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Fri, 12 January 2007 20:21

Nigel

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David wrote:
>This would have been politically incorrect forty years ago.<

Polical correctness, and therefore political incorrectness, did not exist forty years ago. David, why are you so wedded to political correctness?

As I wrote in an earlier thread, and I remember you took the remark personally, political correctness is for the intellectually lazy. It saves having to think for oneself. It is a mental straitjacket imposed by those who consider themselves morally superior to those who have not the mental stamina to think things through. It then leads to the ridiculous - winterval instead of Christmas, no hanging flower baskets in the streets of Ipswich, telling people what to eat and what not to eat without taking their individual metabolisms into account, non-competitive sports days…

I thought I'd better start a new thread rather than hijack the 'forget the nature VS nurture argument…' one.

Hugs
Nigel

I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.

…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.

		Political Incorrectness By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 20:21
		And? By: Deeej on Fri, 12 January 2007 20:44
		Re: And? By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 22:01
		Good Lord, he's serious! By: Deeej on Fri, 12 January 2007 22:29
		Re: Good Lord, he's serious! By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 23:09
		Sorry, I'm ducking out of this thread By: Deeej on Sat, 13 January 2007 00:08
		Re: And? By: NW on Fri, 12 January 2007 22:33
		Re: And? By: Deeej on Fri, 12 January 2007 22:37
		Re: And? By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 23:25
		Re: And? By: NW on Fri, 12 January 2007 23:55
		Re: And? By: electroken on Sat, 13 January 2007 07:46
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: NW on Fri, 12 January 2007 21:38
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 22:10
		A couple of points By: Deeej on Fri, 12 January 2007 22:47
		Re: A couple of points By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 23:15
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: NW on Fri, 12 January 2007 23:05
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: Nigel on Fri, 12 January 2007 23:17
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: arich on Sat, 13 January 2007 00:00
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: NW on Sat, 13 January 2007 00:40
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: tBP on Sat, 13 January 2007 00:57
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: electroken on Sat, 13 January 2007 07:58
		It all goes to show ... By: cossie on Sat, 13 January 2007 03:58
		Re: It all goes to show ... By: electroken on Sat, 13 January 2007 08:10
		Sapir-Whorf and other animals ... By: NW on Sat, 13 January 2007 12:08
		Excerpts From Wikipedia..... By: E.J. on Sat, 13 January 2007 22:03
		The Wikipedia article is marked "under dispute" ... By: NW on Sat, 13 January 2007 22:35
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: Nigel on Sat, 13 January 2007 09:27
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: jack on Sat, 13 January 2007 11:30
		Re: Political Incorrectness By: timmy on Sat, 13 January 2007 11:55
		This topic certainly seems to provoke emotion ... By: cossie on Sun, 14 January 2007 04:26

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