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Thread #134758   Message #3068100
Posted By: Ed T
05-Jan-11 - 07:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Political Correctness goes too far
Subject: RE: BS: Political Correctness goes too far
An interesting perspective LH.

But, as with most issues, there are many factors and complexities that do not put everything in black and white terms, (or, simple logos), no pun intended.

As to historic accuracy, this is a story, not a history book, right? Let's put it in perspective.

It reminds me of a similar local incident.

A few years ago, a local issue arose as some people agressively protested that a black teenager was allowed a summer job as a uniformed officer in a local historic colonial (French) fort. The boy was hired as summer help, with other youngsters. They would march about in front of tourists a few times a day in a reinacment of military perations of the day.

Some people protested that it was not "historically accurate", as no black people served in the locally posted French military during this colonial period.

After a few weeks of tense battles in the newspaper, people settled down and realized that it was not the end of the world from a historical perspective, and the lad was allowed to keep his job. I suspect the the historic records were not impacted, and the teen got to make a few dollars to support his education.

My lesson was one has to put issues like this in perspective, and consider all the issues, before taking sides and firing off the guns.