USA: To Do's '06
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- JazX0
- JazX0
ohhhh now, see how you are Jaline. fine fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. No more Rome for you!!!
- todelete__20
(being more precise so everyone knows who, what, where, why, when, and how i'm talking about, to, whom, it....)
TheTick. My USA to do for 2006 would be to lose the out of control political correctness and replace it with some common sense amongst people.
- JazX0
TheTick. My USA to do for 2006 would be to lose the out of control political correctness and replace it with some common sense amongst people.
kOna
(Dec 22 05, 13:28)abso-f*cking-lutely
- mrdobolina0
Do you have examples of this political correctness run amok?
- JazX0
A couple of mothers from Scarborough, MA found themselves attracting national attention after they demanded to have some Christmas injected into the local school’s holiday lineup. From what I have read, they never wanted to attract media attention. They simply felt that if their kids’ school was going to cover non-Christian holiday traditions, then a place at the table should be included for Christmas as well. Sounds fair to me.
- JazX0
In Little Rock, they have renamed Confederate Boulevard to be Springer Boulevard. In Alabama, they have shrunk the "Heart of Dixie" on the license plates in an attempt to be less offensive. According to the article, this new Southern trend is linked to the fact that "business people and tourists don’t know what to think about slavery, elitism, and the Civil War."
wtf, is that. it's history!?!?
- JazX0
I see slavery and white elitism as part of the collective American culture and history. Like it or not, it’s part of what made this country what it is today. D*mn it, I will go so far as to say I actually agree with the chief of staff for the Sons of the Confederate Veterans, who is quoted as saying, "We honor everyone else’s traditions and heritage. Why should we discriminate against Confederate heritage?"
- todelete__20
Do you have examples of this political correctness run amok?
mrdobolina
(Dec 22 05, 13:32)no. but this is a good example of using your common sense to see all the political correctness gone crazy out there.
thanks.
- JazX0
In 2004, the Maine Medical Center redesigned the hospital gowns, which, as most folks know, are famous for leaving your backside exposed to every eye in the facility. According to the hospital, the gowns were identified as a barrier to treatment because of the cultural differences and values placed on modesty in many of those immigrant cultures. So, a special gown was created for such patients.
BS
- emokid0
you honor things you are proud of. that's the basic idea behind honoring something in case you didn't realize.
- mrdobolina0
Should Nazis be able to celebrate their heritage? If not, why?
- JazX0
This snowballing trend of inclusiveness seems to be a one-way street. We only desire to include what makes us feel good, and sometimes logic goes out the window.
- JazX0
Should Nazis be able to celebrate their heritage? If not, why?
mrdobolina
(Dec 22 05, 13:38)German Army members still do. It's not the principles of the Nazi party that they celebrate, but the commrodory they had as a unit. I've read about it.
- mrdobolina0
If you weren't a cracker, you might have a different view on a lot of this shit.
- emokid0
did you read about it on the internets?
- Jaline0
I completely agree about calling a Christmas tree a Christmas tree, and not a holiday tree, and about various other things like that.
However, since Hanukkah is falling on the same day as Christmas this year, people could say that as well.
Whatever works for people, use it and don't care about what anyone's going to say. Whatever the message is, it's usually positive, so just take it!
Although I do hate how everyone is like, "no one should be unhappy during Christmas"...
GOSH!
- -sputnik-0
the thought police is growing