still stings! haha. make sure you add Twilight and those other ones to your book section. just reminding you so you look more smarticle :p

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I like this alot, I'm happy I inspired you to write it. I like this alot more that I like mine. "I only have one true friend." Hmm I wonder who that is? :p

As for the whole "Happy Holidays" thing, I don't care. Anybody should be able to say whatever they want to whomever they want on an individual basis. If one celebrates Winter Solstice and another celebrates Christmas, why can't one say to the other "Merry Christmas" And "Happy Winter Solstice"? Just because you say so isn't imposing your belief on the other person.

I agree with Dex, that there is typically a reason for PC terms to exist. Some of it is ridiculous. But I honestly think that the separation between church and state is a big deal. Now you put up some examples that dealt directly with this issue. But as far as I'm concerned, God has very little place in politics. Especially since the people He or She chooses to represent Him/Her are really doing a terrible job. So when people use God to confuse people's politics we can get things like Hitler's Germany. Granted that's an extreme example, but it was fueled by religion. So I feel, to be a successful nation, we should be Godless. Religion is too sticky for politics. So separation is good. Mind you, I have nothing against religion when I say this. I simply think that religion should be religion and government should be government. But having things like "under God" in the pledge of allegiance is a subtle way of ostracizing someone for not believing in the same god as the rest of us. Same with "In God We Trust".

I agree with Dex, the origins of PCness were noble, but it's moved beyond that today and we're slowly being pushed closer and closer to that cliff you mention. However, I do find it entertaining to have arguments with strict PC followers, they spend most of the time stammering and stumbling, and end up eating their words no matter what the end result.

I don't see why you have to say anything at all if someone sneezes. I mean he just sneezed, that's all. Unless you want to say "OMG, should I call 911 ?" or something.

Perhaps the politically correct movement has gone beyond its original intention. The way I see it, society starting stressing PC awareness to avoid incidents arising from comments like:

"Man, there's too many fucking niggers in here. Let's go somewhere else."

or:

"Why the hell are Jews so goddamn cheap?"

or:

"Bitch, get in the kitchen and make my dinner."

Obviously, there is no place for statements like that in our world. Unfortunately, I think that political correctness focuses on what you can't say and to whom you can't say it instead of WHY it's offensive in the first place.

For example, Kelly Tilghman clearly didn't see what would be wrong with suggesting that a group of white golfers get together to lynch Tiger Woods because he was so much better than them. Maybe to her, lynching is an archaic practice and as unrealistic as if she had said to "take him to the guillotine," but for African Americans, it's still an exceptionally hurtful thing to say, even though that wasn't her intent.

See what happens the next time you say to a Jewish person (instead of "I will kick your ass) "I will burn you in an oven." If you're not aware of the Holocaust, the reference means nothing to you. If you are, you realize just how strong an image you can conjure in a Jewish person's mind, much the same way that lynching pierces the mind of a black person.

PC today seems to have moved on from the more recognized and more extreme cases of intolerance towards seemingly frivolous term modifications, many of which you have already mentioned. I agree with the intent, but I agree it may have gone too far in certain situations.

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