03-03-2004, 10:11 PM
Alas, I've lost the referencing post, and the hyperlink attached to it, forever and everâ but I did come across a news item in a small-time Midwest news site concerning a robbery attempt where the storeowner shot the criminal.
The article was filled with insinuations that the storeowner was the one committing an offense (to paraphrase one memorable remark in the article from memory: "...it appears at this time that the investigation indicates the storeowner has not been found of any wrongdoing..." and actually calls the robber a victim in the article. Twice. That label was never applied to the storeowner.
The reporter seemed to have some crossed perspectives on crimes and guns: in the article, the man using the gun was the assailant, and the one who was shot was the victim. Never did mind that the assailant was the man being robbed, and the victim was the one doing the robbing.
The article was filled with insinuations that the storeowner was the one committing an offense (to paraphrase one memorable remark in the article from memory: "...it appears at this time that the investigation indicates the storeowner has not been found of any wrongdoing..." and actually calls the robber a victim in the article. Twice. That label was never applied to the storeowner.
The reporter seemed to have some crossed perspectives on crimes and guns: in the article, the man using the gun was the assailant, and the one who was shot was the victim. Never did mind that the assailant was the man being robbed, and the victim was the one doing the robbing.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.