<VV> Re: [VV-talk] What is PC?

[Secular]

  The term "political correctness" is said to derive from Marxist-Leninist 
  vocabulary to describe the "party line". By the 1970s this term, 
  re-appropriated as a satirical form of criticism, was being used 
  by some on the Left to dismiss the views of other Leftists 
  whom they deemed too doctrinaire and rigid. It was in 
  this sense that the popular usage of the phrase in 
  English derived. The alternative term 
  "ideologically sound" followed a 
  similar trajectory to this point, 
  appearing in satirical works 
  such as Bart Dickon.

  source:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness

  so, ummmm....shall we say:

  <<yo geek ! -- end of discussion - dasvidanya!! >>  :))


  Tony I.


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Subject: Re: <VV> Re: [VV-talk] What is PC?


> You summed it up in a phrase (then blew past it), "takes it too far". I
> think that while PC is a good thing, it's been taken too far in many
> instances. And THAT is the real problem. Not PC, in and of itself.
> 
> There are times, I believe, that PC is "common sense" and
> "respectfulness" in "everyday situations", and there are times when PC
> can be taken beyond reason.
> 
> -Mark
>