today\'s exercise in political correctness

[scythius]

Avete, omnes!<br>
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Here is my nauseating news story of the day - enjoy!<br>
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Baffled of Trafalgar Oct 17 2003<br>
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By Suzanne Elsworth Daily Post Staff<br>
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A CALL for famous place names to be changed to avoid offending our continental cousins was greeted with bafflement on Merseyside last night.<br>
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The idea came from a 60-year-old Briton who works for a Luxembourg-based bank which provides loans for EU projects.<br>
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Francis Carpenter said it would be in the interests of European harmony if "offensive" British names commemorating battles lost by the French were eradicated.<br>
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If his idea was implemented, it would see the loss of Waterloo in Sefton and Trafalgar in Wirral, along with countless street names which make reference to characters and events. Wellington Avenue, Picton Close, Churchill Grove and Agincourt Road could disappear forever - just in case they upset someone in Europe.<br>
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Mr Carpenter's article in Le Figaro suggested that places should be renamed to give them "a more European theme".<br>
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He went on: "Our country has known countless victories over our neighbours and the streets and squares named after these victories risk offending a European youth that we should be trying to unite."<br>
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Similarly, he says Germans and Austrians arriving in Paris might be uncomfortable seeing place names marking Napoleon's victories against their countries. But locals say the idea is ludicrous.<br>
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David Sumberg, NW Conservative MEP, said: "What utter nonsense. There are numerous statues, squares and streets all over the UK and Europe to commemorate events from the past.<br>
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"I don't want this European official to waste any more time on something that would cost millions to implement and change history in every city in Europe.<br>
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"In Southport we could see the disappearance of Waterloo Road, Nelson Street and Wellington Street if this European official had his way.<br>
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"It's not on. As an MEP I want to protect Southport's heritage."<br>
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[Anonymous]

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I knew there was a good reason not to read Le Figaro...<br>
GO PLAY FRANCIS! Leave the adults be.<br>
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And on a lighter side, I'd like to take the occasion to call on all Methodists do do something about this:<br>
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SUVA, Fiji -- Residents of a remote village in the Pacific island nation of Fiji are apologizing -- again -- for their cannibal ancestors' decision to eat a British missionary.<br>
The villagers want to break a curse they say dates back to July 1867, when their cannibal forefathers dined on the Reverend Thomas Baker, a Methodist missionary from England. All that remained of Baker were his leather boots, which the cannibals also tried to eat, thinking they were part of the missionary.<br>
Village residents have offered numerous apologies in the past, but they still have no electricity and no passable road leading out of the jungle.<br>
The last time they apologized was in 1993, when villagers presented the Methodist Church of Fiji with Baker's overcooked and slightly chewed boots.<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://localhost:1094/Homesteads/_1750094854/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 10/17/03 11:34 pm<br></i>

[Rodicus]

I also hear that to make up for eating the missionary, the villagers are inviting his descendants over for dinner....... <p></p><i></i>

[Anonymous]

Apparently he is all right despite his fall according to the new verse added by Mothercare !!!<br>
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The thing is teh kids will be sooo disappointed !!! <p></p><i></i>