[MD] Flying Spaghetti Monsters

[Ham Priday]

Hi Jos --


> IMO Political correctness is inherently a good thing, ok so
> people hide behind it on occasion but what's wrong with
> making the language we use appropriate to times in which
> we live?  If we called it "political accuracy" instead does
> it become more palatable?

Political "expediency" would be a better definition, since politicians get
elected by sucking up to egalitarianism and promising to reward everyone
equally at the expense of the more productive citizens.  Of course people
are not equal, and governments have no constitutional right or obligation to
distribute the nation's wealth as if they were.

"Appropriate to the times in which we live" is a sister cliche to the
expression: "We've got to keep up with the times."  I find this concept a
result of 'low quality' thinking.  The passing of time is a constant in
existential experience.  WE are the choicemakers who change society's
values.  As human beings we have the capacity to discriminate between what
is beneficial or detrimental for society, and to express our choices at the
voting booth.  This is how we change society -- or "move forward", as the
politicians like to say.

Unfortunately for society today, too many people are short-sighted view in
their choice of values, due to greed, ignorance, and a misconception of what
Government is for.  For example, they expect Government to provide free
healthcare, periodically raise the mininum wage, control fuel prices, and
guarantee job security and a "decent" living.  While they see themselves
benefiting from such policies, the long-term consequences would be injurious
to society.

> I suspect the laws in the US might be rather more restrictive than they
are
> here, but again I see that as the influence of the right wing not the
left,
> we are afterall socialists and you are not!

As I said previously, laws are an effective means of controlling society -- 
only IF they are enforced.  Likewise, human values can be the driving force
that moves mankind toward 'betterness' -- only IF we use our power of
discrimination and preserve them.  The US has already wavered in its value
of the two-parent family, fiscal prudence, sexual discretion, individual
initiative and self-competence, international vigilance, and security within
our borders.  We are drifting rapidly into socialism, which would have made
our nation's Founders weep.

> No doubt I've spent too much time having my mind poisoned in college
> campuses, though I cant actually remember being leafleted on the subject I
> think our tutors were more concerned that we learned stuff about our
chosen
> disciplines.

You don't need leaflets when university professors are overwhelmingly
leftist and the journalists who graduate use Marx and Chomsky as their
political paragons.  You just need to "keep up with the times".

> Who's freer - a person with 2 choices when the outcomes
> of both look positive, or a person with ten choices but the
> outcomes of 9 are bound to be terrible?  We are always
> constrained by some external factors in any decision we
> make, what is the difference between working within constraints
> imposed by society and working within constrains imposed
> by biology or logic?

The number of choice is irrelevant.  Freedom is the use of one's sense of
value to make discriminating choices.  We are not constrained by biology or
logic any more than we are constrained by being humans.  The point is that
human beings are uniquely capable of effecting changes that will either
improve the quality of life or poison it.

Regards,
Ham