The many forms of offence

This morning when I should have been sleeping I was listening to 5 FM and the latest changes that are to be made to our everyday lives because someone has once again been offended by of the politically incorrect connotations. The change will be made to the ‘lady’ and ‘gents’ signs on toilet doors. They will now be changed to “toilet” and “toilet with urinals” because the previous names offend transsexuals and transvestites and anything else in tights. Once again money will be wasted to change meaningless signs that are offensive to a percentage of this population. Are there not more offensive things like poverty, rape and child abuse? I am sure whoever rallied for this change is probably bitter and angry and just in need to prove something to the world. The rest of the transsexuals, transvestites and so forth are probably fine with walking into the toilet that suits their personality. As Gareth Cliff said, “If you are going to be transsexual then you have to be prepared for some form of political incorrectness”. I think it will be highly offensive when I am doing my lady business and some guy walks in because he thought “toilet” meant “toilet” and did not see the “toilet with urinals” sign. So for all the Rhodes students, please keep up with the changes and do drop of your complaints at the Student Bureau if you feel offended by something as trivial as toilet signs so that we can waste more money on its changes.