The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[son of the Morrigan]

No April fools man, deadly serious.
These words will be removed from the official scrabble dictionary (which I think is printed by Collins in association with Mattel) and as such cannot be used in scrabble tournaments or by people at home who play by the rules, the relevant rule being that if a word is not in the official dictionary, that word is not permitted.
Meanwhile by the way, last year the word "ze" was deemed acceptable for use in scrabble by the Mattel wokery.
It is described as a non-binary pronoun which can mean either he or she, as in, ze went to the shop.
I shit you not.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

"Mattel has refused to publish the list but the official word checker shows that the banned terms include epithets against black, Pakistani and Irish people."

Well, now I'm curious.

[Blackout]

Has anyone uploaded the original scrabble word list to Pirate bay yet?

[Kunt 4 Life]

If you ever get a Q in Scrabble, then QI is a proper word. Easy 9 points at least.


500 words eh? Didn't realize there would be so many.

[Giggles]

I think it's a great thing that they are banning words, there are too many "colourful" words anyway and it's very distracting. I think they should just outright ban words altogether, as showcasing your ability to speak words could cause offense to somebody who can't speak - especially to somebody who doesn't even exist.

I look forward to a grey future.

No colours.

No tastes.

No words.

No emotion.

Just grey.

[Kunt 4 Life]

https://7news.com.au/entertainment/games/scrabble-bans-long-list-of-words-players-are-no-longer-allowed-to-use--c-2593627

You got to have a set of balls to use the n word in a tournament. You could always use ginger which is an annogram of it.

[ldj]

Reminded me of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6a394_Owg

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

If anyone called me a fenian, I'd give the only response possible; "And proud of it, tan!"

[Caomhaoin]

If anyone called me a fenian, I'd give the only response possible; "And proud of it, tan!"

I don't think you're in any immediate danger, not with that accent.

[Eoin McLove]

 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

If anyone called me a fenian, I'd give the only response possible; "And proud of it, tan!"

I don't think you're in any immediate danger, not with that accent.

Éist do bhéal tusa! 

[Eoin McLove]

Ah still,  it was funny!

[ldj]

Surprised this hasn't been posted here yet, gender expression and identity is now a protected characteristic under the hate crime law...how exactly do you make a hate crime law based around something someone 'feels' about themselves? It's totally up for interpretation.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/new-hate-crime-laws-to-cover-gender-expression-and-identity-1.4538795

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Under the criteria, which are designed to ensure "giving offence" is not criminalised, a conviction could only be arrived at if it was found a suspect deliberately acted to incite hatred, or at least felt it was likely they would incite hatred and decided to persist with their actions anyway.

The new hate-based offences include assault, coercion, harassment, criminal damage, threats to kill or cause serious harm and endangerment. If the hate-based element is proven, the sentence can be double that given for the same offence without a hate component.

Not following what's the bit that's "totally up for interpretation" here. If you assault someone because you don't agree with them identifying as X, i.e. if that is the reason for your assault, then it can now compound your basic assault charge. The general life law of "don't be a dick" should protect most normal folk from these changes to the law.

[ldj]

The part that's 'up for interpretation' is their gender identity, they might identify themselves as a certain gender but other people might not.

It's not just assaulting someone, it's 'inciting hate online'.

The point is if they're now recognising something as vague as gender identity as legitimate a characteristic as someone's race where does it end, will it soon be illegal not to recognise someone as the gender they think they are?