What really gets my goat (and you don't want to get a Greek's goat, he gets lonely) is that all this IMHO is driven not by any consideration towards other races or religions or rights of minorities of any sort, but rather by risk aversion (whether to avoid litigation or losing votes etc). In this, Peace is 100% right, I believe; we (insert nation) are raising a bunch of risk averse ninnies. And what is worse, I feel PC rules miss the point.

Because you cannot legislate for feelings, for respect or consideration towards others, only for behaviours. Even if you manage to turn good behaviours into habits through long enforcement, you are not likely to change the underlying thoughts, and are perhaps even risking a backlash.