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Xaccers · 29-01-2008, 00:09

Well the thing is, there are indeed people who are part of the PC brigade.
There is no denying that a group of Becta judges stated that they could not recommend a modernisation of Three Little Pigs to the Muslim community or builders for fear of offending them, it's not an invented story (the banning of said book is the invention), those judges who through oversensitivity, misunderstanding and just plain stupidity became part of the very real PC brigade. Similarly a supermarket's manager's decision to remove pictures of pigs from their receipt rolls (advertising their saving scheme) for fear of offending Muslims was very real (the suggestion that it was taken after Muslims complained was invented), and he too became a member of the PC brigade.
You do not need a powerful, well-funded, organised groups, just individuals with similar views on life, acting alone, but all in the same direction.
Like dark sinister liberals, self serving socialists or fluffy cuddly conservatives, you don't need to be a member of a powerful, well funded, organised group to be one.
Liberalism unfortunately leads to quite discriminatory illiberalism, as demonstrated on this very forum through some of the responses towards people who hold different views to so called "liberals"

29-01-2008, 00:09	#31
Xaccers Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milling around Milton Keynes Age: 48 Posts: 12,969	Re: Nuclear Logic? Well the thing is, there are indeed people who are part of the PC brigade. There is no denying that a group of Becta judges stated that they could not recommend a modernisation of Three Little Pigs to the Muslim community or builders for fear of offending them, it's not an invented story (the banning of said book is the invention), those judges who through oversensitivity, misunderstanding and just plain stupidity became part of the very real PC brigade. Similarly a supermarket's manager's decision to remove pictures of pigs from their receipt rolls (advertising their saving scheme) for fear of offending Muslims was very real (the suggestion that it was taken after Muslims complained was invented), and he too became a member of the PC brigade. You do not need a powerful, well-funded, organised groups, just individuals with similar views on life, acting alone, but all in the same direction. Like dark sinister liberals, self serving socialists or fluffy cuddly conservatives, you don't need to be a member of a powerful, well funded, organised group to be one. Liberalism unfortunately leads to quite discriminatory illiberalism, as demonstrated on this very forum through some of the responses towards people who hold different views to so called "liberals"