MemphisR56 wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:'Brainstorm' is offensive now? But we even use that in our drama group and the schools too!
I can't keep up with what is politically correct and what ain't...
I said this was back when I was in primary school. That's the mid 90's. If it ever *was* offensive, which I can't seem to find any record of online, it wasn't a recent thing. Odds are it's dropped back into the "overton window" of being a widely accepted term, and it was a whole lot of hoo-haa.
I don't see the problem with the name myself. And I'm as lefty as they come. I'm even married to someone who has grand-mal epilepsy, who are the people who it's supposed to offend, according to the daily mail (about 8 years ago), and even she calls it brainstorming.
I reiterate: It's not because of the thought police looking to curb people's free speech, it's because Hasbro will want to protect their neck after their previously bad experiences with names like Spastic and Slag.
It's not at thing that people are mad about.
EDIT: I referred to the daily mail up there, here's the article I was alluding to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027985/Council-bans-brainstorming-replaces-term-thought-showers--fear-offending-epileptics.html Cliffnotes: One city council banned use of the term because, even against advice, they thought it *might* be offensive. People actually felt patronised that they were considered to be so hair-trigger over a largely outdated term. They issued an apology and changed it back. Daily mail framed it as the usual 'poltical correctness gone mad' stuff they're famous for
I think this has less to do with being "politically correct" and more like an local company, that has no branches in the US, already owning the trademark there (I originally thought it was the Lego company with their Mindstorm sets). If it was for the sake of PC, the US name would have been changed as well, see "Slug" and "Spastic" (even if the latter was never intended for UK release). Think of "Star Fox" vs. "Starwing", "Star Fox 64" vs. "Lylat Wars", the same principle applies.
Pretty weird, he's the first Transformer since RiD 2001 Midnight Express that had to have his name changed for a local market.