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0culus:

--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 15, 2020, 09:30:44 pm ---
--- Quote ---'Fear of being called racist' stopped police from tackling Leicester's 'slave' sweatshops, Priti Patel believes
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8513825/Fear-called-racist-stopped-police-tackling-sweatshops-Priti-Patel-believes.html

Where are all of those protesters when there really is slavery in the UK, going on today? :palm:

It's also blamed for the spike in COVID-19 cases in the city, which has had to go back under lockdown.
https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/07/leicester-factory-change-modern-slavery-boohoo-quiz-opinion-comment/

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No one who is pushing all these ridiculous terminology changes wants to actually solve real issues like that. It's all about virtue signaling and pretending to be good people.

themadhippy:

--- Quote ---snowflakes interfering? No. Colour blindness affects almost 10% of men
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sorry but i disagree,we managed perfectly fine with the old colours for donkeys years ,and still manage ok with DC systems ,the reason was to harmonize us with europe,even though our wiring methods and accessory are different.All that was achieved was  a greater  risk of  phase and neutral being reversed,not so bad on single phase,but on 3 phase?

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: 0culus on July 16, 2020, 02:17:34 am ---No one who is pushing all these ridiculous terminology changes wants to actually solve real issues like that. It's all about virtue signaling and pretending to be good people.
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The be fair, I know SJW's who support all this stuff that genuinely want to "be a good person" (I've had them use that exact phrase as reasoning to me).
The problem is that people and causes will take advantage of this, and these people fail to realise it's OK not to get behind every cause and say "Meh, is this a big deal? why bother?". To the point that failing jump on board with every one of these bandwagons is tantamount to NOT being a "good person". They are then tricked into an ever downward spiral of support for everything "social justice".

Plus the sweet juicy social currency in virtue signalling of course.

tom66:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on July 15, 2020, 07:39:41 pm ---
--- Quote ---The reason for the blue/brown is due to some common colour blindness seeing red and black as the same colour.
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Another example of snowflakes interfering. A  colour blindness test used to be part of the interview prosess before being offered an apprenticeship  ,fail it  and  your out.But of course failures not allowed anymore.

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10% of men are red-green colourblind.  It's not a small amount of people to reject. 

Now fair enough if it was hard to make the adaptation then it would be understandable, but changing wire colours in future installations is pretty easy.  Some headaches if a building has both, of course.

Edit: looks like others beat me to it...

nuclearcat:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 16, 2020, 04:57:56 am ---
--- Quote from: 0culus on July 16, 2020, 02:17:34 am ---No one who is pushing all these ridiculous terminology changes wants to actually solve real issues like that. It's all about virtue signaling and pretending to be good people.
--- End quote ---

The be fair, I know SJW's who support all this stuff that genuinely want to "be a good person" (I've had them use that exact phrase as reasoning to me).
The problem is that people and causes will take advantage of this, and these people fail to realise it's OK not to get behind every cause and say "Meh, is this a big deal? why bother?". To the point that failing jump on board with every one of these bandwagons is tantamount to NOT being a "good person". They are then tricked into an ever downward spiral of support for everything "social justice".

Plus the sweet juicy social currency in virtue signalling of course.

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I thought for a long time what all this reminds me. Them remembered a rare soviet joke about myopic scouts and an old woman.
They had acute desire to help someone, so they pick an idea - let's help elderly lady to cross the road.
Small detail: but the one who want to help have myopia -10 and barely can see his own nose.
Another detail: That lady didnt planned to cross the road, because she live on this side and almost reached home.
Is this a big deal?
Yes.
Because "do-gooders" pushed her to the road (they are too lazy to walk with her), and because they don't see beyond end of their nose, truck hit her.

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