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Originally Posted by gastan
There is everything wrong with being politically correct. The term itself implies a condition imposed by others against your better judgement. It shows a sheep mentality which "goes with the flow." It implies a weak willed wuss that doesn't have enough backbone to have any principles of their own, right or wrong as they may be. It leads to ridiculous and outrageous situations such as banning books.
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It depends why it's done, don't you think? Not using words that people genuinely find offensive is just common courtesy. What I do find crazy is when people IMAGINE offensive terms: eg, in British schools, blackboards are now called "chalk boards", which is just plain daft. Anyone who thinks that calling a board which is black a "blackboard" is going to offend someone really needs their head examining.
... especially when those same schools still happily use "whiteboards"
