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Happy 40th to me!

4 comments November 28th, 2006

Going with the tradition I started last year, I’ve taken the day off work and spending it in Starbucks. A nice relaxing day. Bliss… My present to myself.

Canadians are such friendly and interesting people. Very tech-literate too, which is cool. I met Jenny last night; she was having troubles with organising travel, and getting very frustrated about it. It was a good conversation opener. Turns out she’s on holiday. She has a blog, so now we’re blog-friends. But it’s for ‘friends’ only, and that means you’re shit outta luck. So I won’t link to it, ’cause you’re not likely to see anything!

The problem with Political Correctness

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“Its first and pre-eminent characteristic is that it calls for the politicisation – one might say the transformation – of life. It wants political direction of all departments from, say, children’s fiction to judicial judgments. No profession is exempt. All must meet a political test – of correct thinking and progress.”
- Peter Coleman, former Governor General of Australia

Political correctness is the result of an attempt to remove discrimination in many areas of western life. However, it’s not working. In an attempt to remove discrimination, it has resulted in increased discrimination of those who are affected by it.