Quote Originally Posted by mojo
It is stupid to change the name of a sandwich as a socio-political statement, but that happens all the time. I don't see why this one particular issue seems to charge people up so much.
poop is probably right that rag-media like the DM whip up a certain level of hysteria about it. Again, not a left/right thing, all papers do this because they have to report something otherwise they might as well just sell printer paper. But this specific example, nobody gives a fuck about it until it's news. I didn't need to know about it. If I went to the pub and saw "Ploughperson's Lunch" on the menu, I'd laugh, and if I wanted to order it, I'd ask for a Ploughman's Lunch because I'm not playing their silly game. But I'm not going to kick up a fuss.

I don't think we say "barman" that much any more but we have "bartender" which isn't silly. I think the word "groundsperson" is fairly common these days without causing a stink. But this isn't changing a job title, this is changing a tradition. That irks people more.