Little People Call For FCC To Ban 'midget' Oh come on now.

[New Mitanni]

only in NSG would posters stoop so low...

Don't sell NSG posters short.

[L3 Communications]

Like Raphie May has said,

"You're not a dwarf unless you are in the direct position of a battle-axe."

Don't forget the beard.

[Lizardiar]

Like Raphie May has said,

"You're not a dwarf unless you are in the direct position of a battle-axe."

Don't forget the beard.

And the winged helmets.

[L3 Communications]

Don't forget the beard.

And the winged helmets.

Real dwarfs have horned helmets, like Vikings.

[Big Jim P]

hey, if they can ban midgets... there are alot of labels I find offensive...

Yes, we have to put a stop to this before it develops into a bad hobbit. *nod*

That's the long and short of it.

only in NSG would posters stoop so low...

All these puns dwarf anything I could come up with.

[Galloism]

All these puns dwarf anything I could come up with.

I've definitely had my ego shrunk down to size.

[No Names Left Damn It]

:roll:

My 7-year-old, 4'2" niece is a "little person."

The complainers referred to in the OP are midgets and dwarfs. Suck it up, boys and girls.

*Whistles "Yippee-eye-yo, Mini Sirloin Burgers" while watching a dwarf-tossing competition

This, basically.

[JuNii]

All these puns dwarf anything I could come up with.

just be glad we're not hitting below the belt.

[Big Jim P]

All these puns dwarf anything I could come up with.

just be glad we're not hitting below the belt.

I suppose we'll get this punning out of our system in short order. Once we do, it''l be a small victory for decency.

Personally, I find it sad that the dwarfs feel like they have this axe to grind. Perhaps they just want to forge a new understanding of all the problems they endure.

[Jello Biafra]

well

what other (potentially) offensive terms are banned by the fcc?

ARE other (potentially) offensive terms banned by the fcc?

I've seen the word "faggot" and various forms of it bleeped out.
While "midget" isn't quite as offensive, it is indeed a slur.

[Cybach]

I'd also have an axe to grind if I were a dwarf. Bad enough that you have to live your life with your nose at everyone else's assheight.

[Heinleinites]

I'm sure we're all familiar with Dr. Newman's well-known sociological treatise regarding the relative value that the lives of short people add to society.

On the other hand, maybe if the FCC gives the midgets their own TV show, the issue will dwindle in the public eye. The first act could be dwarf-tossing. It'd probably be a short-lived series, though. Due to stunted attention spans, really. It'd have a small market-share. They'd probably end up paying them under the table

[North Defese]

Im going to be the bigger person and not dwelve into making horrible puns.

[Der Teutoniker]

Whats next? Smart people call for FCC to ban 'egghead'? This is ridiculous. Nobody dragged dwarfs from across Oceans and Continents and whipped them in cotton fields yelling "Midget!" yet they want the same protections that real racist phrases get.

(AP) Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.

The group Little People of America said Sunday the word is just as offensive as racial slurs.

The request was prompted by an April episode of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" that the group said was demeaning.

In the episode, contestants created a detergent ad called "Jesse James and the Midgets." The contestants, including Joan Rivers, suggested bathing little people in the detergent and hanging them to dry.

Calls to the FCC and "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump were not immediately answered Sunday. NBC Universal representatives didn't immediately respond to e-mail messages, and the telephone rang unanswered at their Los Angeles office.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/ ... 4530.shtml

Isn't the word "Midget" a technical medical term? Very much the way "Retard" is indeed medically correct?

People need to stop being so offended, or they need to line up for face punches.

[Big Jim P]

Whats next? Smart people call for FCC to ban 'egghead'? This is ridiculous. Nobody dragged dwarfs from across Oceans and Continents and whipped them in cotton fields yelling "Midget!" yet they want the same protections that real racist phrases get.

(AP) Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.

The group Little People of America said Sunday the word is just as offensive as racial slurs.

The request was prompted by an April episode of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" that the group said was demeaning.

In the episode, contestants created a detergent ad called "Jesse James and the Midgets." The contestants, including Joan Rivers, suggested bathing little people in the detergent and hanging them to dry.

Calls to the FCC and "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump were not immediately answered Sunday. NBC Universal representatives didn't immediately respond to e-mail messages, and the telephone rang unanswered at their Los Angeles office.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/ ... 4530.shtml

Isn't the word "Midget" a technical medical term? Very much the way "Retard" is indeed medically correct?

People need to stop being so offended, or they need to line up for face punches.

Well, we'd have to get the midgets to stand on a stool....

[Der Teutoniker]

Well, we'd have to get the midgets to stand on a stool....

Hmmm... know a place that sells stools?

[Heinleinites]

Well, we'd have to get the midgets to stand on a stool....

Hmmm... know a place that sells stools?

Maybe you could find a place that will give you samples of their stools.

[Big Jim P]

Well, we'd have to get the midgets to stand on a stool....

Hmmm... know a place that sells stools?

Maybe you could find a place that will give you samples of their stools.

Damn, I miss Bloom County.

[Der Teutoniker]

If no one has won this thread yet, you just did.

If someone has already won the thread... too bad, you beat them anyway.

[Heinleinites]

Damn, I miss Bloom County.

It was always one of my favorites. There was a short-lived inglorious phase where Steve Dallas was my role model. There was a strip that would have been perfect for this topic, that I couldn't find. Milo, Portnoy, and Hodge-Podge convince Opus that Portnoy has died, and that they've had him freeze-dried and put on the mantle. When Opus gets close enough, Portnoy(who's of course not dead)blows him a raspberry. Once Opus gets over having the bejeezus scared out of him, he tells Milo that it was a very cruel prank, "...but then, that's the sort of thing I'd expect from A DUMB, SHORT PERSON!"

[Big Jim P]

Damn, I miss Bloom County.

It was always one of my favorites. There was a short-lived inglorious phase where Steve Dallas was my role model. There was a strip that would have been perfect for this topic, that I couldn't find. Milo, Portnoy, and Hodge-Podge convince Opus that Portnoy has died, and that they've had him freeze-dried and put on the mantle. When Opus gets close enough, Portnoy(who's of course not dead)blows him a raspberry. Once Opus gets over having the bejeezus scared out of him, he tells Milo that it was a very cruel prank, "...but then, that's the sort of thing I'd expect from A DUMB, SHORT PERSON!"

I remeber that one.

I used to have most of the Bloom County collections.

[Valkyriana]

Isn't the word "Midget" a technical medical term? Very much the way "Retard" is indeed medically correct?

That's was my initial reaction. but just as retard has changed over time and become an offensive insult the use of midget is also changing. Retard is no longer used in medicine, it had been replaced by other terms. It is being argued that the term midget should also be replaced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism# ... eadmill.22

[Der Teutoniker]

Isn't the word "Midget" a technical medical term? Very much the way "Retard" is indeed medically correct?

That's was my initial reaction. but just as retard has changed over time and become an offensive insult the use of midget is also changing. Retard is no longer used in medicine, it had been replaced by other terms. It is being argued that the term midget should also be replaced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism# ... eadmill.22

I understand the premise.

Understand and disagree.

Like I said, people need to stop being so pointlessly offended.

[Galloism]

Isn't the word "Midget" a technical medical term? Very much the way "Retard" is indeed medically correct?

That's was my initial reaction. but just as retard has changed over time and become an offensive insult the use of midget is also changing. Retard is no longer used in medicine, it had been replaced by other terms. It is being argued that the term midget should also be replaced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism# ... eadmill.22

That may be necessary someday, but I don't think it's just yet. People aren't using the term midget in order to look down on them, or treat them as lesser people. It may get used that way sometimes, but almost any term can - even "little people." Just because the term "midget" it used doesn't mean they're getting the short end of the stick.

[West Failure]

Don't forget the beard.

And the winged helmets.

Real dwarfs have horned helmets, like Vikings.

Vikings didn't have horned helmets.