Political Correctness

[George Wallace]

 

[FJAG]

Not to mention playing road hockey in the streets, going on ten to fifteen mile bicycle "picnics", and playing relievio in the various woods and ravines of Scarborough.

Yup. I and all my friends survived being free range children.

[cheers]

 

[Old Sweat]

Not to mention playing road hockey in the streets, going on ten to fifteen mile bicycle "picnics", and playing relievio in the various woods and ravines of Scarborough.

Yup. I and all my friends survived being free range children.

[cheers]

And in a small town after school, carrying our Cooey .22 bolt action repeaters slung upside down over our shoulders with the bolts in our pocket down the main drag and not causing any panic. We would each purchase a box of .22 LR at the hardware store and go to the dump to plink tin cans. Once in a long while a local cop would ask to see our weapons, but after he was satisfied they were safe, he would tell us to have a good time.

 

[QV]

Thankfully we continue to advance as a society. 

 

[GR66]

And in a small town after school, carrying our Cooey .22 bolt action repeaters slung upside down over our shoulders with the bolts in our pocket down the main drag and not causing any panic. We would each purchase a box of .22 LR at the hardware store and go to the dump to plink tin cans. Once in a long while a local cop would ask to see our weapons, but after he was satisfied they were safe, he would tell us to have a good time.

Our high school had a range in the basement and we'd walk to school with our .22's in a zippered case over our shoulder (bolt and ammo in our gym bags) for our after-school gun club.  We'd hand our rifles to the secretary and she'd lean them up against the wall in the corner and put our ammo into the safe for us until we came to pick them up after class. 

Amazing how the world didn't decend into panic and anarchy!  This isn't THAT long ago...early 80's (not that long ago to my mind anyway...to some of the kids on this site it might sound like the early paleolithic) and we're not talking a remote rural school either, this was Aurora in the 905 area north of Toronto.

 

[Pusser]

Yes, many of us did indeed survive these things (and others - remember lawn darts?).  However, there were a lot of kids who didn't and that's why we've seen an influx of seemingly stupid rules.  Unfortunately, kids today suffer under overly restrictive rules because some parents in the past were morons who failed to exercise common sense.

PS:  I was a latch-key kid and loved it.  I only occasionally tried to burn the house down and never actually succeeded!

 

[mariomike]

I am thankful that I came of age in an era before AIDS put the fear of God into people.

As for buying cigarettes. "They're for my mother!" If that didn't work, just go to a cigarette machine. You could smoke anywhere. The only concern was about fire, not second hand smoke.
I was a smoker until April 1986 when the laws became insufferable. I remember the exact day. I was backing the bus into TEGH and saw all these half-naked patients outside in their wheelchairs and IV's. I figured there must have been a fire alarm. But, was told it was the new smoking rules. That was the day I quit.

On the other hand, you had to be 21 to buy alcohol. LCBO was about Control. Not the boutique stores they have now. It was completely different,

1. Customer will fill in purchase order form as to date, brand number, quantity, kind, unit price, amount, permit number and address.
2. This form must be signed by the customer at the permit endorser’s wicket and in full view of the permit endorser.
3. Hand purchase order and permit to permit endorser who will hand it back after making the necessary entries on the permit.
4. Take purchase order to cashier’s wicket and pay for the goods. Purchase order will be received back from the cashier after being stamped by the cash register.
5. Present purchase order at counter and take delivery of the goods from the counterman.

From, "Punched Drunk: Alcohol, Surveillance and the LCBO 1927-1975."

Unlike cigarettes, I never developed a taste for alcohol. 

Never tried marijuana. Alcohol, tobacco and coffee were popular with the men I worked with. Marijuana was not. So, I can't say if I would have enjoyed marijuana or not.

Speaking of working with men. That's all we had back then. But, I do remember my first female partner years later. Couldn't hardly lift, but in spite of that, she was a lot of fun to work with.

 

[CountDC]

some years ago (5+? a trucker in Ottawa area was ticketed for smoking in the workplace - the cab of his truck.

 

[mariomike]

some years ago (5+? a trucker in Ottawa area was ticketed for smoking in the workplace - the cab of his truck.

Trucker fined for workplace smoking after lighting up in rig
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/trucker-fined-for-workplace-smoking-after-lighting-up-in-rig/article1316944/

Girl, 15, smokes as driver gets $155 ticket
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2009/02/17/girl_15_smokes_as_driver_gets_155_ticket.html

 

[FJAG]

I am thankful that I came of age in an era before AIDS put the fear of God into people.

As for buying cigarettes. "They're for my mother!" If that didn't work, just go to a cigarette machine. You could smoke anywhere. The only concern was about fire, not second hand smoke.
I was a smoker until April 1986 when the laws became insufferable. I remember the exact day. I was backing the bus into TEGH and saw all these half-naked patients outside in their wheelchairs and IV's. I figured there must have been a fire alarm. But, was told it was the new smoking rules. That was the day I quit.

On the other hand, you had to be 21 to buy alcohol. LCBO was about Control. Not the boutique stores they have now. It was completely different,

1. Customer will fill in purchase order form as to date, brand number, quantity, kind, unit price, amount, permit number and address.
2. This form must be signed by the customer at the permit endorser’s wicket and in full view of the permit endorser.
3. Hand purchase order and permit to permit endorser who will hand it back after making the necessary entries on the permit.
4. Take purchase order to cashier’s wicket and pay for the goods. Purchase order will be received back from the cashier after being stamped by the cash register.
5. Present purchase order at counter and take delivery of the goods from the counterman.

From, "Punched Drunk: Alcohol, Surveillance and the LCBO 1927-1975."

Unlike cigarettes, I never developed a taste for alcohol. 

Never tried marijuana. Alcohol, tobacco and coffee were popular with the men I worked with. Marijuana was not. So, I can't say if I would have enjoyed marijuana or not.

Speaking of working with men. That's all we had back then. But, I do remember my first female partner years later. Couldn't hardly lift, but in spite of that, she was a lot of fun to work with.

I used to routinely get sent down to the corner drug store when I was between 9 - 15 to buy cigarettes for my mom (they were twenty cents a pack then and I used to regularly keep the change to augment my meagre allowance). Never started smoking myself although I was heavily hit by second hand smoke from my family who must have collectively done five to six packs a day.

The LCBO thing brings back memories of bars shutting down for the supper hour and the separate entrances for "Gentlemen" and "ladies and escorts". Talk about control. Didn't seem to stop this sixteen year old and his buddies from going in though to order a tabletop of draft and a pitcher of tomato juice. (legal age was twenty-one then but profits were profits I guess)  ;D

[cheers]

 

[mariomike]

The LCBO thing brings back memories of bars shutting down for the supper hour and the separate entrances for "Gentlemen" and "ladies and escorts".

"Two separate and distinct beverage rooms – one for men only, and the other solely for women, except where attended by bona fide escorts.”

The area I live, Swansea - High Park, voted to remain dry until 10 Nov 1997. The nearby Junction would have to wait until late 2000 to go wet.
Only place you could get a drink was at the Legion. Now, there are bars all over the place, and the Legion is permanently shut down.
You still can't get a drink at the Grenadier Restaurant in the Park itself.

 

[mariomike]

Signs in Toronto urge white people to join ‘alt-right’
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/14/signs-in-toronto-urge-white-people-to-join-alt-right.html
"Hey white person, tired of political correctness?"

 

[jollyjacktar]

And of course in the story, it's all the Donald's fault.  :

 

[mariomike]

Speaking of non-PC things to say,

This from a Democrat, President Lyndon Baines Johnson,

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/

 

[Pusser]

Speaking of non-PC things to say,

This from a Democrat, President Lyndon Baines Johnson,

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/

It is interesting that today the Democratic Party is seen as the champion of civil rights and diversity.  This was not always the case, especially within the ranks of the Southern Democrats (from whence LBJ came).  Lincoln was a Republican (Southern Democratic opposition to his election as President was one of the causes of the Civil War), as was Eisenhower (who sent the US Army into Little Rock in order to integrate a school).  In the last few decades, there has been a noticeable shift in the two parties in that their racial views (for lack of a better term) have almost completely swapped.

 

[mariomike]

It is interesting that today the Democratic Party is seen as the champion of civil rights and diversity.  This was not always the case, especially within the ranks of the Southern Democrats (from whence LBJ came).

Regarding that,

"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is to many of us a watershed in American history. With it, blacks gained access to public accommodations across the country. When he signed the act, he was euphoric, but late that very night I found him in a melancholy mood as he lay in bed reading the early edition of The Washington Post with headlines celebrating the day. I asked him what was troubling him. "I think we just delivered the South to the Republican party for a long time to come," he said."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/11/13/what-a-real-president-was-like/d483c1be-d0da-43b7-bde6-04e10106ff6c/?utm_term=.dfe14117f0f3