Attack Political Correctness
A squirrel is just a rat with good public relations
by Phillip Day

The Week reports as follows:

'The University of California in Los Angeles has created 50 new courses since 11 September to 'explore the scope of issues emerging from the terrorist attacks'. In future, students will be able to study such topics as Navigating Between Blithesome Optimism and Cultural Despair, Women's Participation in Political Violence, and Understanding the Unthinkable and Incomprehensible.

Inmates of the Pascoe County jail in Florida complained that their new black and white striped uniforms, which replaced their orange outfits, were 'degrading'. "They make us look like convicts", said prisoner Shawn McCarthy.

The game of 'tag' has been outlawed in a school in the US because it violates the school's 'no touching' policy. A spokesman for the West Minneapolis education authority explained that children might not know the difference between 'good touches and bad touches'. "What we're trying to do," she explained, "is use structured discipline policies and logical consequences to let youngsters know what the rules are."

In 2002, CTM and Credence opened up research into the destructive effects of Outcome Based Education and a myriad of psychiatrically driven initiatives designed to destroy the concept of right and wrong. One such area is the nonsensical system of social and professional control known as 'political correctness'. Most folk, of course, know the difference between right and wrong, but how many want to face the barrage of indignant ripostes from the minority and its media-driven liberal establishment, whose social experiments with education, drugs, pornography and Freud have wrought the havoc we see on our streets today?

Political correctness is a symptom of a sick society, of over-bloated government seeking work for an ever-expanding payroll. Under the guise of 'Health and Safety', these nazis roundly damn the right to free speech and self-expression for fear of offending minority elements. Mostly, the minority elements are as offended as the rest of us about it all.

To me, a politically-correct person is the real enemy. I may object to your views and you to mine, but I defend your right to the death to say what you want, where you want, when you want, because in a free society that's what free people can do. Imagine how potent free speech can be against an extremist minority seeking to impose their own unpopular world-view, who try to mine the trail behind them for fear of being ambushed. Well, ambushed they should be, at every river-crossing and on every dusty trail (they don't think I'm onto them but I am).

TEACHING RIGHT AND WRONG IS SCRAPPED, protests James Tozer in the Mail. 'Schools will no longer have to teach children the difference between right and wrong, it was revealed yesterday. The National Curriculum will be changed to say teachers merely have to help them develop 'secure values and beliefs'.

And learning about Britain's cultural heritage will be dropped in favour of making sure pupils 'understand different cultures and traditions'.

There was anger and disbelief last night at the planned changes to the curriculum for 11 to 14-year-olds, which come at a time of growing concern about anti-social behaviour.'

Did you know the organisers of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar were so desperate to avoid offending the French they had a blue fleet and a red fleet provided for the re-enactment of the battle?

Jimmy Cohen contacted the campaign Against Political Correctness to report how, on July 8th 2005, 'I decided to fly a British flag from my car due to my heartache and solidarity with the victims of the London bombings ['7/7']. The police pulled me over and told me that it could be considered racist and that I must take it down. Almost in tears I explained I was doing it for the people who were killed by the terrorists. The policeman just said that I had to take it down or he would arrest me for racial incitement.'

Heather has a similar story: "While living in Canada and working for Pottery Barn, we were told not to say 'Merry Christmas' but 'Happy Holidays'. I called a black board a black board and was told that I must never say this again as it is racially offensive. I was also told that I could not wear my cross because it might offend our Muslim workers. Did anyone think I might be offended? I think not."

Political correctness only survives due to the public's apathy to fight it. And the judiciary can't protest they are forced into these bizarre interpretations due to the European Convention on Human Rights, since the rest of Europe generally does what suits them - France especially. But good old Britain must do everything by the book, so dots the 'I's and crosses the 'T's and away we go into Wonderland; the 'bullied' city high-flier given £800,000 for her hurt feelings; Children not able to ride donkeys on Bognor Beach without wearing a full-face motorcycle crash helmet. Human rights lawyer, Cherie Blair.

Political correctness has emasculated the police, who these days in Britain are mostly to be found jailing pensioners for refusing to pay their Council Tax, arresting merchants for putting golliwogs in their shop windows, and rousting those who say unkind things against Paul Cahill's Gay Police Association. Needless to say, while Plod has been otherwise occupied, crooks have been having a beano. British crime has soared as judgments are made in favour of the criminal. 'Life' for murder these days gets you eight years if that. School performance has plummeted, and don't even think about videotaping your child's Nativity play in case you're a paedophile.

Me? I don't happen to think Snow White is racially inappropriate, nor that the Seven Dwarfs are vertically challenged. Who on Earth will I offend next? Will 'innuendo' become an Italian suppository, or Little Red Riding Hood Vladimir Putin's contraceptive?

Politically correct weasels are the enemy and must be confronted at all costs. Tell 'em how mad you are, but use legal means, whatever that means these days. PC is minority extremism forced down ordinary people's throat and I've been choking for years, how about you? Eric Moir is worthy of the final word:

"My son is a music teacher" he writes. "When he started his first job, he was told he could not teach his pupils 'Baa Baa Black Sheep', but had to use 'Baa Baa HAPPY Sheep instead."

Oh, God.

I mean -

Extracted with permission from Phillip Day's forthcoming new book, Simple Changes: Your 100 Ways to a Happier, Healthier Life. Available from 1st October via Credence.