why have our star names changed? [Merged]

Mark7799

If you're referring to post #11 in that thread, they seemed to be doing more than giving an opinion - the poster was asking Martin to change part of the site.

HariboJunkie

meher wrote: »

They gave an opinion - to shame them when they said so sincerely doesn't seem nice.

Not trying to "shame" anyone. I was trying to see if anyone else was offended. If they someone believes what they wrote in a post then they have nothing to be ashamed about. Can I not quote someone whose point I disagree with???

zfrl

This is terrible - to be changed without notification. Whatever next? Don't us moneysavers have any rights? We need to rebel!

Convert sounds so religious!

MRSMCAWBER

Im now a "stalwart"....
and i have lost my star too..... my life is at an end :rotfl:

Miss_Money

oh dear im now regarded as a geek? :eek: im not sure i like that very much. i too prefered the maverick title. *gets all paranoid about being a geek!*

Ellidee

Testing testing !
Based on no of posts perhaps ?

Miss_Money

can i just add that as someone who has had SEVERE postnatal depression, i wasnt at all offended by the origional titles... and as someone who has a type of epilepsy im not offended by the term "brainstorming" either dare i say it... oh heck the worlds gone mad

MrSmartprice

Miss_Money wrote: »

oh dear im now regarded as a geek? :eek: im not sure i like that very much. i too prefered the maverick title. *gets all paranoid about being a geek!*

I object to geek, and I have sent a complaint to the site webmaster saying so. I suggest that anyone else who feels the same should do so too.

TNG

does this mean I'm not allowed to listen to Patsy Cline any more.....?

HariboJunkie

Miss_Money wrote: »

can i just add that as someone who has had SEVERE postnatal depression, i wasnt at all offended by the origional titles... and as someone who has a type of epilepsy im not offended by the term "brainstorming" either dare i say it... oh heck the worlds gone mad

:T :T :T

can I just clarify my view? I don't have a problem with the fact that some people may find things offensive but I do have a problem with them making sweeping generalisations on behalf of the people who have the only right to be annoyed or who know what it's really like to be discriminated against.

I could be a great advocate for the PC brigade if I wanted. I'm disabled, I don't have a career anymore, I've suffered depression and to top it all I'm a blonde Irish woman.:D Unless someone attacked me or my family personally there is little that you could say to offend me about these things.(please don't feel that you have to try though. ) I probably extract more urine from these issues than most. It just really frightens me to think where this would all end and to think that in a couple of years, once all the words in common usage which may possibly be deemed offensive have been removed, the Oxford English dictionary will be a small pamphlet.