Tuesday, March 02, 2004
You said WHAT?
Tonguetied shows how supposedly 'politically correct' language destroys common sense communication.
Political correctness is supposed to help people avoid offending others. That can only be done by common sense and intelligence. You cannot legislate for these qualities. You just can't. No arguments.
The more politically correct legislation, the less people have control over and responsibility for their own actions.
There is a lot of nastiness in the world. I haven't noticed it diminishing in these politically correct times.
A little less judicial interference in people's lives - which is surely only shutting the gate after the horse has bolted - and a little more concentration on core family values of respect for others, taught from the earliest age, would not go astray.
Meanwhile, have a look at some of the absurdities reported at Tonguetied.
Political correctness is supposed to help people avoid offending others. That can only be done by common sense and intelligence. You cannot legislate for these qualities. You just can't. No arguments.
The more politically correct legislation, the less people have control over and responsibility for their own actions.
There is a lot of nastiness in the world. I haven't noticed it diminishing in these politically correct times.
A little less judicial interference in people's lives - which is surely only shutting the gate after the horse has bolted - and a little more concentration on core family values of respect for others, taught from the earliest age, would not go astray.
Meanwhile, have a look at some of the absurdities reported at Tonguetied.
