Baa baa rainbow sheep..?

[Borris]

A statement released after a media frenzy is not authoritative, it merely offers the Official Position of the group in question.

As I mentioned previously, had there been no media bandwagon, there would have been no need for a statement.

Why shouldn't an official position, no doubt previously documented, be considered as authoritative?

 

[VIRII]

What I actually said was

"I'm certain that there's no 'PC' conspiracy trying to stop us from using the word black."

The rest is all extrapolation on your part.

Have I suggested anything other than that? I merely questioned what other aspects of PC influence you accept or deny to get a larger picture of your overall view as opposed to a single instance of one word.

 

[Freefaller]

This has all very much been blown out of proportion now really. The article is foolish to make unclear statements about how or why the nursery rhymes were changed - and it's easy for people to jump to the conclusion that it's PC stuff going on, and with it being such an easily volatile subject it's no wonder the story gets sidetracked. It seems that this is based around a completely different issue to the whole PC debate, so it's not really that shocking an article (except it's a shame because the original nursery rhymes are so much better ).

 

[VIRII]

And the usual suspect repeatedly fall over themselves to find out the real story.

That is the reported reasoning "ie to make the song more active".
Whether that is what was really behind it all we'll never know.
I seem to recall lots of active songs when I was a nipper.