Brian Gupta writes ("Re: Code of Conduct: picking up"):
> I'll leave you with a quote from one of my favorite authors, which
> may help put things in perspective.:
>
> I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough)
> yesterday which included the phrase `In these days of political
> correctness' talking about no longer making jokes that
> denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their
> skin. And I thought, "That's not actually anything to do with
> `political correctness'. That's just treating other people with
> respect."
>
> Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which
> we replaced the phrase `politically correct' wherever we could
> with `treating other people with respect', and it made me smile.
>
> You should try it. It's peculiarly enlightening.
>
> I know what you're thinking now. You're thinking "Oh my god, that's
> treating other people with respect gone mad!"
>
> - Neil Gaiman
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing that with us. My day is better
already.
Ian.
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