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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 41075" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: When Political Correctness BackfiresWhile I&#039;m tempted to just say enough already, grow a pair and move on, words and images do have consequences as they affect impressionable masses, who are hollow vessels waiting to be filled with nonsense (like the current political mud slinging and class warfare). OTOH people who believe they are smarted than the masses want to control the messages in hope they will control the masses. (I am breaking one of my own rules here by presuming to know the motives of others, but since I am not naming names I give myself a pass).&nbsp; Did anybody notice&nbsp; <a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-02/world/world_europe_france-magazine-burning_1_islamic-law-bfm-charlie-hebdo?_s=PM:EUROPE" target="_blank">http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-02/world/world_europe_france-magazine-burning_1_islamic-law-bfm-charlie-hebdo?_s=PM:EUROPE</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; French magazine office burned out due to cartoon.&nbsp; While a bit of a stretch cultures are often in conflict and some take that more seriously than others. IMO wearing viking hats to a sports game is pretty harmless, certainly preferable to those horns, while swastikas are closely identified with a pretty dark political movement. I am more concerned about the derivatives of that political movement that are still around (like the Bathists in middle east and neo-nazis in the west). I remain a strong advocate of free speech, but appreciate that this speech is not without consequences. So people are free to speak, but are still responsible for the consequences of what they say (fire in a theater, libel, inciting violence, etc). It is the nature of having so many lawyers in our culture that so many perceived injuries will be pursued for redress. JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 41075, member: 126"] Re: When Political Correctness Backfires While I'm tempted to just say enough already, grow a pair and move on, words and images do have consequences as they affect impressionable masses, who are hollow vessels waiting to be filled with nonsense (like the current political mud slinging and class warfare). OTOH people who believe they are smarted than the masses want to control the messages in hope they will control the masses. (I am breaking one of my own rules here by presuming to know the motives of others, but since I am not naming names I give myself a pass). Did anybody notice [url]http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-02/world/world_europe_france-magazine-burning_1_islamic-law-bfm-charlie-hebdo?_s=PM:EUROPE[/url] French magazine office burned out due to cartoon. While a bit of a stretch cultures are often in conflict and some take that more seriously than others. IMO wearing viking hats to a sports game is pretty harmless, certainly preferable to those horns, while swastikas are closely identified with a pretty dark political movement. I am more concerned about the derivatives of that political movement that are still around (like the Bathists in middle east and neo-nazis in the west). I remain a strong advocate of free speech, but appreciate that this speech is not without consequences. So people are free to speak, but are still responsible for the consequences of what they say (fire in a theater, libel, inciting violence, etc). It is the nature of having so many lawyers in our culture that so many perceived injuries will be pursued for redress. JR [/QUOTE]

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