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In article <1992Aug23.174730.4306@ee.ubc.ca> jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes:
>In article <1992Aug21.203735.11260@sfu.ca> probst@fraser.sfu.ca (Scott Probst) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug21.202345.24264@cs.ubc.ca> hassan@cs.ubc.ca (Moustafa M Hassan) writes:
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>>>* Moustafa Hassan          |                                       *
>>>* hassan@cs.ubc.ca         |  Political correctness is a euphemism *  
>>>* TEL/FAX: (604) 535-2826  |  for intellectual stagnation.         *
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>>just thought is worth a comment: "political correctness" doesn't exist,
>>except in the minds of those who want to dismiss pressure to stop
>>treating the world as if it exists in convenient, predetermined categories
>>that allow us to easily dismiss the rights of others. "political 
>>correctness" was invented by those who refuse to open themselves to
>>change.
>
>
>Ah yes! What a politically incorrect faux-pas! After all, by calling you
>"politically-correct" we are in fact defining you, which is A Bad Thing,
>according to all the deconstructionist-postmodern types. By defining you
>this way, we are taking away your "empowerment", we are limiting you, and
>trying to use the Establishment to oppress you. By trying to control the 
>language that defines you, we are taking away your right to define yourself.
>IF you can't define yourself in your own lingustic and socio-cultural terms,
>you will only see yourself in negative, oppressive terms of all us White
>Males.

... a lot cut, but you get the picture. actually, i tend not to include myself
as part of the "cultural left" - another nice phrase. what i was getting at
was more attitude and motivation behind using such labels, which is revealed
aplenty by you. by using cheap measures of what i mean, such as race, to sup-
posedly cut down what i was saying, i think the discussion is being badly short-
changed. i think the main shortcoming of labels such as "pc" is that they
are a way for people not to address the real issues underlying the talk. if
you wanted to actually address any particular issue, that would be great.

-- 
Scott Probst: Brain and Behaviour Laboratory, Psychology dept, SFU
              Graduate Issues Officer, Simon Fraser Student Society.
e-mail: probst@fraser.sfu.ca - ph: (604) 291 3354/3181 - fax: (604) 291 5843
              "yes, well, and here we go again..." - Dr H. S. Thompson