This whole thing strikes me as silly. People take offense far too easily these days and political correctness have been taken to unreasonable extremes. The only result this "controversy" has yielded is the U.K. missing out on another decent looking figure.

 

That offends me Jason LOL

 

Back in G1 we had Huffer, Tantrum, Slag, Apeface, Hosehead, and other characters with names that would either be considered offensive, or insulting. No one cared. Like now most in America still don't care only a select few do and they ruin it for the rest of us. Though for Europe, honestly they need to stop worrying about offending everybody. Too bad we can't get the United Nations to outlaw political correctness and force everyone to grow a backbone

HUFFER? Seriously WHAT THE HELL? A Huffer is the device used to start Jet Engines rapidly.. Slag is almost an offence, but Imagine if a robot was released in the US called Short Bus, Retard, Ho, Birth Defect, Cripple Freak.. Lets see how you Yanks would be saying "Oh its just PC gone mad." No you would be up in Hasbros HQ Foyer with Plaquards saying "HASBRO = SATAN". Dont deny it The Bible Belt is almost the full bedspread and night cap.

 

How about Pixar does a sequel to The Incredibles but has Syndrome creating a Personal Drill and calling himself Down Syndrome?

 

How about a re-paint of ROTF Bludgeon called Mong?

This whole thing strikes me as silly. People take offense far too easily these days and political correctness have been taken to unreasonable extremes. The only result this "controversy" has yielded is the U.K. missing out on another decent looking figure.

 

That offends me Jason LOL

 

Back in G1 we had Huffer, Tantrum, Slag, Apeface, Hosehead, and other characters with names that would either be considered offensive, or insulting. No one cared. Like now most in America still don't care only a select few do and they ruin it for the rest of us. Though for Europe, honestly they need to stop worrying about offending everybody. Too bad we can't get the United Nations to outlaw political correctness and force everyone to grow a backbone

HUFFER? Seriously WHAT THE HELL? A Huffer is the device used to start Jet Engines rapidly.. Slag is almost an offence, but Imagine if a robot was released in the US called Short Bus, Retard, Ho, Birth Defect, Cripple Freak.. Lets see how you Yanks would be saying "Oh its just PC gone mad." No you would be up in Hasbros HQ Foyer with Plaquards saying "HASBRO = SATAN". Dont deny it The Bible Belt is almost the full bedspread and night cap.

 

How about Pixar does a sequel to The Incredibles but has Syndrome creating a Personal Drill and calling himself Down Syndrome?

 

How about a re-paint of ROTF Bludgeon called Mong?

 

And the problem with you Brits is that you actually believe the crap you've spewed above. The loudest, dumbest 1% that make it on TV don't certainly represent all of us.

OK, let's not get personal here. Otherwise, this topic will be spent.

 

:lock

 

Get my drift?

This whole thing strikes me as silly. People take offense far too easily these days and political correctness have been taken to unreasonable extremes. The only result this "controversy" has yielded is the U.K. missing out on another decent looking figure.

 

That offends me Jason LOL

 

Back in G1 we had Huffer, Tantrum, Slag, Apeface, Hosehead, and other characters with names that would either be considered offensive, or insulting. No one cared. Like now most in America still don't care only a select few do and they ruin it for the rest of us. Though for Europe, honestly they need to stop worrying about offending everybody. Too bad we can't get the United Nations to outlaw political correctness and force everyone to grow a backbone

HUFFER? Seriously WHAT THE HELL? A Huffer is the device used to start Jet Engines rapidly.. Slag is almost an offence, but Imagine if a robot was released in the US called Short Bus, Retard, Ho, Birth Defect, Cripple Freak.. Lets see how you Yanks would be saying "Oh its just PC gone mad." No you would be up in Hasbros HQ Foyer with Plaquards saying "HASBRO = SATAN". Dont deny it The Bible Belt is almost the full bedspread and night cap.

 

How about Pixar does a sequel to The Incredibles but has Syndrome creating a Personal Drill and calling himself Down Syndrome?

 

How about a re-paint of ROTF Bludgeon called Mong?

 

And the problem with you Brits is that you actually believe the crap you've spewed above. The loudest, dumbest 1% that make it on TV don't certainly represent all of us.

 

Or maybee because WE speak ENGLISH and you speak a b*rd -n nation of it..

OK, let's not get personal here. Otherwise, this topic will be spent.

 

:lock

 

Get my drift?

I do think it is needing a LOCK because the word SPASTIC is a word loaded with connotations.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic

I actually find it irrelevant that the US members are up in arms about this when "The Land Of The Free" can need a monetary value on Fire Rescue (see the GD Thread) or Home Owners Associations can declare what colour a Garage Door is, but the UK, The BIRTH or YOUR language and ALL its meanings is ignored. I mean Fanny Pack may mean a Bum Bag in the USA YOU ESS AY YOU ESSAY, but in the UK it means something entirely different... OTHER US companies have the intellect to say "Well that would look bad on us in the UK, so we better call it a Bum Bag." It just seems MORONIC that ME, ME, the guy who is so freaking anti PC that he is willing to try anything to try and circumnavigate any "offensive" words controls on other boards is the one standing up for the simple request for a FREAKING BAY-MOVIE-1-Devastor=Brawl name-change..

 

Just lock this thing before it becomes an Optimus Crime.. I mean on THIS board a while ago, I had a SIG where a BRITISH Bomber dropped a NUKE on an AMERICAN ISLAND, but was told it MIGHT offend Japanese members..

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Wow. More crap. Lock it up.

So Jason X you would be happy with a Charachtor released in the USA called Wigger or Um Big Chief?

 

Or even a PaedoBear teddy being released?

Cause that level of offence is what Spastic means.. Now if a Transformer was released with a Cybertronian symbol that read as Gaiijin in Japan you ALL would be screaming out against it. But this term is more offensive than any of those, Spastic V Nigger = Spastic MORE offensive in the UK.

Nigger may be a Rap song word. But would you be happy with a Transformer called FAG or QUEER or TRANNY? Or even She-Male for AirRazor and Override?

I wouldn't cry about it like you are and I'm 1/4 Lakota Sioux. It seems as though you get all your info on Americans from Fox News clips and I don't appreciate being lumped in with people who express those beliefs.

 

If you've ever watched (as an example) Family Guy, they've mocked murder, rape, incest, molestation, abortion, all manner of abuse and more. That's just one show and by some standards it's tame.

 

There may be some offense taken to these subjects and the way they are handled in the media. Just not by me. In your eyes we Americans may be pale imitation of the great and mighty U.K. (blessings be upon it, long may it reign) but us "Yanks" don't get our knickers in a twist quite so easily.

Take this in private guys. You just ended this thread :lock