I was reading a book (about interjections, oddly enough) yesterday which included the phrase βIn these days of political correctnessβ¦β talking about no longer making jokes that denigrated people for their culture or for the colour of their skin. And I thought, βThatβs not actually anything to do with βpolitical correctnessβ. Thatβs just treating other people with respect.β
Which made me oddly happy. I started imagining a world in which we replaced the phrase βpolitically correctβ wherever we could with βtreating other people with respectβ, and it made me smile.Β
You should try it. Itβs peculiarly enlightening.
I know what youβre thinking now. Youβre thinking βOh my god, thatβs treating other people with respectΒ gone mad!β
Happy Valentineβs Day.












