On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:33:46 +0100 Martin B�hr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 03:27:52PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Subject: Ubuntu Love Day! > > Is it only me or all this politically correct rubbish is sickening for real? > > opinions on the idea of a ubuntu love day aside, what's that got to do > with political correctness? well strictly speaking politically correctness is "avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people [...]" and it's therefore 'passive'; now, if you imagine to pick a concept no one would object to (like 'love') and use it as vehicle to reach whatever your goal is, you are using political correctness actively mislead people. In this particular case I find it sooooo over the top/ridicolous that is disturbing, and my bulls*#t alarm went off. still /me, under compulsion
