This [New Zealand] article examines the wave of political correctness that is sweeping the country and is now threatening the very commonsense way of life that makes New Zealand great. The trickle of political correctness that we have become used to over the years – such as calling a chairman a chairperson, a short person “height challenged” and a rubbish collector a waste management operator – now appears to have turned into a flood which is in danger of undermining the pragmatic commonsense foundation of New Zealand’s democratic society. Over the past few weeks: Government Ministers have claimed that one...