Fwd: POLITICAL CORRECTNESS;THEN AND NOW

[Chitralekha Dandekar]

Hi friends,

The term ‘being politically correct’, has been used often nowadays. I had thought it meant that one should not use language .... spoken or written so as to offend the person hearing it or reading it.

I came across this interesting exchange of telegrams between president Truman of the USA and his general towards the end  of World War II.

This exchange is truly witty ! 

Enjoy, cheers

Chitra

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS;THEN AND NOW

 What is meant by the modern term "political  correctness"? .The definition is found in four telegrams at the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.  The following are copies of four telegrams between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual signing of the WWII Surrender Agreement in September 1945.

 

The contents of those four telegrams below are exactly as received at the end of the war - 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 bastards 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 shit by the clean end!     

Now, with special thanks to the Truman Museum and Harry himself, we now have a true understanding of what  "Political Correctness"  really means…

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[Nandini Gadgilf]

Chitra,

Enjoyed this! Thanks for your funny , thoughtful inputs

Nandini

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[Vinod Patel]

Chitra

This is so true unfortunately this is still  promoted by some of the politicians  and the media

Thanks

Best wishes

Vinod

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[Kalind Bakshi]

Chitra

An awesome, witty definition

“ political” often equates 

“ a lie dressed up as an appearance of the truth”!

To that , we say:

“ a shit even if covered, will still stink!”

& 

“ Often the Truth hurts, because it needs to?”

Thanks for retrieving this great archive!

Kalind

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