lol....Most women can sting But it's one gift you don't want to receive

Generally speaking we do....approx 12 times a year...

Whoa Nelly - your getting into dangerous territory now............

I thrive on 'Dangerous territory'..well, at least in my dreams i do....

Tell us about your dreams Macadian.............lie on the couch, relax and let it all go......................

I'm sure their are laws against that kind of thing....if not their should be....Anyway the dog looks at me all funny....

Are you from Aberdeen where they view a sheep/dog as a leisure centre?????

Only if the sheep is tied to a lamp post........you seem very knowledgable....

Don't do sheep............ only George Clooney tied to a lamp post............

No, Coup d'Etat is French.

Oooohhhhhhhhh LA LA

Yes wouldn't it be great if we could all go around airing our prejudices and making other people's lives miserable? Hey, I don't like fat people much, wouldn't it be just fab if I could walk up to anyone overweight and slag them off for eating too much and taking up too much space? Men could tell women that they are stupid, and white people could tell black people they are monkeys. Oh, and everyone could tell disabled people they would have been better off if they hadn't been born. We'd all be so much happier wouldn't we, and the world would be a much nicer place.

Do you really giving everyone a license to be as rude and offensive as they like is a good idea? Is there something so very wrong with thinking (at least a little) about the impact of what you are about to say/write? I really don't think the impact on my freedom that comes from thinking just a little bit about others is comparable to the freedom to be able to live my life without being abused. If you are the subject of abuse (however "well intentioned") especially for something which causes you difficulties it is a pretty horrible situation. The sort of thing that causes people to be unhappy, depressed, fail to achieve their potential and occasionally to become suicidal. Personally I think that the desire to belittle and bully others is not a positive one, and certainly not something to be proud of.

Hi nooka, In no way have I unsulted anyone here by calling them anything...maybe you should go back and re-read the previous posts. The fact that it slightest thing can get blown out of all proportion was my point. It would be great if on one ever got called a name or had a nasty comment made too or about them....but it's never going to happen. Do you honestly think i've spent 41 years on this earth and not heard a negative comment about myself....please

And i'd just like to add, i've never bullied anyone in my life, in school or at work....and thats something i am proud off.

Good! I wasn't intending to imply that you had, and I have already read all the posts on this thread. My point is that there is a good reason for the "PC brigade" and people should think about why being nice as opposed to nasty to other people might have benefits. Allowing people in the public eye to be derogatory to other people on the basis of their colour, race, disability or anything else they have little or no control over without making any complaint or comment gives license for anyone else who thinks they would like a pop at someone on those grounds to do the same thing (after all x said it so why shouldn't I) which is not good news.

Personally I don't care that much if someone says something derogatory to me about something I have done or said or a choice I have made, because those are things I can influence and have ownership of. But being attacked for who you are is very different.

In any case what is wrong with hoping to make the world a better place? My point was that your idea seemed to be that if everyone could just say what they like things would be better. This seemed to me to be a stupid thing to say, because unless everyone is actually much nicer than they generally let on, most people think worse things about other people than they ever are prepared to say about them (face to face at least).

My comment was done 'tongue in cheek' so to speak....Of course people are nicer face to face than they are behind peoples backs, thats the problem!. We are all guilty of it anyway to different degrees and that needs to change. But I have to agree with you that my comment could have been taken that way but it wasn't the intention.