Posted by Eugene Volokh:
I Don't Think He Was Talking About the Differently Sized,
or, Journalists Unclear on the Concept: [1]Mellow-Drama points to this
[2]Washington Post article excerpt:
[Justice Scalia] also showed there is no danger of him succumbing
to the whims of political correctness. Discussing a case about the
BMW painting process, he surmised that the vehicles' coating is
"baked seven times in ovens deep in the Alps by dwarves."
Uh, I don't think he was talking about short people; it may be a
[3]Norse mythology reference or it may be a Tolkien reference, but I'm
pretty sure it's nothing that merits being labeled (whether positively
or negatively) as politically incorrect.
References
1. http://mellow-drama.typepad.com/mellowdrama/2005/03/tolkien_on_the_.html
2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35096-2005Mar14.html
3. http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-83,pageNum-99.html
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