Call Sign February 2000

With DaC driver and Call Sign pop pundit Chas Kissin (P99J) now officially out of the Mayoral election race, Chas looks at the world from his lofty perch in the front seat of a TX1...

POLITICALLY INCORRECT

Welcome to a new year, a new century, a new millennium and quite possibly a new era. In this series of articles, I will be trying to sort the wheat from the chaff, the good from the bad and the absurd from the ridiculous - both in the real world and also the world of politics...
Towards the end of the last decade, we saw the rise of political correctness, an absurd world where no-one was to be offended or ridiculed for either their beliefs, looks or even their origin. As an example, we now have Native Americans for what used to be Red Indians. I do not remember General Custer being surrounded by such people, but by Chief Sitting Bull and the Sioux nation!
It seems to me that history is being re written once again. Perhaps we will one day learn that Germany actually won both world wars! The way both they and the French are acting, the battle for power within the European Union is actually starting now and it seems to me that this was probably the main reason for setting up the EU - a Europe led by Germany and France.

Snow White And The Seven Vertically Challenged People!
The people who could be most affected are, of course, the children. If the P.C. brigade get their way, nursery rhymes and fairy tales that we used to learn in the twentieth century are in danger. A few examples perhaps?
   Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will now become Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged people (oh no it isn't!). Three Blind Mice now becomes Three Visually Impaired Rodents. And of course, poor Little Miss Muffet is now to become Vertically Challenged Ms Muffet!
   And what of Georgie Porgie? As if he doesn't have enough problems, he would now become Oversized George and would be accused of not only bullying the girls, but of also being sexist for not kissing the boys as well!
   And then there is Cinderella. She being of beauty but unfortunately being saddled with three ugly sisters. The Women's Movement would be up in arms telling us how hurtful this is to females who do not measure up to men's expectations - and just because they wear clumpy Doc Martin boots, dowdy clothes and want to look like men. In any case, the sisters are Lesbians (sorry I mean gay).
   Another much-loved nursery rhyme is about the old woman who lived in a shoe. Much could be done with her by Ros and Dave, her social workers with sandals and pony tails, each having studied at university such obscure subjects as Ancient Greek and the improbable History of the Clouds pre-Roman

and "what they mean in today's society".
The first thing that they could do would be to move her from the shoe into a luxury mansion, with at least hot and cold running water. Then they would make sure that she was able to claim all the benefits available for her numerous children. They might find a few of the fathers via the CSA but not to worry as the taxpayer will foot most of the bill...!

Safe Sex For The Woman Who Lived In The Shoe...
They may even teach her about safe sex and birth control, but this could impinge upon her rights to do her own thing ie "...have so many children that she didn't know what to do." Later on, when the children grow up and appear in court, Ros and Dave would again be there saying that society is to blame for this dysfunctional family, for not giving the old woman and her family a satellite, widescreen digital TV and a video recorder - not to mention a computer with Internet access so that the children could learn to read and write as their school-rooms were too crowded.
Such is the world of Political Incorrectness and we'll pay it another visit next month...

CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR INCENTIVES