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I wrote:
>>The local haze is also mentioned by Dana in {Two Years Before The Mast}.
>>But it isn't PC to mention that when anti-smog campaigns are underway.

quixote@primenet.com (Donald A. Hosek) writes:
>Sure it is. What's non-PC is to say, it's always been hazy so there
>isn't a smog problem. I think it's about time to take back the
>underlying concept of PC (which is embraced by Rush Limbaugh, among
>others): That is, that words matter, and people can do harm by
>publicly denying the truth.

1. My comment should not be taken to infer my overall opinion of all
anti-smog campaigns. 2. "PC" == politically correct, used sarcastically
in reference to topics some folks would like to be correct, but which
do not become correct just by wishing. 3. There is certainly a smog
problem in LA, as in many other places, but it is nowhere near as bad
as it was, say, 30 years ago. On some days, the air might be very similar
to the old haze. Not all of the visibility impairment is caused by smog.
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