06 Mar
Ironic Offense
I think it’s fair to say that the main point of political correctness is a desire not to offend. Wikipedia (the source of all that is good and true) seems to agree with me:
Political correctness (often abbreviated to PC) is a term used to describe language or behavior which is intended, or said to be intended, to provide a minimum of offense, particularly to racial, cultural, or other identity groups.
Which kind of makes this petition quite ironic:
it is time to amend the politically correct census form,i find it offensive that you cannot just enter that you are english or scottish,welsh or northern irish.
Personally I find it offensive that the author can’t spell English correctly.