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This post needs to be bumped continuously, since there is so much food for thought in it.

My favorite phrase is High civilizations flourish on other continents; unfortunately, they neglect to leave any written records or impressive artifacts... I would merely add impressive artifacts unambiguous as to their provenance. Indeed these "sophisticated high civilizations" completely neglected writing, an indispensable ingredient of every other high civilization in the universe.

I was just yesterday pondering another current ingredient of PC history, the role that popular fiction plays in the establishment of history centuries hence.
I was watching the movie "Air Force One" for the umpteenth time, a movie I have always enjoyed, entertaining, engaging and full of action; but a strange thing happened this time: I became aware of the PC ingredients subtly woven throughout, a fiction of such proportions that it turned the movie into a comedy for me. The previous suspensions of disbelief did not mask the fact this time.

I will leave it to the readers to discover these "PC" gems in the movie, and perhaps find the ones I missed. I was able to notice 4 major ones. Heaven only knows how many minor ones were missed.

And there is no doubt in my mind that the same mentality that glorifies patently fake "high civilizations" today will similarly glorify the achievements so clearly defined in a movie which, of course, can be assumed accurately to reflect the actual social conditions of the period.

I fear for my great great great grandchildren...

In reference to the PC gems in movies: I hear that in the Tom Clancy book, "The Sum of All Fears" the terrorists who got hold of a A-Bomb were Arabs but in the movie they changed them to neo-fascist(Movie jargon for bad White People). Is this true? I'm new here, so please be gentle.

I became aware of the PC ingredients subtly woven throughout, a fiction of such proportions

I complain while watching almost every movie lately and my wife picks up the Hollywood programming but suggests it ruins her appreciation of the film if I sound off too much.

I usually point out:

1. Blacks are always portrayed as being smarter/streetwise and having senses that whites don't possess. Example is Whoopie Goldberg in Ghost or any movie or Star Trek episode Whoopie Goldberg plays in.

2. Christians are all mental cases -- the more devout the Christian -- the bigger the mental case -- and of course christians love to do violent acts/rapes -- and of course engage in child molestation.

3. Military movies for the last 10 years always have the action take place in a court room. All military action is wrong and the outcome needs to be decided in court and some member of the military punished.

4. Sex between teenagers has no consequence. No babies ever happen or diseases spread.

I guess if I really took some time the list could really get long.