Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow!! That is right on the money and beautifully stated. Peter Klein wrote: > What we have just seen here on the LUG is yet another example of the cancer > of political correctness. There is a class of intellectual Stalinists who > believe that a person should lose their job, their reputation and their > place in the community if they *ever* are caught making even *one* remark > that could in *any* way be construed to be offensive to anyone whose > forbears have ever suffered at the hands of the majority. > > I have seen such people close up in university and public sector > environments. The problem is that they rarely expose any real > bigots. They usually just ruin the life of some poor schmuck who happened > to make an inappropriate remark due to fatigue, anger, use of a linguistic > construct that they grew up with but has fallen out of vogue, or the fact > that we all say stupid things sometimes. > > Even worse are the people who use P.C. not to right past wrongs, but simply > as a tool to gain power, cow their opponents, and denigrate others. Or > simply to cause trouble. > > There is plenty of real bigotry to fight in the world. Being part of the > Linguistic Thought Police does not aid in that fight. It trivializes > it. It creates a distracting side show of tarring and feathering and > making an example of someone. Meanwhile, real bigotry, much more skillful > at concealing itself, continues unabated. And many ordinary people become > so disgusted with the side shows that when real bigotry is exposed, they > think someone is just crying wolf. > > So, to the one who started this, and to his amen corner, > congratulations. Because of his one mildly inappropriate remark, you've > managed to purge the LUG of one of its finest members. Don't you feel > proud of yourselves? > > --Peter > > At 03:32 PM 9/2/02 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote (and I heartily agree): > >And Ted has been the voice of calm humane reason on the LUG for years > >and years and years. He's a great professional photographer (we've got > >lots of those here don't we?) and a great man. I saw he got angry about > >something in the last week or so and that's completely unusual for him. > >I'd assume perhaps he had a reason? What if he made a mistake!?! Wow! > >I'd assume the people who attack him are people who are new to the list > >and don't know who he is and what he means to the list. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html