From: stunned (stunned@execpc.com)
Date: Thu 24 Feb 2005 - 05:33:19 GMT
It's very entertaining that what was thought to be a PC comment made by
myself, (which was actually a refernce to the fact that homosexuality
occurs throughout nature and is not a problem - i'm a biologist
remember)...has resulted in the propogation of alot of discussion about
PC-ness..
<smile>
Nadine
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 12:11, Kenneth Van Oost wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Wallis <swallis@sbcglobal.net>
> You wrote,
> > Thoughts?
>
> Patrick wrote,
> > >> I have to be extremely careful in responding to these questions. Being
> > >> politically incorrect is not safe in this world.
> > > heck, publish and be darned....how did the PC memeset come about d'you
> > > think?
>
> but the PC meme/s itself undermines IMO one of Western society own
> fundamentals,
> namely_ the freedom of speech !
> PC or not, how far can you go !?
> Is the next line out of order !?
>
> Is insulting Muslims granted !? Where does it end !?
> After the murder on T. Van Gogh ( Holland) the Minister of Integration
> answers the
> question what her opinion is about the burning down of mosks :- " Terrible,
> but we
> shouldn 't forget a murder has been committed ! "
>
> And that should be worse or what !?
> In other words:- " they " have done a far greater evil_ " they " murdered
> one of us !
> Should we now in the name of the PC- ness shut up !?
> Does being PC mean a restriction of our civil rights !?
>
> But what does the battle for our freedom of speech mean if you don 't
> consider
> the moral background of it all !?
> There is no right to get freedom of speech if you don 't treat others with
> respect
> and his/ her ( human) dignity. Those are human values which condition free
> speech.
>
> You can be PC to the bone, and you can see to it that people are too, but
> what is
> the point if the half of the population consider itself racistic and
> xenofobic !?
>
> Regards,
>
> Kenneth
>
>
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