oh man, the borg references are even right there
Pretty sure you have to squint hard to see that on the road though.
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Manitoba revokes Star Trek licence plate, deems it offensive
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Pretty sure you have to squint hard to see that on the road though.
DyslexicAlucard
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I don't know, would the thing he's "offended" by have a long, undeniable history spanning the entire existence of the region and country, and also be construed as minimizing tens of thousands of people? And then have been looked at by people whose job is to make judgment calls like this, and been deemed potentially offensive by them as well?
If so, then sure, bud. But I doubt it'd fit any of this criteria. "Context is key," no?
gutter_trash
Banned
yes the license plate name is inapropriate, especially for that Province and its history relating to First Nations and the Metis.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
I think hundreds of years of cultural destruction and the forced assimilation of the First Nations people trump a Star Trek reference.
So does the government ban all uses of this word from now on then? Or is it still acceptable to say and use; just not on a license plate for some reason?
And what would happen if he slapped an 'assimilate' bumper sticker on his car? Car taken by the government for being too offensive?
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Oh man, I can't stand on this slope anymore! It's too damn slippery!
Give me a break.
excelsiorlef
Member
The provincial government control license plates that's literally part of their job...
None of the rest of your post applies.
Well either the word is offensive and thus should never be used, or it's not and apparently can be used and said. Which is it?
DyslexicAlucard
Member
Yup, only those two options are possible. Nailed it. Totally legitimate dichotomy there. Mmmm hmmmmm.
excelsiorlef
Member
Hi,
The government gets to decide what you put on your license plate...
That's why they can deny him this...
Count Dookkake
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A shame I can't fit it on a license plate.
Jokes aside, you don't get to tell me what offends me.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Either I can make my licence plate FUCKYOU or truly this is an Orwellian dystopia.
Good thing no one actually cares what you do or do not find offensive. Other people do, because this is a word with a certain historical connotation.
Wow, how clever. You really showed them.
Who told you what offends you?
So they also ban all uses of this word everywhere is what I'm asking. This is official policy of the gov't to ban the word and its uses because it's too offensive.
excelsiorlef
Member
No because they generally don't have that power...
They literally control license plates...
License plates carry the assumption of government approval
Count Dookkake
Member
It seems implicit on "multiple levels."
gutter_trash
Banned
vanity plates are stupid
Me telling you that your post is deeply shitty is somehow me telling you to be offended?
Count Dookkake
Member
I mean it's telling me what not to be offended by.
I am actually offended when people explain jokes to the cheap seats.
And as stated by others in this thread, no one gets to deny the offended their right to offense.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
"First they came for the novelty license plates, and I did not speak out
Because I preferred Star Wars."
No, the policy is that if you ask the government if you can put a government plate on your car, the government can say "no, we won't let you have a government plate that says that."
That's not a ban in the way you're thinking. He can put an "Assimilate" bumper sticker on his car tomorrow and nobody will care.
AuthenticM
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Yeah, I can see that.
ProfessorLobo
Banned
Well this is silly as shit.
MisterHero
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Ya know, William Shatner is Canadian
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
The Canadian government forcefully assimilated First Nations children by ripping them away from their families and placing them in schools where many were subjected to abuse.
This ended in 1996.
Pagusas
Elden Member
That has nothing to do with Star Trek nor with the mans licence plate.
It sucks for him. But yeah not everybody is a Star Trek fan so the context is irrelevant to those people. It's just offensive to them.
Hopefully he can find something else to make his car unique and he'll be happy with it. Though I have a little less sympathy after his "people are too sensitive" comment.
I mean, if somebody could find a way to use the N word as a pop culture reference, that cool? I mean I get that's extreme, but it's still people are reading it and see it as offensive.
Hopefully he can find something else to make his car unique and he'll be happy with it. Though I have a little less sympathy after his "people are too sensitive" comment.
I mean, if somebody could find a way to use the N word as a pop culture reference, that cool? I mean I get that's extreme, but it's still people are reading it and see it as offensive.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Sure, if you completely ignore the context.
Count Dookkake
Member
The Borg have been around since 1988.
DyslexicAlucard
Member
You really think you "Got 'em!" with this one? Try reading it again.
AuthenticM
Member
That doesn't matter. If someone drives in the US with a license plate that reads "Negro", and he has a black car and he's spanish and he says that "negro" means black in spanish, that doesn't somehow negate how that will be interpreted by passerbys or the harm it will cause them.
Biggest surprise for me here is that Autopac got renamed. I am in no way surprised people in Manitoba are being assholes.
And the least surprising thing here is that Count Dookake makes an ass of himself yet again, because really, the only thing worse than defending Sucker Punch as a feminist movie is ignorantly defending Residential Schools for the sake of internet jokes. Educate yourself, man. Please.
And the least surprising thing here is that Count Dookake makes an ass of himself yet again, because really, the only thing worse than defending Sucker Punch as a feminist movie is ignorantly defending Residential Schools for the sake of internet jokes. Educate yourself, man. Please.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
Coincidentally, also the last time one of your jokes landed.
Count Dookkake
Member
Ha!
Haha, yeah man, minimalizing the experience of brutalized Native Americans is hilarious.
Count Dookkake
Member
I'm responding to the post above mine, ya goof.
EDIT: I just noticed your edit a few posts up and have to say that I have no idea what you're blathering on about. I have not defended anything of the sort and have said nothing on the subject of residential schools. There's no need to make shit up.
Well, clarify that in the future, please. 'Cuz if you don't it certainly can look awful.
Ya goof.
poppedcollar69
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Honestly when are we going to get an apology from Gene Roddenberry for this shit? Way across the line. People have been offended
Count Dookkake
Member
You could just try reading the thread. It's better than fabricating reasons to be further outraged.
Spladam
Member
I don't see it, I'd say let him keep his plate, but I'm not from these parts of Canada, or Canada for that matter. It appears the term is already in use colloquially as an offensive expression, but too me it seems a stretch to associate the two. In this case, resistance really is futile...
excelsiorlef
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The issue has nothing to actually do with Star Trek
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