In commending Martin Sewell's website to us, John does not mention that it
opens with an extraordinary, idealised picture of Adolf Hitler in heroic
guise. This may be intended as bravado, but it is crassly offensive and
places material before the public which many of us would wish to avoid.
Coupled with the reference to Jews in the cited paper by Lind, I think it
raises questions about the good faith of some recent contributions.
Paul Spicker
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Barker" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: radstats 7. Radstats, and Political correctness.
> Martin,
>
> Thank you very much for the information.
>
> Subsequently I found one of your web sites on the web:
> http://pc.martinsewell.com/ <http://pc.martinsewell.com/>
>
> And I think your article on Political Correctness (PC) there is
> important, not least because it puts PC in the context of normal
> scientific/statistical procedure.
> I hope your article will be widely read.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> John Barker
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Sewell" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >
> To: <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:38 PM
> Subject: Re: radstats 7. Radstats, and Political correctness.
>
>
>> John, et al.
>>
>> At 13:42 17/06/2007 +0100, John Barker wrote:
>>>I am glad that Martin Sewell has pointed out the widespread nature of PC.
>>>
>>>The last paragraph of his e-mail is interesting to me, as it deals with a
>>>historical question that I have long wanted to explore but through
>>>pressure
>>>of other work have not got very far. If Martin or any other group member
>>>could let me have a reference or two to explore these historical
>>>connections, I would be very grateful.
>>
>> I am aware of a couple of books plus a couple of documents available
>> online:
>>
>> BROWNE, Anthony, 2006. The Retreat of Reason: Political Correctness and
>> the Corruption of Public Debate in Modern Britain. London: Civitas.
>> ELLIS, Frank, 2004. Political Correctness and the Theoretical Struggle.
>> Auckland: Maxim Institute.
>> LIND, Bill, The Origins of Political Correctness.
>> http://www.academia.org/lectures/lind1.html <http://www.academia.org/lectures/lind1.html>
>> LIND, William S., 2004. "Political Correctness:" A Short History of an
>> Ideology. http://www.freecongress.org/PC_Essays/ <http://www.freecongress.org/PC_Essays/>
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Martin
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