There is nothing wrong with heading toward a society that doesn't refer to people or cultures with terms that they overwhelmingly find derrogatory. There are reasons (which I will not get into here) why they choose the terms they choose and it sounds very reasonable to me.
Sure it can get extreme. But there is a difference between one person saying 'call me a blah blah blah' and an entire nation saying 'please call us this'. It's just about respect. Part of growing as a society is not calling people by terms they feel are derrogatory. Political, sociological and psychological data confirms that when you tell people they are less, they will amount to less. >Is PC just the way the majority of our societies are heading? Where >people can't just relax and stop getting pissed off about simple >things that should not be so complicated? > >If so perhaps i will be the dinosaur. I just hold out hope that one >day this nonsense will stop and that people will wake up and say you >know "wtf we have better things to do then get upset about this >stuff". >Why can't we worry about things that really matter like making sure we >can take proper care of our homeless populations or any of the greater >number of things that we need to work on in both our countries. Or >will being PC help clear all that up just by making people more >sensitive to making people upset? > >That question is not trying to sound smartass is that really the theory? >Perhaps if i understood the reasoning behind it i would be more of a fanboy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187050 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
