Archive for October 31st, 2005

Briton: We Hate the French

Monday, October 31st, 2005

A new poll has come out which tells us pretty much what we suspected all along: Eighty-six percent of people in Britain aged 18 to 30 think the French deserve “a popular negative stereotype,” suggests an opinion poll conducted for an Anglo-French art show in London. That compares to 27 percent of like-aged people in [...]

“Freshmen” Banned at High School

Monday, October 31st, 2005

A high school in Amherst, New Hampshire has banned the use of the term “freshmen” as possibly being misogynistic, oppressive or non-inclusive language: Amherst Regional High School has banished the term “freshman”- a move the principal calls overdue, but some students say oozes political correctness. Beginning this year, students in ninth grade are now referred [...]