Should Halloween Costumes be PC or Not ??

marcsignal

I was just wondering how people felt about this ?

Should Halloween Costumes be PC ?? Or should Halloween be a PC Free Zone ?

I'm definitely not PC at the best of times, so I think you should be allowed to dress up as whatever/whoever you want without some gob****e lecturing you on the Politics of Halloween.

Dudess

Oh definitely PC. No black whatsoever.

monkeyfudge

I hope I didn't offend anyone with my Spirit of Jazz cosutme last night...

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/40499/46640.JPG

star-pants

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

Arathorn

The more offensive the better, what have you got in mind?

uglyjohn

i disagree, i dont think its black and white, just make sure its fun and you dont go too far.

Pigman II

marcsignal wrote: »

Should Halloween Costumes be PC

They should be PVC.

togster

Is dressing up as madeline mccan a wron thing to do.?

JIZZLORD

star-pants wrote: »

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

the uniform he was wearing was that of the afrika korps who were under the command of rommell. The afrika korps were actually never implicated in any war crimes.etc

scummy english tabloids blew it out of proportion.
Part of the fun of halloween is dressing silly and to make it completely pc is to lose the whole meaning. though some things can just be wrong to dress up as, it's all a bit of fun


[not a nazi] :cool: [/not a nazi]

Pigman II

togster wrote: »

Is dressing up as madeline mccan a wron thing to do.?

I doubt anyone would notice. Skeletons are a common costume every year.

farva

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

WindSock

farva wrote: »

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

If you start getting hassle for it, then you can say you're a ghost.
Dress up whichever way you like. If people have a problem, then so be it. You enjoy yourself while they piss and moan for the rest of the evening.

WindSock

monkeyfudge wrote: »

I hope I didn't offend anyone with my Spirit of Jazz cosutme last night...

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/40499/46640.JPG

Phew, lucky I didn't go last night, I had the exact same costume in mind

doonothing

my mates are going as anne frank and a nazi this year...
tutut

togster

Im going as a giant L plate. :eek:

LadyMayBelle

monkeyfudge, the costume is brilliant..

Ninja_scrotum

Last year i was a mujaheddin taliban. I had the special head scarf, and military getup, and a toy M16. And a few toy grenades. And i let my beard grow a bit long. Walked through galway like that and I was grand.

I'd say you can get away with dressing up as anything.

Like these?

Terry

star-pants wrote: »

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

The British don't like to be reminded that their royal family is of recent German descent.

marcsignal

Nice 1 Papa Smut, I found a few more

marcsignal

togster wrote: »

Is dressing up as madeline mccan a wron thing to do.?

How ? by disappearing half way through the night and reappearing in Morocco, or floating down a river with your throat cut, 6 months later ??

marcsignal

farva wrote: »

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

Just ask the Taxi Man to wait outside with the engine running

Karoma

star-pants wrote: »

didn't Prince Harry dress up as a Nazi once? he got a lot of flack for it.
It's a tough call -- fancy dress is always dressing up as a character... but some people will always take offense to non PC stuff.

This is why I never want to be famous.

|o.


It should be a PC-free zone.

SimpleSam06

farva wrote: »

I wonder if you'd get away with dressing as a member of "the Klan"?

Only if you wear crotchless panties at the same time.

Thats been my experience anyway.

vorbis

There is some line imo. I wouldn't be a PC person either but Halloween isn't a free pass to wear something completely OTT (which a NAZI uniform would be).

Surely people who wear a really offensive costume purely in the hope of causing offence and getting a reaction are just as bad as PC people?

Jesus Wept

Papa Smut wrote: »

Like these?

Little Hitler, deadly!

marcsignal

vorbis wrote: »

There is some line imo. I wouldn't be a PC person either but Halloween isn't a free pass to wear something completely OTT (which a NAZI uniform would be).

Surely people who wear a really offensive costume purely in the hope of causing offence and getting a reaction are just as bad as PC people?

what about going as "Stephen Hawkings" ? I mean, ok, a NAZI uniform would be offensive to many people, but only as offensive as an American uniform, or an IDF uniform would be to, say, a Muslim/Arab. Where do you draw the line ?

pretty-in-pink

No, PC has gone crazy. It shouldn't be 100% open, but it shouldn't have lots of limits either

marcsignal

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

No, PC has gone crazy. It shouldn't be 100% open, but it should have lots of limits either

pretty in pink, I'm HUGELY Confused

Laslo

PC? Nothing should ever be PC. That way we're all on an even keel and we can stop taking ourselves so seriously. It also means we won't get offended so much and won't keep getting piles from riding around on our high horses.

marcsignal

Laslo wrote: »

PC? Nothing should ever be PC. That way we're all on an even keel and we can stop taking ourselves so seriously. It also means we won't get offended so much and won't keep getting piles from riding around on our high horses.

Brilliant Laslo, I'm going to be borrowing that quote for the pub:D
if thats kosher ?

pretty-in-pink

marcsignal wrote: »

pretty in pink, I'm HUGELY Confused

Some things would be too far, but mostly the whole PC thing has become far to serious. Funny is good, if we can't laugh at ourselves we have problems.

orestes

Me and the girl-friend are dressing up as the McCann parents. Everything from the shorts and t-shirt to the summer dress and the travel bag with blonde hair coming out one end and a foot coming out of the other.

marcsignal

orestes wrote: »

Me and the girl-friend are dressing up as the McCann parents. Everything from the shorts and t-shirt to the summer dress and the travel bag with blonde hair coming out one end and a foot coming out of the other.

Oh sweet jesus :eek: ha ha

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

Some things would be too far, but mostly the whole PC thing has become far to serious. Funny is good, if we can't laugh at ourselves we have problems.

no i meant with your previous post, if you read it carefully, i think you might have been missing an ('nt) in there somewhere :-)

pretty-in-pink

Oh yeah...ooops. Corrected