Politically Incorrect

I am not politically correct. I call things, as I see them, and question things, many won't, simply because that is how I was raised. It might upset your sensibilities, but tough, this is my space and well, why pretend to be who I am not?

It just seems to me, we worry too much about being politically correct, that while it is okay to be polite, okay to consider other's feelings, lying to them, or being phony, well, seems wrong. I dont quite understand the hypocrisy that goes on today.

If I don't like you, why do I have to pretend I do? If I disagree with you, why do I have to pretend that I do?

Why is it, that we have to come up with fancy words, to replace the real honest ones, simply to make it seem okay? Take the concept of 'risk management' when it comes to determining your search engine strategies. Some will say, "well the rules state this, but if you do this, it'll help, even though that is considered breaking the rules."

They call it risk management, when the truth is, you are CHEATING. It is wrong, but we justify it, by giving it a whole different name. Now take another of my favorite, which is Torture.

Bush called it 'intensive interrogation' or some other bullshit, but the truth of the matter is, it was then, is now, TORTURE. However, because it is the supposed 'good guys' doing it, well, then it can't be torture, but just aggressive interrogation techniques.

Doesn't make sense to me.

Now the one that really gets my goat, is the term 'Activist Judges' as it applies to Judges who make controversial rulings. Such as the Gay Rights rulings say in Iowa, or in California. How can any Judge be an activist? I mean, they are hired to interpret the law, and rule on whether or not some form of that law, is being violated.

Where the Judges who ruled that segregation was against the US Constitution activists or jurists who simply did their job? A judge, and what they believe in, shouldn't matter. It is about their ability to interpret the meanings, the spirit, behind the legal mumbo jumbo, and decide, if the case before them, is upholding those laws, or infringing upon them.

The rulings, regarding Gays, are just that, and no it isn't even about Gay Rights. It is about protecting the very freedoms, that everyone says they hold dear. It is about the rule of law, of insuring that even a small minority, is treated the same.

How does ruling in their favor, become Activism?