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Pagan · 2019-02-22, 10:51 AM

It's actually one of the reasons I chose to leave the US, Useless. That movement has been groiwn steadily for years. I remember one Christmas season at Lucent, where we were told we could not use certain colors (they might offend), we could not have any angels as decorations, nor coule we even have a group tree. The list was totally ridiculous. We wanted to incorporate something from each of our cultures but was told no - someone would get offended. My gosh.. we might have learned something about Hannukah or Kwanza!! We just might.. have enjoyed it!! Since when did it become bad to be different? Or have a different viewpoint? I don't have to agree with you to respect you but I guess these days, I am no longer allowed to do that.

People do make mistakes, and hopefully they grow from them. Liam Neeson is extremely brave for saying anything, and has my respect as someone who made a mistake and grew from it.

jollyhumper · 2019-02-22, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pagan

It's actually one of the reasons I chose to leave the US, Useless.

Maybe I should move to Finland as well? Because what is discussed in this thread applies to Norway as well. Ok, not as bad as in US, but still ...

This picture ain't funny, because it's true

(And it is, seriously)

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Pagan · 2019-02-23, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jollyhumper

Maybe I should move to Finland as well? Because what is discussed in this thread applies to Norway as well. Ok, not as bad as in US, but still ...

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Don't get me wrong here - we are facing some serious issues having to do with the wave of immigrants and a small country that has been pretty much homogenized for so many generations. Those issues will resolve in time as the locals get used to the newcomers and the newcomers settle in, learn the language and start their lives over again. At least both sides appear to be making some progress with growing.

The Me Too stuff has also briefly surfaced but much of it has been waved off as mistakes made in the past. There is a bit of it going around Pariliament but that is about it, thankfully. They even forgave Matti Nykänen for all his capers and will be giving him a state funeral.

2019-02-22, 10:51 AM	#1
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,067	It's actually one of the reasons I chose to leave the US, Useless. That movement has been groiwn steadily for years. I remember one Christmas season at Lucent, where we were told we could not use certain colors (they might offend), we could not have any angels as decorations, nor coule we even have a group tree. The list was totally ridiculous. We wanted to incorporate something from each of our cultures but was told no - someone would get offended. My gosh.. we might have learned something about Hannukah or Kwanza!! We just might.. have enjoyed it!! Since when did it become bad to be different? Or have a different viewpoint? I don't have to agree with you to respect you but I guess these days, I am no longer allowed to do that. People do make mistakes, and hopefully they grow from them. Liam Neeson is extremely brave for saying anything, and has my respect as someone who made a mistake and grew from it. __________________ Is it naptime yet?