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At 00:15 26/06/2007 +0100, Wells, Julian wrote: >Martin Sewell has (characteristically, in my view) missed the most >important point about his "PC" page. > >Although I'm not sorry to see that the www is now littered with one >less image of Hitler, I'm more concerned that Sewell has done >nothing to answer the point that what he *says* (as distinct from >what he shows) is -- intellectually -- objectionable, namely the >preposterous claim that "unlike fascism and Marxism, PC is not >restricted to a small number of countries". > >Both the doctrines mentioned have adherents in every state and >territory under the sun, and to suggest otherwise is plain nonsense >-- unless, of course, Sewell can provide some statistics to back his claim ... If a democracy has a small number of supporters of fascism, they have no real effect on the general population, but when the government, the media and academia all subscribe to political correctness, the effect is enormous. Martin PS I consider referring to list members by their surname as disrespectful. ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of the range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To find out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our web site www.radstats.org.uk. *******************************************************