PC-ness (UNCLASSIFIED)

Ann Burlingham ann at BURLINGHAMBOOKS.COM
Fri Jan 22 16:04:05 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> If a dead person tells you that he is offended, please let the rest of
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> > Recently, I made reference to dying as going to the "happy hunting
> > grounds."
> > Is this, on the PC-unPC dichotomy, being insensitive?  I worry.
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If I talk about Clueless WhiteGuy behavior, is it insensitive? I worry.

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