JerryR
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I think I've heard of them - just don't know their stuff. Of course, it isn't PC to teack the British Empire history in our schools any more :roll:
krysh said:hey there,
just a question from a non native english speaking: is PC "politically correct"?
Hi Carol: I have a BA in History; yup, it's a shame. The Dumbing Down to get the kids out of HS has meant sacrifices; if something doesn't relate to the little dickenses knowing how to balance a checkbook or download tunes, they chuck it. In FL, the HSs churn out velvetta in squirt cans ....if you're lucky, I won't tell ya what I really think...cjCarol said:Good grief! I'm so tired of the PC thing. History is history and shouldn't be rewritten to pacify anyone. The British Empire existed. It changed the world. And I am fascinated by it. It seems the entire world is turning into a bunch of whining pansies! *S*
Graham said:krysh said:hey there,
just a question from a non native english speaking: is PC "politically correct"?
Not anymore. :shock:
Hi Michael; a complex, ironic joke by Graham. 'PC' stills means 'Politically Correct'.krysh said:sorry graham, I did not understand. what does PC mean in the former context, personal computer, private cottage, presbyterian church???
capnjuan said:Hi Michael; a complex, ironic joke by Graham. 'PC' stills means 'Politically Correct'.krysh said:sorry graham, I did not understand. what does PC mean in the former context, personal computer, private cottage, presbyterian church???
Carol said:Good grief! I'm so tired of the PC thing. History is history and shouldn't be rewritten to pacify anyone. ...
It seems the entire world is turning into a bunch of whining pansies! *S*
Whoa, not so fast .... but as for the rest of it .... Yeah; a different kind of Apocalypse .... not riders on horseback or the thermo-nuclear thingie but the morphed-beyond-recognition remnant of what the post WW2 generation was trying to do socially and culturally. 40 years ago, we wanted stuff changed and updated. Cheap downloads isn't much consolation if the goal was a better collective quality of life; or, if it is, maybe we really didn't mean it in the first place. Who knows...Carol said:...I do agree. In a way, I'm glad I'm getting old enough to die. I don't think I want to be a witness to America in 2037!
Carol said:Sorry if I'm sounding jaded... but I've spent way too much time in Ireland where people are intelligent, educated, kind and caring. If you'd made this remark in the US 175 years ago, those in polite society would have thought you'd lost your mind. BTW; I have some Irish ancestors.
The "dumbing down" of America's education system is just part of the problem. We have become a land of two societies: 1) illiterate, angry thugs; and 2) banal consumers obsessed with personal safety and the relative size of their collective buttocks.
I don't disagree.
Okay, I'm going to get off my soap box now! Good grief, I don't even know how we got on this subject anymore. I think it started with concerns about having a chick in the forum! Threads go where they go; no absolute requirement to stick to the topic. Biggest issue w/ the socio-cultural 'subject' is that, while we can all do intellectual situps and pushups, it won't change anything in the near term and the thread collapses into ranting ... not that that's a bad thing...
krysh said:oh you americans. I am sorry, but understanding english/american jokes is sometimes very difficult.
anyway, thanks john, in this case I agree with carol:
Carol said:Sorry if I'm sounding jaded... but I've spent way too much time in Ireland where people are intelligent, educated, kind and caring.
No, Michael's right; it's us and the language. The shame is that practically everyone on the European continent speaks it better than 50% of folks in the US. Said to be one of the hardest languages to learn - and if so, I wonder why my Spanish is coming so slowly....???JerryR said:It isn't true Germans have no sense of humor - it's just different (oops - that wasn't PC - sorry Krysh )