Political Correctness

Today's song is: One Night in Bangkok  ... used before but different version

My personal favorite ...  some Thai girls having fun dancing ... they love to dance!

One reason I love Thailand so much is that Political Correctness has not yet made inroads into Thai society. They call it as they see it.

I came across this interesting comment on PC in Sports and added a bit to it. It is a good read.  In case you are a Thai reader beaver = pussy in farang land.

I think all sports fans will get a kick out of this letter written to the Chicago Tribune.... 
No matter which side you are on in the matter of renaming the Washington Redskins, this  is funny. This guy is hilarious…; 

Here is an e-mail sent to Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune after an article he  published concerning a name change for the Washington Redskins. 
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Dear Mr. Page: I agree with our Native American population. I am highly insulted by the racially charged name of the Washington Redskins. One might argue that to name a professional football team after Native Americans would exalt them as  fine warriors, but nay, nay. We must be careful not to offend, and in  the spirit of political correctness and courtesy, we must move forward.
  
Let's ditch the Kansas City Chiefs, the Atlanta   Braves and the Cleveland Indians.  If your shorts are in a wad because of the reference the name Redskins makes  to skin color, then we need to get rid of the Cleveland Browns.
   
The Carolina Panthers obviously were named to keep the memory of militant Blacks from the 60's alive. Gone. It's offensive to us white folk. 
   
The New York Yankees offend the Southern population. Do you see a team named for  the Confederacy?  No!  There is no room for any reference to that tragic war that  cost this country so many young men's lives. 
   
I am also offended by the blatant references to the Catholic religion among our sports team names.  Totally inappropriate to have the New Orleans Saints, the Los  Angeles Angels or the San Diego Padres. 
    
Then there are the team names that glorify criminals who raped and pillaged. We are talking about the horrible Oakland Raiders, the Minnesota Vikings, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh Pirates! 

Now, let us address those teams that clearly send the wrong message to our children.  The San Diego Chargers promote irresponsible fighting or even spending habits.   Wrong message to our children. 
   
The New York Giants and the San Francisco Giants promote obesity, a growing childhood epidemic. Wrong message to our children.
   
The Cincinnati Reds promote downers/barbiturates. Wrong message to our children. 
   
The Milwaukee Brewers. Well that goes without saying. Wrong message to our children.

Added by Jim:

I would think the Edmonton Eskimos should be come the Edmonton Indigenous Peoples or perhaps the Edmonton Inuit.

The Montreal Canadiens should be the Montreal Multicultural Peoples.

The Toronto Blue Jays should be the Toronto Jays, or better yet, Birds as to not offend grey jays or crows, or other birds.

The Syracuse Orangment should perhaps be better named teh Syracuse Orange People not to offend the feminists. 

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So, there you go.  We need to support any legislation that comes out to rectify this travesty, because the government will likely become involved with this issue, as they should.  Just the kind of thing the do-nothing  Congress or Parliament loves.. 
   
As a die hard Oregon State fan, my wife and I, with all of this in mind, suggest it might also make some sense to change the name of the Oregon State women's athletic teams to something other than "the Beavers  (especially when they play Southern California . Do we really want the Trojans sticking it to the Beavers???) 


  I always love your articles and I generally agree with them.  As for the Redskins name I would suggest they change the name to the “Foreskins” to better represent their community, paying tribute to the dick heads in Congress.