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Old 05-05-2008, 04:19 PM
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Yeah? What about words no longer tolerated publically, like "faggot," "queer," and the "N-word." How can you think Political Correctness hasn't worked..............??
ya and next thing you know you won't be able to make fun of catholics or conservatives!
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ya and next thing you know you won't be able to make fun of catholics or conservatives!
(*)(*)(*)(*), and that's my favourite pastime, too!
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I beleive it is! The truth cannot be spoken if it potential may offend some ethnic group or gender. We are truly a weaker nation for having experienced political correctness.

For example, many have posted verbatim language from the Quran calling for followers to kill people for no other reason than they don't have the same religious beleifs as Muslims. Any politicans taking this one on? not that I see.

Mexicans and other central and south American country's citizens are illegally entering our nation, illegally driving cars on our highways, and committing other crimes with impunity. (I have heard of a study that shows that over 30% of our prison inmates are illegal aliens). Anybody taking this one on? NOPE! The only language you hear on this is some idiots insisting on ignoring the crime and simply calling them immigrants. This should infuriate those who legally went through the process and legally became citizens of our nation, but we have been bullied into silence.

It is not healthy!
In short, yes.

I hate PC.

People should be allowed to say whatever they want on television and radio without fear of consequences (with the only exception being a call to violence).

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I beleive it is! The truth cannot be spoken if it potential may offend some ethnic group or gender. We are truly a weaker nation for having experienced political correctness.

For example, many have posted verbatim language from the Quran calling for followers to kill people for no other reason than they don't have the same religious beleifs as Muslims. Any politicans taking this one on? not that I see.

Mexicans and other central and south American country's citizens are illegally entering our nation, illegally driving cars on our highways, and committing other crimes with impunity. (I have heard of a study that shows that over 30% of our prison inmates are illegal aliens). Anybody taking this one on? NOPE! The only language you hear on this is some idiots insisting on ignoring the crime and simply calling them immigrants. This should infuriate those who legally went through the process and legally became citizens of our nation, but we have been bullied into silence.

It is not healthy!
Political correctness was around before the term existed. Politicians never insult major voting populations, and news papers never post topics that offend a portion of their readers. Political correctness is just a tool of social Darwinism that occurs in politics.
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I did your google search. 95%+ of the links had nothing to do with middle easterners. I also used Muslim instead of middle easterner, and it yielded just as few links.

I did see MANY white supremicist and extreme right wing web sites. But none of these had any actual stories. They were all hear say articles about "A Rancher says 'I heard muslims are crossing'"

If you did any research at all you would quickly find that Canada HAS a radical muslim population, and a very porous border.
If a radical muslim wanted to enter the USA, Canada is where they should go.

Please stop conflating terrorism with every single issue you feel strongly about.

Second point,
The OT is considered part of the bible, and you can't get through a single sermon without some preacher mentioning it or an "important" passage from it.

The portion about stoning children is about 4 lines away from the portion on rejecting homosexuality.

If you could just point me to the portion of the bible, where Jesus mentions homosexuals, I will buy a "God hates fags dead" sign from the local evangelical church.

Did you know that Jesus said usury is a sin? A very BIG sin. Do your religious beliefs prevent you from utilizing banks and credit cards?

In summary, don't play the old testament versus new, because you will always end up picking and choosing passages you agree with against those you don't. In the end, your religion is probably based 100% on your upbringing and personal philosophy, and has little to do with the bible.


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So there was 5% that was about middle eastnerers? Well, that's better than the none you tried to intimate. You said to back up what I claimed, I did. Sorry you didn't like it. There's an old adage, "if you can't stand the answer, don't ask the question". Learn that, heed it, you'll be happier for it.

Why would you use "muslims" in your search? I don't believe that border guards ask what their religion is. Are you trying to say that all muslims are terrorists? If so, what do you have to back that up with?

I don't give a fig what Canada has, I care about what's trying to get into the US.

It's you that needs to do some research, & please, don't tell me about your skinhead research, I'm not interested.

I got bored with reading all the nonsense & inane comments & have answered what I consider the most valuable of your diatribe.
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its funny how a bunch of the pc haters go nuts and claim their religion is under attack when someone says happy holidays.
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"religion isnt unique to conservatives."

do you know what the above statement means? there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.
You are incorrect, per google the phrase mostly unique comes up with over 3 million hits making the use of the phrase not so unique. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
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I beleive it is! The truth cannot be spoken if it potential may offend some ethnic group or gender. We are truly a weaker nation for having experienced political correctness.

For example, many have posted verbatim language from the Quran calling for followers to kill people for no other reason than they don't have the same religious beleifs as Muslims. Any politicans taking this one on? not that I see.
Wait a minute. First you complain that you're being censored, then you complain that politicians aren't censoring someone. Which is it?

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Mexicans and other central and south American country's citizens are illegally entering our nation, illegally driving cars on our highways, and committing other crimes with impunity. (I have heard of a study that shows that over 30% of our prison inmates are illegal aliens). Anybody taking this one on? NOPE! The only language you hear on this is some idiots insisting on ignoring the crime and simply calling them immigrants. This should infuriate those who legally went through the process and legally became citizens of our nation, but we have been bullied into silence.
Yeah, you're sooooooo silent. I don't get who you think is bullying you into what compliance.

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its funny how a bunch of the pc haters go nuts and claim their religion is under attack when someone says happy holidays.
Like it's a requirement to say Merry Christmas. Urgh. I always say Happy Holidays, and I get a lot of flack for it, too.
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Political correctness is fagety! lets ask a nig.. oww i mean brown person:

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Yeah? What about words no longer tolerated publically, like "faggot," "queer," and the "N-word." How can you think Political Correctness hasn't worked..............??
Long before anything calle PC existed, phrases people disliked were removed from the vocabulary... especially with politicians and businesses.
I also can't swear loudly in public and expect it to be tolerated.

Is that PC?

Sounds to me like most of the "PC" is just what used to be called "common courtesy."
And then there's all the weird stuff like what another poster put up as examples... and that's more what I'd call response to hypersensitivity... usually for the purpose of pleasing customers/clients (yes, even when in schools... Schools compete to keep students and also try way too hard to avoid lawsuits).

PC is mostly a right-wing buzzword to selectively attack social norms and business/public concessions that they don't like (all the while glossing over the ones they do like... like the topic of this thread).
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