Comments on: Which English cathedral will be the first to apppoint a government-funded diversity officer to enforce political correctness in its services?

By: Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:54:44 +0000

Yet another commentator who refers to “political correctness” without knowing what it means. So let’s get down to basics on this. The term “political correctness” is best understood by comparing the separate tasks of bringing up small children in the USA and the UK. A British parent, advising a child on a matter of polite conduct, will say: “That’s good manners,” whereas an American parent will tend to say: “That’s correct.” So, to be POLITICALLY CORRECT in the USA means to be well-mannered within the framework of the American Constitution. But I’ve got a piece of Earth-shattering news for you, folks: the said Constitution has no legal validity whatever in the UK, and therefore PC is NOT PC on this side of the Atlantic. End of Story.

By: Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:47:09 +0000

Yet another commentator who refers to “political correctness” without knowing what it means. So let’s get down to basics on this. The term “political correctness” is best understodd by comparing the separate tasks of bringing up small children in the USA and the UK. A British parent, advising a child on a matter of polite conduct, will say: “That’s good manners,” whereas an American parent will tend to say: “That’s correct.” So, to be POLITICALLY CORRECT in the USA means to be well-mannered within the framework of the American Constitution. But I’ve got a piece of Earth-shattering news for you, folks: the said Constitution has no legal validity whatever in the UK, and therefore PC is NOT PC on this side of the Atlantic. End of Story.