Stumbleupon Review of : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7600357.stm
- Political correctness has long been condemned, often unfairly, for the absurdity of always saying person rather than man or woman, for trying to be polite to minorities, or for refusing to call anyone top of the class for fear someone else weeps for being bottom.
But this isn’t the real political correctness – what’s really been the only politically correct thing to say under Mrs Thatcher, and under Tony Blair, is to assume that competition is better than co-operation, that it’s the only useful spur to action.
Since too many people don’t believe in God these days, they can still have the spiritual comfort of believing in The Market instead.