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Euro Chiefs Ban 'Miss' and 'Mrs'
Telegraph (UK) ^
| March 15, 2009
Posted on 03/15/2009 9:40:48 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
Why are women offended by being referred to as women?
To: Steelfish
Ok, I now understand how stupid the EU really is..lol.
From the article - “However, a number of bizarre EU rules remain in place, including a directive stating that every pair of rubber boots must be supplied with a user’s manual in 12 languages.”
A freaking owners manual for rubber boots? Who is stupid enough to not be able to put on rubber boots without a users manual? Only in Europe. And of course I won’t even touch the rules trying to dictate the shape of a banana...too many jokes there.
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posted on
03/15/2009 10:17:43 PM PDT
by
MissouriConservative
(The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. - Thomas Paine)
To: the anti-liberal
This kind of flapdoodle has nothing to with gender equality. I've never heard of a woman who felt insulted being addressed with a feminine title.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
03/15/2009 10:18:57 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Is this from the Onion ? No, it's Newspeak from "1984."
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posted on
03/15/2009 10:42:59 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Free California from public employee union rule!)
To: Steelfish
Glad to see government rigidly controlling the citizens' culture over there in Europe.
You wouldn't want them to freely express themselves.
If you can control language you can control behavior.
You can also minimize the lessons and relevance of history.
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posted on
03/15/2009 10:57:00 PM PDT
by
TheThinker
(Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
To: Steelfish
Do men still get to be called Mister, Monsieur, Signor, Herr, or not?
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posted on
03/15/2009 11:02:56 PM PDT
by
heartwood
(Tarheel in exile)
To: MissouriConservative
Who is stupid enough to not be able to put on rubber boots without a users manual?Well, since Brussels is in Europe .... :-)
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posted on
03/15/2009 11:05:23 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
To: OneWingedShark
Im in favor of the gender-neutral Asshat.LOL! However, to be grammatically correct it would be "Asshat" and "Asshata".
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posted on
03/15/2009 11:06:26 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
To: Steelfish
The word, gender, was inappropriately extended by linguistic activists for referring to more than two sexes in human beings.
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posted on
03/16/2009 12:24:23 AM PDT
by
familyop
(As painful as the global laxative might be, maybe our "one world" needs a good cleaning.)
To: Steelfish
Gender is for Latin language terms and flowers. Sex is for people.
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posted on
03/16/2009 12:26:45 AM PDT
by
familyop
(As painful as the global laxative might be, maybe our "one world" needs a good cleaning.)
To: Steelfish
This type of stuff is why I hate the politics of the liberals in Europe. this is what you get when things are left to them. There is no such thing as nature to them only their world view.
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posted on
03/16/2009 2:01:07 AM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: Steelfish
To: MissouriConservative
The EU actually passed a law baning women from wearing the bavaria style of dresses sported during Ocktoberfest when serving outside or women wearing low cut tops at other european bars with outside drinking areas claiming that they risk getting skin cancer on their exposed chest areas.
Just a taste of the facist lunacy of the EUSSR.
To: the anti-liberal
Because a dyke probably complained saying being refered to as a Miss or Mrs was insulting, the PC police listened, so the entire free world now needs to suffer.
To: Steelfish
If I was a MEP, I would refuse to respond to anyone who did not address me as Mrs. Knid. Madame Knid will work too. So would Senora Knid. MS. Knid will not work. I would simply fail to hear it.
Oh, and my husband’s a policeMAN, too.
Regards,
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posted on
03/16/2009 2:49:54 AM PDT
by
VermiciousKnid
(Grab your gun and bring in the cat.)
To: Steelfish
Impy says the EU should be referred to as “fermented horse feces” from now on.
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posted on
03/16/2009 3:38:46 AM PDT
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: Steelfish
Just another example of Lemmings heading for self annihilation.
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posted on
03/16/2009 3:48:39 AM PDT
by
chatham
To: Steelfish
No Mrs. or Miss?
How about just Female? i.e., Good morning Female Jones or Good afternoon Spinster Thompson. Or is she’s muslim, Put the burka back on slave.
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posted on
03/16/2009 4:16:19 AM PDT
by
BuffaloJack
(To stand up for Capitalism is to hope Obama fails.)
To: Steelfish
I recommend referring to Europeans as “future Muslims.”
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posted on
03/16/2009 4:29:10 AM PDT
by
Oratam
To: Steelfish
... and replace “man-hole cover” with “people hole cover.”
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posted on
03/16/2009 4:32:31 AM PDT
by
earlJam
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