Re: First post of August?

From: Domingo Zungri <kdzungri_at_comcast.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:10:24 -0000

I don't know why everybody is so negative about the term "Political
Correctness." As far as I can tell, "Political Correctness" is a
pejorative term for "Good Manners" used by people who haven't any.

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Georgie Hinklemyer"
<samoolives_at_...> wrote:
>
> I guess everyone's been busy this summer.
> Just gotta post something we got in the email. Apologies if you've
> heard this already.
>
> The following is the 2007 winning entry from an annual contest at
> Texas / A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of
> a contemporary term.
>
> The term was _Political Correctness.
> The Winner Wrote:
>
> "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional,
> illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream
> media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible
> to pick up a turd by the clean end."
>
Received on 2008-08-15 11:10:32