Another - The world has gone mad thread.

[Chippy_Tea]

One complaint and the brewery is forced to pull the name as it will fear a backlash from the tree huggers, .

A brand of cider will no longer be sold at a festival after a volunteer found its name to be "insensitive".

Suicider, brewed by Wiscombe Cider, was being sold at Beautiful Days festival in Ottery St Mary, East Devon, by Otter Brewery.

Daniel Hillier resigned as a volunteer for the brewery's bar, saying the name was "inappropriate" due to its links to mental health issues.

The company said it would not sell cider under that name in the future.

Tim Chichester from Wiscombe Cider said in 40 years Mr Hillier's complaint was the first he has had about the drink's name.

Mr Hillier said although a "play on words" the name did not sit well with him because of his volunteer work with the Samaritans.

"I've personally lost two friends to suicide," Mr Hillier said. "There [were] probably a number of people at the festival that may have lost friends or relatives, and it's just so insensitive of them to call it that."

He added that the brewery did not seem to take his complaint seriously at the time.

But Otter Brewing's Managing Director, Patrick McCaig, said: "Quite simply, we won't be selling that brand at the festival again.

"We will take action straight away to make sure it's not seen and therefore doesn't upset anyone in the future.

"Perhaps it was acceptable in the old days. It's not now, so we all need to move on."

BBC News.

 

[Norfolk79]

And there was me thinking it was the spelling of "Draft" which is what the problem was aunsure....

 

[GerritT]

Oh dear, someone got upset.

For how long was that upsettée volunteer at the festival? My guess is: just long enough to get upset, complain, and quit volunteering.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Lets hope non of the volunteers are twitchers and object to a type of bird being associated with alcohol.

 

[Dutto]

I reckon there are a LOT more insensitive words than "Suicider" if we really go for it.

My own contribution is "Raypissed".

With a bit of luck it should upset most women, any man who have ever suffered from Brewers Droop and everyone called "Ray"

 

[marshbrewer]

Some people appear to believe that they have a right not to be offended, and they this right is greater than everyone else's rights to free speech. Not only is this clearly nonsense, as offence is a subjective matter, it's almost fascistic, as it implies that they are somehow more important that others.

End of moan.

 

[Norfolk79]

Some people appear to believe that they have a right not to be offended, and they this right is greater than everyone else's rights to free speech. Not only is this clearly nonsense, as offence is a subjective matter, it's almost fascistic, as it implies that they are somehow more important that others.

End of moan.

And then you have those who are offended on behalf of somebody else, they really get my goat :angry:

 

[Chippy_Tea]

And then you have those who are offended on behalf of somebody else, they really get my goat :angry:

They are the worst.

 

[Dutto]

I hope everyone remembers Bernard Manning, who was a man who could offend anyone without really trying!

Enjoy, but please don't be offended!

 

[Clint]

That cider could have offended kamikaze pilots too.

 

[Gunge]

I hope everyone remembers Bernard Manning, who was a man who could offend anyone without really trying!

Enjoy, but please don't be offended!

The world would be a much better place if Bernard Manning was still alive and 'at large'.

 

[Clint]

Perhaps they should brew a German beer and call it goose stepper...

 

[Pavros]

Perhaps they should brew a German beer and call it goose stepper...

Or even.... Gose Stepper

 

[Gunge]

Good job they don't do a stout. The chalkboard description would have to say 'achromatic' or summat instead of 'black'. Honestly there's some right nobheads around who can't help but create trouble where none existed previously.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

The chalkboard description would have to say 'achromatic' or summat instead of 'black'.

Those of a certain age will remember we used to use chalk on a blackboard it was called a blackboard because it was black not because everyone calling it that was a racist!

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[Gunge]

Those of a certain age will remember we used to use chalk on a blackboard it was called a blackboard because it was black not because everyone calling it that was a racist!
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And I remember teachers hurling the weighty blackboard eraser at unruly pupils. Nowadays they can't shout at them lest they hurt their feelings. Crazy.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

And I remember teachers hurling the weighty blackboard eraser at unruly pupils. Nowadays they can't shout at them lest they hurt their feelings. Crazy.

Getting hit by the eraser was bad enough the second punishment was trying to get your breath in the cloud of chalk dust that surrounded you when it hit.

 

[GerritT]

Getting hit by the eraser was bad enough the second punishment was trying to get your breath in the cloud of chalk dust that surrounded you when it hit.

Third punishment was picking it up and bringing it to the teacher.

Nowadays: I got a complaint because I had given a little research thingy, about backups (doable in 5 minutes), make report (10 lines could've been sufficient) and mail it within 2 weeks. TWO weeks. Some students didn't do it. So I gave them the lowest score. Complaint from their parents: the students didn't think I meant it. I got told off by my superior. Meanwhile a new assignment was running. I gave everyone an 8 out of 10 (never even checked whether they mailed something or not, deleted the mails as they came in, all few of them), didn't give anymore assignments that year and stopped teaching that course the next year.

Five years earlier the (then) students and my (then) superior were happy that I gave that course. Funny how things change.

 

[Oneiroi]

To be fair they shouldn't have called it that, to be called suicider the ABV should have been at least in double digits :tinhat:

 

[Clint]

Wonder what they will change it to?
Sewercider?