[Gorzaloon]

Works of literature written before 1970 are almost always taboo because they are bound to have something politically incorrect in them.

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

[goldstategop]

Liberals want a bland culture. They want a culture as schoolmarmish and humorless as they are.

[TomGuy]

-"Cowgirl" and "cowboy" should be replaced with "cowhand."

Cowhand? What about the bull. The list is full of bull--and the bull's by-product.

[ClearCase_guy]

So, there I was working on a crossword puzzle, and Number 9 down is "person who can't hear or speak". I'm thinking it will be an 8-letter word, but then I realize that the answer will be "person who can't hear or speak". Gee, not as challenging as they used to be.

[jjm2111]

Do we really have to excerpt NEWSMAX?

[jjm2111]

You linked a popup ad, BTW.

[pogo101]

O Brave New World! I'll get the book bonfire ready for the libs.

[GSWarrior]

Your link brings up a Newsmax advertisement. Rest of the story is not there.

[HenryLeeII]

Well, I think 'Eve and Adam' should be replaced by 'Adam and Eve' to show that women don't take precedence over men, and 'people who can't hear or speak' should be replaced by something less awkward, such as 'deaf-mute. Also, the term 'politically correct' should be replaced by something more accurately descriptive, such as 'immoral fascist simpleton.'

[Sloth]

-"Huts" is branded as ethnocentric and should be replaced with small houses.

[Paleo Conservative]

The bowdlerizers strike again.

[Humbug]

This kind of stuff really bugs me. Especially since i've noticed it filtering down to everday writing/talking the last few years. For instance, the other day i was reading some guy's post in another forum (not politcal) and, instead of using "he" or "he or she" to indicate some non-specific person, the guy kept using "she". I imagine he felt smugly enlightened by doing that too but i had nothing but contempt for him.

Also i was reading one of those "For Dummies" books the other week. It was about classical music and whenever they would refer to a non-specific musician the authors would go with "she" each time. I guess it was done to counter the fact that - horror of horrors - nearly all composers are male and so they were forced to go with "he" when talking in generalities there.

Sheesh, it's all become so convoluted. It was much simpler back in the days when everyone was smart enough to discern that "he" could mean either he or she in some cases. Instead we now have too many people with too much time on their hands, people who probably are quick to jump to the defense of someone who says something truly offensive (as long as the offending remarks weren't aimed at people/groups left of center, that is) but when it comes to this nonsense they are all-too-willing to censor.

[Gorzaloon]

Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley textbook publishers demand that people "over the age of 65 must be fully represented in text and illustrations; there must be a larger number of older women than older men, because 55 percent of older persons are women."

One publisher went on to say,

"Where the Bee suck, there suck I.

(In a cowslip's bell I lie)".

I just cannot stop thinking about these, I am so revolted and disgusted by PC in general, and this literary vandalism in particular.

I suppose our struggle will be in vain, as we" groan and sweat like asses beneath the wheel of Business".

[yankeedame]

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

(I know, I know...this isn't from - or have anything to do with - Shakespeare, but I've always kind of liked this quote.)