I am pleased to say that readers have responded well to my request for links to interesting stories. I have used most of the suggestions I received. Those that did not directly concern speech or self-expression I have been putting up on Political Correctness Watch.
So all I can say is: Keep 'em coming!
Wicked Mural
Some students at the University of Kentucky want a mural on their campus erased. The mural has been there since 1934.
"You see, part of the 46-foot expanse depicts a Native American lurking behind a tree, watching a pioneer woman draw water from a stream. And he has a tomahawk in his hand. As described in a Lexington Herald-Leader story, this mural also contains early Central Kentucky scenes in which black workers plant crops, black children watch a white boy fish, and white folks dance while black musicians play.
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The mural is being defended as accurate history.
"Fairy" Penguins Incorrect
We read of some more fairy sensitivity -- this time in Australia:
"Theme park bosses have re-named their colony of fairy penguins amid fears they could upset the gay community. Managers at Sea World, on the Gold Coast, are now calling the species "little penguins" in case associations with the word "fairy" offend visitors to the park. "We didn't have any complaints about the name of the penguins, but someone thought they could be seen as offensive so we decided to change it to little penguin instead," a Sea World spokeswoman said."
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To their credit, local homosexual community spokespeople said the whole idea of the name-change was ridiculous.
