One thing Mac and I agreed on (Mac was a really great online friend of mine who passed away last year for those reading this not familiar with him) was this whole political correctness ideology was doing society more harm than good. We both were for not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I mean applaud the improvements we have made in equal rights for others because of it, but I'm just as quick to condemn the garbage that rides along on its coattails.

This Fort Hood shooter got a free ride promotion to major because to deploy him for his poor performance at his station, they had to first promote him so it wouldn't be seen as am anti-Islamic issue. What a bunch of crap.

In other PC failures, I'm watching a sports update and I'm seeing women soccer players beating the hell out of each other. One grabbed her opponent by her ponytail from behind and yanked her down so hard that the girl was lifeless on the ground. She then publicly apologized for her actions and stated she just got caught up in the heat of the competition and that her actions in no way reflected her personality or who she really was. This crap about doing harness things and getting away with it because you state you are sorry and it isn't the real you has to stop before our society goes straight to hell.

PC things in sports like participation awards, everybody is a winner ideology, I say BS. I've had it, and I'm now in a position to do something about it. I coach four youth sports teams and this PC garbage finally seems to be coming apart at the seams enough so that if more and more anti-PC individuals get involved, well maybe the next generation can be saved from the part of it that has absolutely no place in a better mannered and more productive society.

I get that humanity isn't expected to be perfect (and who's definition of perfect should we use?) but it doesn't have to move in the opposite direction, and I think it has been doing just that.

Yes, I'm a Mac and not PC and I wish Mac was still with us in body as well as in spirit. We need him to fight the good fight.

Pete

God love ya for trying Mr. Universe but it's like I always say,





"You can't fix STUPID!"

Don't listen to people like hiiiim. Cousin Ron is one of the hillbillies that made our whole PC movement a necessity.





Now if yawl excuse me, I think this stick up my butt is beginning to take root and grow!

That women and Blacks get ahead at all costs.





You other minorities can come along, too. Just get in the back of the line.

What's really important here...





It sounds like Dr. Phil is about to "branch" out!

That Dr. Phil guy is getting pretty old.
And branch growing out or not...



At his age, his biggest worry should be that
the nuts don't fall too far from the tree.

I agree with you, my friend. I think where we went wrong is when parents stopped teaching values at home and left it up to the schools, and or, the streets. We all know how to 'win' and 'getting it our way' is considered a win. What we need to learn is that sometimes we lose. We accept that loss as our own, and we don't blame it on anyone or anything else. We pick ourselves up and go on, hopefully we learn something beneficial with each loss. When we do something stupid, and we all do, we must accept that it is our fault. Saying I'm sorry is part of 'repenting', but it doesn't erase the mistake.

My mom told me when I was just a child, "If you are big enough to do it or say it, you are big enough to admit it and try to make amends for it." One of her, and now mine, biggest pet peeves is when people do not take responsibility for their own actions.

BTW, I like the way you added some humor. Sometimes we have to make people smile before they will listen to a serious message. Good luck with your sport teams. That's a very good place to teach kids how to win, how to lose, to accept responsibility for their actions, and self control. It's a big job, but I think The Universe can do it!

I still miss Mac too. I didn't know him as well as you did but I considered him a friend. I still smile when I think of him.