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Or instead of banning words should we be campaigning for their acceptance?
Banning words and subject matters for fear of upsetting people runs the risk of stifling conversation and halting social progress.
Banning words works together with another language game authoritarians play: floating extreme ideas to make them acceptable to mainstream audiences.
And, on the anonymous open comment front, we have the delicious hyperbole of the Independent news article's thread, in which commenter 'Rob Conway' sneers (and this is one of several similar examples): "Banning words.
Some very nasty undertones to this innit RT @_griff The Harris Academy in Norwood has started banning words pic.twitter.com/eDV0OMXzaB Labour MP David Lammy had said the ban was "a very good idea" and that, having seen first-hand how incorrect use of English was affecting young people's job prospects, praised the school for setting-out a professional, educational environment.
Image caption Richard Keys (right) said his and Andy Gray's "prehistoric banter" was "not acceptable in a modern world" Although he questions whether banning words is the way forward, Mr Okwonga said Mr Stuchbery was right to make a stand.
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Our goal here is not to ban words.
Many of Parliament's banned words are incredibly archaic.
He regularly banned words and phrases he considered overused.
By using those banned words, the Surgeon General accelerated the ongoing sexual education of America.
At this time of year the Local Government Association usually issues a list of banned words.
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