Word 'spooky' banned by National Theatre Scotland over racial slur
 

[It might be synonymous with Halloween – but a major
arts organisation has banned the
word “spooky” from its shows.

Despite everything from supermarkets
to VisitScotland planning to use it in the
lead-up to October 31,
National Theatre Scotland (NTS) has dropped it
after spooky was flagged up as a racist slur.]



Bonkers Scotland

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/w...eatre-25230669

:laugh2:

This kind of thing doesn't help... it hinders.

Right? People wouldn't carp on about "cancel culture" if censorship didn't happen for such stupid reasons.

The two meanings of the word spooky.

1. Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease.

2. Easily frightened; nervous.

A quick Google search is the only thing these organisers need to do.

Exactly.

When even a Google search doesn't find reasons for people to pretend to be offended, you know they're reaching :joker:

Exactly, it's ridiculous how racially obsessed some people are.

What is going on in Scotland , don't they have enough trouble without causing more !
I don't know why on any level that the word spooky could be taken as racist.

From the horses mouth

So how many people feel offended before they cave in?

1

40

18


Pathetic

It seems the only word Scotland doesn't want to acknowledge is "woman" :joker:

I'm going to work in the word 'spooky' to at least one conversation a day for the next week.

there's nothing wrong with the word Spooky :shrug:

I think its spook that is the offensive one.

Actually, I wouldn't take this source too seriously, it's probably part of Qanon.

Who got upset at "anti-woke gammons"? That's exactly the type of people these outrage articles are aimed at.

Its impossible to not cause anyone any offense. Its just not a thing that can ever be done.

While its good that this seems a bit nonsense..its not exactly an uncommon thing these days.