Political Correctness and hot dogs.

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The word hot dog is being removed from textbooks because it is not nutritious!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

and they are removing all pictures of cakes from the books too. Give me a break.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Hot dogs and cakes are good for you.

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The only people who dislike cake are demons haunted by madness.

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Um...what sort of textbooks are these, anyway?

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

For example, the new guidelines dictate Native-Americans should not be depicted...in rural settings or on reservations

*shoots self*

― buttch (Oops), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's important to note that this article appears on the fox news site.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Many of the changes seem to represent a direct assault on historical accuracy

"Founding Fathers" and "senior citizens" were masks/shortcuts to begin with; the pc terms ("Framers," "older persons") are better descriptors.

And hot dogs = poison, so hurrah for that.

― I will eat a Big Mac today probly (gcannon), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

This news story is brought to you by the same people who gave us "Glutton Bowl".

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, as Sam has mentioned it's your typical Fox News "Political Correctness Gone Mad!" type story.

That said, the cake slander is still upsetting. Who's to say cake isn't nutritious?

― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no! What are all the chronic wiener eaters going to do?

― Jodi (Celerina), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:56 (twenty-two years ago)

eat a bag of dicks.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

PLAYAH

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

It's also about a billion years old, as a story: it comes up every time a state does a textbook review.

The problem is that people on the right like to think of doing this in the gender and racial-identity sense as political correctness run amok -- "But Native Americans did wear braids!" -- whereas it's not considered at all a facet of "political correctness" to e.g. try and suppress all reference to homosexuality or evolution -- "But people of the same sex do fuck one another!" The tampering-with-reality game is pretty equally distributed across the political spectrum.

The reality here also isn't that anyone feels these sorts of changes are "right" -- it's that schools simply don't want to deal with complaints and lawsuits from parents who take offense to one thing or another. It's a million times easier for them to just cut loose anything potentially offensive than it is for them to actually devote time to substantial review of each particular text to figure out what they're willing to stand by and what they're not.

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

The cake one, in fact is perfectly sensible! Haven't Fox News types been claiming for eons that if you even mention sex to children, they'll immediately run out and have it? Now imagine what happens when you show them actual pictures of something as harmful and shamefully available to children as cake!

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

they'll be rubbing cake all over their privates and having sex!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Cake is perfectly nutritious when it is all frosting.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I want to make a hot dog cake now, I just need some flour, milk, sugar, eggs, and pigs' anuses.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

well that American Pie shit gave pies a bad rap.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:04 (twenty-two years ago)

cake (note def. 1)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

"they'll be rubbing cake all over their privates and having sex! " --

of course, leave it to Mom to have to clean up afterwards. *sigh*

― absolute skittles, Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

this cake is not safe for work

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:06 (twenty-two years ago)

No need to worry - there are plenty of non-nutritional items available in the school cafeterias & vending machines + promotion of such products via "Channel One".

We used to have this occasional special called "Spartan Burgers". Rumor was that they were only served after one of the nuns had died.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Bai, meh wan fah eat this gyal cake

― buttch (Oops), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently you can get this at Disney. The epitome of health.
http://family.go.com/Resources/Features/Food/famf39cakes_hdhow2.gif

A twinkie dog.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Chris! You're cured my hunger.

― buttch (Oops), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

YUM! Spread Nutella and caramel sauce on it!

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

and put it in textbooks!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually I've never seen soda/chip/candy ads on Channel One. The only commercials they show are anti-drug psas which make the kids laugh. Our bookcovers however come courtesy of Moutain Dew and Doritos.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

TWINKIE DOG NOT ENOUGH. MUST SMOTHER IN CHEESE AND DEEP FRY.

― homer simpson typical American yankee gringo (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

You have to bread it first then cover it in jam, Tortelvis-style.

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't think that's a bun. I think it's Twinkies in Sara Lee pound cake.

― Jodi (Celerina), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

it is. which makes it even better, if you put a scoop of ice cream and some powdered sugar on it.......*drools*

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

*making sweet sweet love to deep fried poundcake twinkie dog*

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

That should be dipped in egg batter and then fried, then served with powdered sugar sprinkled over it Monte Cristo style.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

BINGO!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

That's what I was talking about! Like the Cheeseburger Monte Cristo!

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Am I the only one who remembers Dread Zeppelin?

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

unfortunately no.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

What does Dread Zeppelin have to do with batter-dipped-deep-fried-cheese-slothered-poundcake-twinkie-dogs? Besides the Elvis thing?

(I remember Dread Zeppelin. They're drummer is now the SNL house band drummer.)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

None of this is much of a surprise to me, since I edit textbooks for a living. One thing that they have trouble changing, though, is using pizza or pie to teach fractions. (There was one lesson I edited that used quesadillas instead, but that seemed more of an attempt at multiculturalism than at nutrition.)

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I heard an interview with Tortelvis (Dread Zeppelin's singer) where he described the ultimate Elvis food - the Cheeseburger Monte Cristo. A cheeseburger made with a shitload of mayo, breaded, deep fried, then served with jam for dipping. I'm seriously going to get some pound cake later.

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Sounds like fox canvassing for one of NewsCorp's Publishing arms.

The Daily Mail and Sun (a murdoch organ) do stories like this, normally flagging up some outrageos piece of european legislation, which quite simply does not exist. There was one quite recently about schools but I forgot what the details were. But in the past scares about the shape sausages and bananas have figured.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Here's a NY Times book review about the same thing. It's not just Fox News.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/29/books/29KAKU.html

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to try to wash the image of naked, cake-smeared children out of my head. This could take a while.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Can someone please send me some cake?

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

You'll get nothing until we get those cd's!

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

instead of 'hot dogs' just call them 'lips'n'assholes'!

― dave q, Wednesday, 30 April 2003 17:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually, there was a story on this on Fresh Air on NPR yesterday, so it's not just a krazy konservative Fox story. It was pretty interesting, they were talking about the topics and words that textbook makers have to avoid. One is poverty (seriously).

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

To hell with poverty.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Nick A, reputable news sources picking up on these stories is normally the result of lazy hacks and editors not fact checking properly.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

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2) To describe somoething very easy.
3) A very kick-ass band from Sacramento, CA. Very original sound, and a great live show. Current albums (in order) are: Motorcade of Generosity, Fashion Nugget, Prolonging the Magic, Comfort Eagle, and their newest album Pressure Chief.

1) Wow, that cake's delicious!
2) That test was cake and I didn't even study.
3) Cake is such an awesome band. I just came back from a concert of theirs and WOW!

― 5, Sunday, 21 August 2005 11:21 (twenty years ago)

While these changes sound a little silly, it's also hard to understand why anyone would strongly object to them (Mt. Rushmore is historically important???), unless of course, they're on a RAGING CRUSADE AGAINST DEM LIBERALS AND DERE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 21 August 2005 12:38 (twenty years ago)

Oh, fuck. I didn't even notice that this is from 2003.

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 21 August 2005 12:38 (twenty years ago)

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