Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:56 PM 12/22/03 +0100, Daniel Ridings wrote: >Sheesh ... I heard a press conference earlier where the phrase "attacks >against the homeland" turned up. I thought "what the ...". Surely he means >"attacks against the country." > >Then I realized that progress has been made. The ultimate in PC (political >correctness). Now of course, the fascists would like to refer to "attacks >against the fatherland" but that won't work. That's not correct because of >a gender bias. "Homeland", that'll do it. Man PC has really made an >impression. :) > Daniel I am embarrassed to admit that my nation has created a title which Heinrich Himmler would have been proud to bear, that of Reichsführer für Heimhat Sicherheit. Oy vey! Adopting excessive measures to guard ourselves against a nebuloous threat is to surrender to that threat. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html