It is stupid to compare politicla correctness to the rules of a religion

1) Comparison of PC to that of a religion"Using the agreed-upon definition of "stupid" the resolution becomes: Comparing political correctness to the rules of religion shows a lack of ability to learn and understand things. "1) No it doesnt2) Are you seriously trying to change the resolution in the very last round of the debate Roy? Come on, have some decency"The was published in 2009 by Wiley-Blackwell, a major academic book publisher, in their Language Lbrary series. So Pro is claiming that the professor, among others, is stupid. "No, im simply claiming that they are wrong and kinda biased. .. . Academic professors arent incapable of being wrong either Roy, one of them said in 2008 that homosexuals are inherently selfish because they dont have children and contribute nothing to the economy . http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com... Just because they are professors at prestigious schools, it doesnt exempt them from having their own moments of stupidity. 2) PC goes 'way beyond' Pro's claim of it being a minor suggestion"My two dictionary definitions invoked orthodoxy and behavior as part of political correctness"Your two definitions were things you dug up from pre 1990 to give your arguments a small degree of relevancy, mine were the only ones that were actually accurate and even relevant to what political correctness even means. "Pro argued that words do not have meanings beyond their dictionary definitions"Putting words in my mouth is a pretty sad move on your part Roy. .. . "I cited a half dozen books and dozen or so articles and news stories that describe political correctness. "No you didnt, what you tried to do was cite a dozen or so articles and try to pass it off as political correctness gone wild when in reality they were so nonsensical they werent even relevant to the debate. "The comparison was limited to mirroring certain aspects of religion. "Again, no it wasnt. .. . Youre own quote compared the rules of political correctness to the rules of a religion, not just certain aspects of the rules of a religion, ALL of the rules of a religion. "A political correct person avoids gender-specific and other language and he strives to conform to the behavior pattern of his orthodoxy"Except THEY DONT. Political correctness focuses on not using words that are derogatory and offensive, not words that are gender specific. .. .. . "Religons demand certain behaviors, so does political correctness"Political correctness only asks you to voluntary alter ONE of your behaviors, to not come off as insensitive to others. .. . Religions on the other hand demand so many certain behaviors you could write a BOOK about it, which is why there are holy books like the Bible and the Quran in the first place. 3) The rules of PC are not written down and well organized"I pointed to the complex rules of the ancient Hawaiian religion, obeyed despite there being no writing and hence no scripture. "One religion in one isolated part of the world doesnt negate the fact that a common characteristic of religions is still a written code of laws for who to worship, how to worship, what you can do, what you cant do, etc. "There are written in requirements for state school textbooks, in the styleguide for the press, and as campus speech codes"And that doesnt make political correctness a religion. .. . Schools, Newspapers, and College Campuses can all receive flak if one of their faculty starts dropping the n-word everywhere, and the reason they enforce certain speech codes isnt because they want to be politically correct, its because they dont want to look bad because one of their employees is looking like an insensitive prick. .. .. "Pro claimed that the average person is completely unaware of the rules of political correctness. I posed a short test as to which of two alternatives was politically correct"Examples of political correctness =/= written rules of political correctness Roy. .. .. If I asked people the question of 'which sounds more offensive' and used your list of examples, that doesnt imply that there is a written code of laws on how to be racist, they are just examples of racism, just how like your version are examples of being politically correct. "Fear of enforcement of PC rules enabled the Ford Hood massacre. I think "enabling" is quite enough. "Except it isnt, saying that it enabled the shooting and saying that it caused the shooting are two completely different things Roy, and to claim it doesnt is known as 'Pulling a Geo' around here. "PC rules led to the firing of the president of Harvard according to Prof. Dershowitz. Pro claimed other factors in addition to PC, but gave no evidence. "Feel free to enlighten yourself then: . http://en.wikipedia.org...'Summers resigned as Harvard's president in the wake of a no-confidence vote by Harvard faculty that resulted in large part from Summers's conflict with Cornel West, financial conflict of interest questions regarding his relationship with Andrei Shleifer, and a 2005 speech in which he suggested that the under-representation of women in science and engineering could be due to a "different availability of aptitude at the high end'"it's valid to compare only the behavior and language parts of religious orthodoxy to PC. "except we're NOT jsut comparing the behaviro and language aspects of religion to PC. .. .. We're comparing ALL of the rules of religion to those of PC since that is the claim that your quote is centered around4) Religions have rules about worship and deities"it's valid to compare only the behavior and language parts of religious orthodoxy to PC. "Not in this scenario where you were the one who claimed that 'The rules of PC is comparable to the rules of a religion. '. .. . Given youre quote, we are comparing the 'rules' of PC to ALL of the rules of a religion, not just the ones you want people to look at. =====================================================================================S&G: 'Pro doesn't use apostrophes. You're become youre. How annoying is that? 'You really are desperate Roy. .. .. . Also, I wasnt the one who tried to cherry-picked definitions, tried to change the resolution of the debate in the final round, or misspell the title of the debate either. .. .. .Sources: 'I gave two dozen references showing the meaning of PC and it's role in society. 'Problem is though 90% of those links you posted didnt have anything to do with the actual resolution, and were simply tie-ins to arguments that were completely non-sensical. .. .. . Conduct. 'I made a point in the challenge of getting Pro to "agree not to use personal attacks, insults, or obscenity. " He was dismissive. 'And being dismissive wasnt illegal. Arguments. 'Pro has the burden to prove that a comparison between the rules of religion and politcal correctness is stupid. He did not meet that burden. 'I think thats for the voters to decide isnt it? ============================================================================================Conclusion:For those of you who skimmed through most of this debate (I dont blame ya) Here is what it boils down to: Political correctness ONLY deals with the careful use of language to not be offensive to other people, the rules of a religion on the other hand encompasses WAAAAAAAAY more then that, which makes it stupid to compare the two according to Roy's quote that:"This is embodied in the elaborate rules of political correctness, which match the rules of any religion"I rest my case.