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So UKIP....

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paul the builder Oct 2015 4:48pm, 7 Oct 2015 5,126 posts	Quote Pin paul the builder It's not banned (but I think you know that). It's not very necessary though, is it? I'm sure you can understand why many of those who might be labelled with it could prefer 'actor' instead.
rf_fozzy Oct 2015 4:51pm, 7 Oct 2015 7,292 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Well put PtB
ChrisHB Oct 2015 5:14pm, 7 Oct 2015 11,676 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Interesting and unusual (istm) that the masculine form of the word is preferred. In Germany the "feminist" way is to refer e.g. to firefighteresses and firefighters, rather than to make the masculine form of the word include the feminine, which historically, it did.
rf_fozzy Oct 2015 5:23pm, 7 Oct 2015 7,294 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy I think that Actor was seen as gender neutral, rather than actress which definitely has connotations. It's the same as Police Officer is better than Policeman or Policewoman. Or Firefighter etc...
Too Much Water Oct 2015 6:28pm, 7 Oct 2015 5,210 posts	Quote Pin Too Much Water I don't get the actor / actress distinction myself but I guess if the ladies feel that strongly they can always pass on the Academy award!
Tonybv9 Oct 2015 9:14pm, 7 Oct 2015 416 posts	Quote Pin Tonybv9 No, PTB it's not banned, and of course I exaggerated to make a point. I still think it represents the thin end of the Thought Police wedge.
Fellrunning Oct 2015 9:20pm, 7 Oct 2015 1,527 posts	Quote Pin Fellrunning My wife is a Professor. At a recent event we were announced as "Professor and Mrs Running" I'm just wondering - in the interests of equality - which of us should take the most offence?
Tonybv9 Oct 2015 9:24pm, 7 Oct 2015 417 posts	Quote Pin Tonybv9 Depends who was wearing more make-up.
Too Much Water Oct 2015 9:06pm, 8 Oct 2015 5,216 posts	Quote Pin Too Much Water theguardian.com Interesting article (apologies for the extreme hard left bias - a fozzy trademark line I believe) commenting that social media just means you hear the noise and feedback from people with the same views. Certainly I think that's true with reference to the election campaig
Johnny Blaze Oct 2015 10:13pm, 8 Oct 2015 22,619 posts	Quote Pin Johnny Blaze Started off well, with some interesting points, which I tend to agree with. Ended up with the usual load of platitudes that no-one could disagree with - except for the means by which the described perfect world is achieved. I do have quite a few FB buddies who use it as an all purpose soapbox for worthy chest-beating, and I do often wonder how many of them actually do things as opposed to simply posting links on FB which have the happy secondary effect of telling the world how great they are.