Friday, May 02, 2008

PD James on Political Correctness: "A Pernicious If Risible Authoritarian Attempt at Linguistic and Social Control"

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Photo of PD James courtesy of The Telegraph

THE TELEGRAPH: Modern life is bedevilled by political correctness, PD James, the crime author, said last night.

There was a growing risk that Britons would live in "ghettos" and experience little contact with other people, she said in a speech on policing in the 21st century.

Baroness James of Holland Park, who is best known for creating the detective Adam Dalgliesh, told an audience in the Palace of Westminster: "Our society is now more fractured than I, in my long life, have ever known it.

"Increasingly there is a risk that we live in ghettos with our own kind, with a strong commitment to our local community but little contact with those outside it. PD James: Political correctness ruining society >>> | May 2, 2008

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