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new nowra guide badly produced 3-Jun-2011 At 5:04:01 PM alg

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On 3/06/2011 Wendy wrote:
But, in case you hadn't noticed, it's largely misogynistic,
>racist and homophobic. With the odd jibe at incest and beastiality. This
>largely reflects attitudes and problems in our society that suck. I think
>it's quite reasonable to find them unreasonable.

Maybe, but when political correctness goes so far as to make jokes regarding minorities completely taboo, it only perpetuates the perceived rift between the minorities and the majority. In a society based on equality, there shouldn't be anything wrong with making a joke about homosexuals or women, or heterosexuals or men; and people definitely shouldn't be hushing up these jokes just because 'you can't say something like that!'. Seriously, i think most rational people are past taking the sort of sexist, racist, etc. jokes like those found in the old Nowra names seriously.

Sure, a lot of the old names weren't that funny, and at the end of the day they were just names, but censorship is censorship, and when one person decides what everyone should and shouldn't be exposed to it's a bad thing (IMO). I don't really care about the route names, but it's a bit disappointing that someone feels the need enforce their set of values on everyone for the sake of a few swear words and poor jokes, I thought Australians were a bit cooler than that.