What is meant by the modern term referred to as POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.. Although I consider myself fluent in English, that term was not in my vocabulary. Someone found this definition in 4 telegrams at the Truman Library and Museum in Independence Missouri. The following are copies of four telegrams between President Harry Truman and Gen Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual signing of the WWII Surrender Agreement in September 1945.. The contents of those four telegrams below are exactly as received at the end of the war - not a word has been added or deleted! > > (1) Tokyo,Japan > 0800-September 1,1945 > To: President Harry S Truman > From: General D A MacArthur > Tomorrow we meet with those yellow-bellied ba_ _ ards and sign the Surrender Documents, any last minute instructions? > > (2) Washington, D C > 1300-September 1, 1945 > To: D A MacArthur > From: H S Truman > Congratulations, job well done, but you must tone down your obvious dislike of the Japanese when discussing the terms of the surrender with the press, because some of your remarks are fundamentally not politically correct! > > (3) Tokyo, Japan > 1630-September 1, 1945 > To: H S Truman > From: D A MacArthur and C H Nimitz > Wilco Sir, but both Chester and I are somewhat confused, exactly what does the term politically correct mean? > > (4) Washington, D C > 2120-September 1, 1945 > To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz > From: H S Truman > Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of chit by the clean end! > > Now, with special thanks to the Truman Museum and Harry himself, you and I finally have a full understanding of what POLITICAL CORRECTNESS really means.....
You Canadians and flatulence. And now your quoting someone who is talking about picking up a piece of chit.....have some couth already man.
"Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of chit by the clean end!" ... it's incredible that after all these years have passed, that this definition is still perfect...
