’s Saturday skit? And if so, why one and not the other? You might equally ask was it really necessary, to get the joke across, for Hey Hey It’s Saturday to show a racist skit. This is FD’s point.

]]> By: Heathdon McGregor http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40547 Heathdon McGregor Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:57:20 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40547 I always thought that the opposite of being politically correct is to be a racist bigot. Being proved again and again. I always thought that the opposite of being politically correct is to be a racist bigot. Being proved again and again.

]]> By: Carol Bruce http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40546 Carol Bruce Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:56:43 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40546 Was it really necessary, to get the message across, to use the 'c' word? Was it really necessary, to get the message across, to use the ‘c’ word?

]]> By: Paul Kearney http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40545 Paul Kearney Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:55:20 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/09/first-dog-on-the-moon-419/#comment-40545 I love ideological soundness. I love ideological soundness.

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