| Perhaps the worst enemy of a free people and | | | | or not Al Gore is your favorite politician, I really |
| democracy around the world is the evil dark force | | | | don't think he's going to carry a bomb onto a |
| we all have come to know as political correctness. | | | | plane, do you?Take classic TV shows like |
| The best way to describe political correctness | | | | F-Troop, which was recently been released on |
| might be to compare it to the Pharisees from | | | | DVD. It is as family friendly as you can get, but it |
| Jesus day who took the Ten Commandments | | | | has been almost nonexistent on TV stations. Even |
| and created tons of detailed rules and regulations | | | | TVLand has only shown a couple of episodes |
| to accompany the Commandments until nobody | | | | here and there in the last few years. Could it be |
| could keep all the commandments. The Pharisees | | | | because American Indians are shown to have a |
| had gotten to the point that walking too far or | | | | sense of humor? I don't know about you, but just |
| lifting just about anything was considered wrong if | | | | how interesting would comedy be if only white |
| it was done on the Sabbath day. Pretty much the | | | | Americans were allowed to participate in order to |
| same thing happened during the very early days | | | | avoid any possible offense to a minority? Having |
| of the United States when George Washington | | | | watched the F-Troop episodes on DVD myself, I |
| got into trouble riding his horse on Sunday for | | | | can only say that it's great fun. Everybody falls, |
| important business. In some places back then, | | | | everybody does stupid things, be they Indian or |
| even kissing your wife in public on Sunday could | | | | Calvary. It's comedy. Comedy isn't supposed to |
| get you put in stockades.Today it is almost | | | | be serious.Will Bewitched be next? It might be |
| impossible to see America, or other democratic | | | | offensive to those who claim to be witches. It's |
| countries, going to the extreme on religious | | | | amazing the Dukes of Hazzard has been able to |
| principles as to be at the same point as Pharisees | | | | beat the political correctness net with their |
| so many years ago, but instead of God being the | | | | confederate flag. Even that ruthless Granny on |
| excuse given to go to extremes with public policy, | | | | the Beverly Hillbillies was radical enough to carry a |
| political correctness has taken over.Recently in the | | | | confederate flag in defiance of her uppity neighbor |
| UK, the Boomerang channel has agreed, on the | | | | Mrs. Drysdale. Will those scenes have to be edited |
| original complaint of only one person, to edit out | | | | out? For years censors have tried to keep Bugs |
| smoking scenes from Tom and Jerry cartoons. | | | | Bunny and the gang from shoving anvils and |
| Popeye better watch out; he's probably next. At | | | | rocks onto the heads of their fellow cartoon |
| one point Cartoon Network had practically banned | | | | characters. Remember how boring some of the |
| Speedy Gonzales cartoons because he might be | | | | cartoons got in the 1970's when nobody could hit |
| offensive to those of Mexican origin, even though | | | | anybody? How much better would the |
| in Latin countries, Speedy was one of the most | | | | Superfriends been if Superman could have actually |
| popular cartoon characters.With this type of | | | | punched Lex Luthor instead of talking him to |
| mentality, you can see how our hands are tied | | | | death?Life is too short to be taken too seriously. |
| when it comes to security. We know that | | | | Perhaps political correctness does just the |
| terrorism is originating primarily from Middle | | | | opposite of its intent. After all, I think we can all |
| Eastern countries, so in order to not offend those | | | | get along a lot better if we learn to laugh at one |
| of Middle Eastern origin, shakedowns at airports | | | | another just a little. It's hard to hate someone |
| have gone as far as to examine 12 year old girls, | | | | that makes you smile. So let's watch the F-Troop, |
| and even Al Gore was patted down once in order | | | | Speedy Gonzales, & even Popeye and laugh again. |
| to avoid the appearance of favoritism or racial | | | | Just tell your kids not too smoke after the |
| profiling.Don't get me wrong, I don't want my kid | | | | show.F-Troop |
| to smoke, or everyone who looks like they are | | | | at where you can |
| from the Middle East to be put in jail or harassed, | | | | find out about DVDs, collectibles & trivia for all |
| but a little common sense would go a long way. | | | | your favorite classic |
| Editing classic cartoons is just stupid, and whether | | | | television shows. |