Freedom of Speech ? Or Not!

[Wilma]

If the person in power doesn't want to be embarassed, maybe he should do something to keep from being embarassed.

[kdfrawg]

That is, of course, an excellent point, Wilma. Another excellent point is that they should keep from doing embarrassing things in the first place.

Of course, I often have this terrible sinking feeling that a lot of the people that are in power probably had to do embarrassing things to get there.

Yikes!

[Teresa]

More often that naught, I would say..

And by the way...
You all have made some very valid great points in some good posts.

Damn! I'm impressed!

((Yeahhhh even with you Ta Ta))   

[MarineMom]

when I last talked to my parents I learned that "political correctness" has spread over to England as well there is a movement over there that is trying to stop people from displaying the English flag because it "might be offensive to some of the immigrants that have moved there"

[Janet Harrington]

((Yeahhhh even with you Ta Ta))   

OMG.  Ms. T has given me a compliment.  I won't be able to work all day because my head will be too big to get into the door. 

[flo]

MarineMom, that really gets my dander up.  Any country should fly their flag proudly and immigrants should respect it.  When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 

[Jody]

Where did  this political  correctness  come from?  I think it came from the Clinton's,but  not sure.

[kdfrawg]

Oh, gosh no, political correctness has been around much longer than that. The following quote is from http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/4/4/121115.shtml.

"It was developed at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, which was founded in 1923 and came to be known as the "Frankfurt School." It was a group of thinkers who pulled together to find a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in Russia."

Follow the link for more...

[Janet Harrington]

But, I was right about it not being around when our forefathers drew up the U. S. Constitution.  Yeah for me.

[kdfrawg]

Indeed you were, Janet. And neither the phrase nor the philosophy enjoyed much credence in the US, except within US Communist and Fascist groups, until the middle of the twentieth century. I am fairly sure that I first heard of it, for what that is worth, during the Nixon Administration. In relative terms, that is not long ago, which make you right again.