3.11.19 Offending People

The world's current obsession with trying to avoid offending people results in what I can only describe as stupidity, and offence being caused by the very act of supposedly trying not to offend.

In today's paper is a piece about theatres set to ban the phrase "ladies and gentlemen".  This is -

CUNTING FUCKING STUPID INDEED.

It allegedly excludes those who do not identify as either, and as a result, theatres are set to cater for those who are in limbo, while pissing off any person quite happy to recognise that they are male or female.  So let's piss off over 99% of people in case there is someone in the audience who cannot work out if he/she is a he or a she or something else, who is offended by not being included.

By default, there is no place in society for the phrase "boys and girls" as this would clearly upset any child who was confused about himself/herself.  Ludicrous crap.

Perhaps we should move towards a better style of introduction, then; something along the lines of:

Ladies, Gentlemen, Trans People, Hermaphrodites and Lady Boys - welcome to this production of Much Ado About Nothing.

The world is fucked up.

...