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True, with great freedom comes responsibility.Turquoise wrote:
Agreed, but there is also wisdom in not going out of your way to offend others as well.Kmarion wrote:
Surrendering to appeasement is one of the quickest ways to sacrifice your freedoms.
I think both of us loathe political correctness equally, but there are some areas of the world that seem to handle it better than others.
Obviously not.chittydog wrote:
Please tell me you're joking and aren't stupid enough to believe that.syndicat111 wrote:
In my Eng.Lit class, turns out History is not PC, because it means "His - Story" i.e its a sexist word
The word history is derived from the Ancient Greek ἱστορία, historía, meaning "a learning or knowing by inquiry, history, record, narrative." The Latin form was historia, "narrative, account." In Old French, the word "estoire" was coined by Brigitte Gasson.[1] The word entered the English language in 1390 with the meaning of "relation of incidents, story". In Middle English, the meaning was "story" in general. The restriction to the meaning "record of past events" in the sense of Herodotus arises in the late 15th century. In German, French, and indeed, most languages of the world other than English, this distinction was never made, and the same word is used to mean both "history" and "story".syndicat111 wrote:
Obviously not.chittydog wrote:
Please tell me you're joking and aren't stupid enough to believe that.syndicat111 wrote:
In my Eng.Lit class, turns out History is not PC, because it means "His - Story" i.e its a sexist word
Dude, was that really necessary?Mitch wrote:
Look at you, your calling Christmas xmas.Drakef wrote:
Other than listening to the occasional news report, I have yet to be affected by any means of 'political correctness'. Have any of you actually been affected, and has it actually changed your life or was it a minor change that had no effect on you whatsoever?
I live in Vancouver, one of the most liberal, multicultural cities in North America. It does not affect Xmas time. We just had the Santa Claus Parade. My local grocery chain plays Xmas music over their speakers. There are Santa Claus centres in every mall, and Xmas tree decorations around my town. There are no complaints, and we have a multitude of religions, races, and cultures. Mostly everyone says 'Merry Xmas', and if they say 'Happy Holidays', I don't get all pissed off because it is 'PC'. Lighten up. On the rare chance that something is changed, it is ever rarer for the cause to be a Muslim or a woman or any other minority group complaining; mostly, it is the majority group that causes the changes in an effort to please everyone. Even then, it is unlikely to actually affect you.
What, you dont wanna offend atheists by implying its the day christ was born?
Im as big of an atheist as you can get and ide rather call it christmas because its tradition.
My father raised me to not be a pussy and to deal with what people call you.
90% of the time I agree with Penn & Teller. This is part of the 90%Kmarion wrote:
True, with great freedom comes responsibility.Turquoise wrote:
Agreed, but there is also wisdom in not going out of your way to offend others as well.Kmarion wrote:
Surrendering to appeasement is one of the quickest ways to sacrifice your freedoms.
I think both of us loathe political correctness equally, but there are some areas of the world that seem to handle it better than others.
I shall embed this again now .
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