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Old 17th Jul 2020, 19:51
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Tashengurt
 
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Originally Posted by Out Of Trim
Because history was about THEN! It can't be changed... It is what it was. The dog's name was not meant to be offensive then and should not be taken out of context to be seen as a racial slur NOW! That should be able to be explained to those that take offence when no offence was meant.

This is what happens when PC goes too far!
But it's not out of context! The context is (was) a memorial which displayed a word which is no longer deemed acceptable and a multicultural organisation which deemed it no longer justifiable in the current setting.
You can't have something which is in existence today and claim it's only relevant to yesterday!
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