At times I thought of suggesting to draw this up to a close, perhaps move a few quotes to the offensive section to placate the PC brigade, but it seems kinda nice to follow this dialogue, which while presenting opposing opinions is still being held in a very civilised way...
Cheers, Chavdar On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 at 21:01 Andy Ruhl <acr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Rhialto <rhia...@falu.nl> wrote: > > You do realise that the term "political correctness" was intruduced as a > > straw man to make perfectly reasonable arguments look ridiculous? > > Anybody who invokes that term automatically shows their true colours. > > I think it's a notion invented to avoid offending people, by people > who themselves like to avoid confontation. Which masks facts and true > debate. > > Respect for someone doesn't include agreeing with them. This is what > is missed in political correctness. > > Andy >