Maybe we should not worry so much about what other people are doing, or what
other people think. At one point, the excellent link Pedro posted states:
In another episode of The Unbelievable Truth, one of the
unlikely-sounding
truths was that, in Hitler's Germany, it was forbidden to name domestic
animals Adolf in case this led to ridicule of the Führer.
Indeed, we wouldn't want to offend someone of such a clearly sensitive nature!
And then of course, we have the corollary with a man recently getting a prison
term for training his dog to do the nazi salute:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dogs-nazi-salute-lands-owner-in-jail-for-five-months-766438.html
Political correctness gone barking...
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Richard Foley
Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen
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On Monday 16 November 2009 12:25:48 Pedro Figueiredo wrote:
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> On 15 Nov 2009, at 15:47, David Golden wrote:
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> > I don't support censoring "bad
> > thoughts". I would rather see the author withdraw it voluntarily.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/08/david-mitchell-comedy
>
