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arista 17-03-2023 07:09 AM

Oxfam Charity Beyond Parody "local" may be offensive
 
BBC News text :
[Oxfam has come under fire after issuing
a new 92-page guide on inclusive language
to its staff, the Mail reports.
The paper says the guide describes the word
"headquarters" as "colonial",
suggests "local" may be
offensive and says the phrase
"people who become pregnant"
should be used instead of "expectant mothers".
It quotes former justice secretary Robert Buckland
calling the guide "totally bizarre" and
questioning whether it
is a good use of the charity's time and resources.]

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Cherie 17-03-2023 07:30 AM

I would never give a penny to this scandal hit lot

user104658 17-03-2023 07:42 AM

Might be better to spend their time and resources on making sure their representatives aren't exploiting women in disaster-struck countries by paying them to attend their probably-cocaine-fueled orgies.

Sorry, sorry, "fairly paying legitimate sex workers".

bots 17-03-2023 07:55 AM

who in their right mind would give to oxfam, they have such a terrible track record

Gusto Brunt 17-03-2023 10:31 AM

The inmates have taken over the asylum. :rolleyes:

Cherie 17-03-2023 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt (Post 11273160)
The inmates have taken over the asylum. :rolleyes:

Jumping on a current trend that only a minority want is sure to help their cause...not

Gusto Brunt 17-03-2023 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 11273163)
Jumping on a current trend that only a minority want is sure to help their cause...not

It's like they're all trying to outdo each other - who can be even more barmy. :shrug:

What will they ban next, or say is offensive?

Cherie 17-03-2023 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt (Post 11273165)
It's like they're all trying to outdo each other - who can be even more barmy. :shrug:

What will they ban next, or say is offensive?

I guess it helps deflect from their actual misdeeds...look at us we are so inclusive..meanwhile....in the real world

Crimson Dynamo 17-03-2023 10:44 AM

A vile organisation run by cretins and hand-wringing virtue signallers with coloured hair

Liam- 17-03-2023 10:53 AM

What’s the beef with Oxfam?

Oliver_W 17-03-2023 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy (Post 11273065)
Might be better to spend their time and resources on making sure their representatives aren't exploiting women in disaster-struck countries by paying them to attend their probably-cocaine-fueled orgies.

Sorry, sorry, "fairly paying legitimate sex workers".

You should apologise, you forgot to say you also meant "vagina-havers" :nono:

Cherie 17-03-2023 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liam- (Post 11273172)
What’s the beef with Oxfam?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...andal-in-haiti

user104658 17-03-2023 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liam- (Post 11273172)
What’s the beef with Oxfam?

They have an alarming history (multiple incidents) of their staff going to deprived/disaster-ridden parts of the world and then sourcing & paying women for sex at big ol' Oxfam Orgies.

You'd think this was an exaggeration but unfortunately it's not, and it was seemingly covered up at a company-level for years.

Gusto Brunt 17-03-2023 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 11273168)
I guess it helps deflect from their actual misdeeds...look at us we are so inclusive..meanwhile....in the real world

True.

arista 18-03-2023 03:04 AM


Mystic Mock 18-03-2023 04:01 AM

Nobody will use clinical terms to describe their parents.

To clarify I'm gonna guess that Oxfam wants the term "birthing parent" to be used?

Gusto Brunt 18-03-2023 05:14 AM

I laughed at a presenter on GB News.

He was saying we can't say blackmail because black is offensive and bad. But he says if your bank balance is in the black, that's good.:joker::joker:

Madness. :hehe::joker::joker:

Zizu 18-03-2023 06:35 AM

Oxfam Charity Beyond Parody "local" may be offensive
 
Soooo … tomorrow is now to be known as ..

Parent identifying as female who got pregnant a while back … day

???


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Tom4784 18-03-2023 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11273474)

Literal pretend outrage for simpletons to foam at the mouth over.

Most people here went to school, although it's hard to believe with some of them, we all had letters to take home and they always said 'Parent or Guardian'. It was never 'To the mother or father of ____', it was never specific.

Crying about someone simply saying parent instead of being specific is just ragebait for GC morons looking for reasons to be mad.

Mystic Mock 18-03-2023 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom4784 (Post 11273550)
Literal pretend outrage for simpletons to foam at the mouth over.

Most people here went to school, although it's hard to believe with some of them, we all had letters to take home and they always said 'Parent or Guardian'. It was never 'To the mother or father of ____', it was never specific.

Crying about someone simply saying parent instead of being specific is just ragebait for GC morons looking for reasons to be mad.

That is a fair point about School letters.

Crimson Dynamo 18-03-2023 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom4784 (Post 11273550)
Literal pretend outrage for simpletons to foam at the mouth over.

Most people here went to school, although it's hard to believe with some of them, we all had letters to take home and they always said 'Parent or Guardian'. It was never 'To the mother or father of ____', it was never specific.

Crying about someone simply saying parent instead of being specific is just ragebait for GC morons looking for reasons to be mad.

What type of school is Oxfam?

surely a reading comprehension pro would not make such an error?

:hehe:

Jordan. 18-03-2023 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom4784 (Post 11273550)
Literal pretend outrage for simpletons to foam at the mouth over.

Most people here went to school, although it's hard to believe with some of them, we all had letters to take home and they always said 'Parent or Guardian'. It was never 'To the mother or father of ____', it was never specific.

Crying about someone simply saying parent instead of being specific is just ragebait for GC morons looking for reasons to be mad.

Very true!

Tom4784 18-03-2023 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 11273649)
What type of school is Oxfam?

surely a reading comprehension pro would not make such an error?

:hehe:

Aw bless, your brain has been so rotted by all this **** that you lack common sense and can't distinguish between a common and old example of 'Parent of Guardian' and how it renders this fake outrage pointless and me saying that Oxfam is a school. It's a shame how your generation is being rendered completely and utterly impotent by such easy-to-see-through bull****.

Why don't you go relax by watching a youtube video that you'll use as the basis of your outlook and opinions because you have none of your own.

Crimson Dynamo 18-03-2023 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom4784 (Post 11273685)
Aw bless, your brain has been so rotted by all this **** that you lack common sense and can't distinguish between a common and old example of 'Parent of Guardian' and how it renders this fake outrage pointless and me saying that Oxfam is a school. It's a shame how your generation is being rendered completely and utterly impotent by such easy-to-see-through bull****.

Why don't you go relax by watching a youtube video that you'll use as the basis of your outlook and opinions because you have none of your own.

insults

#rattled

Cherie 18-03-2023 09:31 PM

Lets deflect with school letters rather than whats actually gone on?


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