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Huck Finn, a truly perceptive gentleman from the Upper Midwest, sent this one
on political correctness awhile back...

FINALLY, A DEFINITION OF THE TERM POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!

For the last six odd years, almost all of the things I wanted to write or say, have
been stymied by a recently coined term referred to as POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!
Although I consider myself rather fluent in the English language, that term was not
in my vocabulary. My curiosity got the best of me and I decided to do a little research
and after two weeks of chasing fruitless leads, I found what I'd been looking for at
the Truman Library and Museum in Independence Missouri. A unnamed source there
sent me copies of four telegrams that were between Harry Truman and Douglas
MacArthur on the day before the actual signing of the Surrender Agreement.

The contents of those four telegrams below are exactly as received, not a word has
been added or deleted!

(1) Tokyo,Japan
0800-September 1,1945
To: President Harry S Truman
From: General D A MacArthur
Tomorrow we meet with those yellow bellied basterds and sign the Surrender
Documents, any last minute instructions!

(2) Washington, D C
1300-September 1, 1945
To: D A MacArthur
From: H S Truman
Congratulations, job well done, but you must tone down your obvious dislike
of the Japanese when discussing the terms of the surrender with the press,
because some of your remarks are fundamentally not politically correct!

(3) Tokyo, Japan
1630-September 1, 1945
To: H S Truman
From: D A MacArthur and C H Nimitz
Wilco Sir, but both Chester and I are somewhat confused, exactly what does
the term politically correct mean?

(4) Washington, D C
2120-September 1, 1945
To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz
From: H S Truman
Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical
minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shlt by the clean end!
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