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@@@ It鈥檚 been a busy week here in the P.C. States of America, with everybody defending everybody else鈥檚 right to be offended, with the usual head-spinning results. <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Artsy</a> Let鈥檚 start at Ohio State University, which just fired the director of its world-renowned marching band for allowing hazing and sexual harassment to go on amidst its ranks. You may have seen the band鈥檚 halftime tribute to on YouTube last year.) One practice decried in a university report was the assignment of nicknames to new band members 鈥?nicknames that the university deemed degrading, such as 鈥淛izzy鈥?and 鈥淭winkle Dick,鈥?according to the august . Among the objectionable monikers the report cited was 鈥淛woobs,鈥?given to a female Jewish student with large breasts. The woman nicknamed 鈥淛woobs鈥?鈥?she herself spells it 鈥淛oobs,鈥?thank you very much 鈥?wrote an open letter to the university last week saying that she used to be very happy being called that 鈥?until her school 鈥渢urned a lighthearted joke and rookie name given to me by my row mates with my full consent into something shameful.鈥?In fact, she says, her best friends still call her Joobs. She鈥檚 not alone in her objections to the university鈥檚 action in firing the director: An online petition demanding his reinstatement has 7,000-plus signatures. His supporters have raised more than $13,000 for him, and a group of mostly female band alumni is marching across the state to demand that he be given back his job.

In her open letter, the alumna, Alexandra Clark, wrote, 鈥淥hio State <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Audacieuse</a> clearly had no interest in learning anything about these strong, intelligent women and instead decided that their delicate feminine sensibilities needed to be defended by adding their names to a list of things they feel the Buckeye community should feel disgusted and ashamed about.鈥?Doesn鈥檛 sound like Clark needs much protection, but never fear: The university is sure to ignore alumni pleas for leniency toward the director, since the federal government stands ready to stomp down with heavy fines for such on their sensibilities. Thank God we have people like Senator Claire McCaskill to defend Clark against the of campus sexual assault. But that鈥檚 not the only discrimination the federal government is busy fighting. A course planned at the Energy Department鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has been cancelled after objections for some of the folks it was intended to aid. The would have offered 鈥渁ccent modification鈥?for the Southerners on staff, so they could be more easily understood in their highly technical field. Y鈥檃ll can imagine how said Southerners felt about the possibility of their distinctive patois being 鈥渘eutralized.鈥?Which reminds me of the old joke about the Philly real estate agent proudly showing a Fishtown home to a young Southern hipster couple and declaring, 鈥淣ow, here鈥檚 a house without a flaw!鈥?To which the husband responded, perplexed: 鈥淭hen what do y鈥檃ll walk on?鈥?Ba-dum-bum. Not to be ignored in this week鈥檚 summation of political correctness is the news out of Salt Lake City that a teacher in a private English language learning center was fired from his job for a blog post he wrote about homophones, which are, of course, words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently, such as 鈥渂are鈥?and 鈥渂ear.鈥?What was wrong with the post? Bare with me. The blogger says his boss told him it would cause their school to be That鈥檚 right! When a reporter contacted the boss to get his side of the story, he just dug the hole deeper: 鈥淧eople at this level of English,鈥?the boss, Clarke Woodger, said, 鈥?鈥?may see the 鈥榟omo鈥?side and think it has something to do with gay sex.鈥?Which puts us in mind of all the folks who鈥檝e gotten in deep doo for using the word So, there鈥檚 Joobs, rubes and boobs, which Woodger assuredly is. What about the 鈥渘ewbs鈥? We were delighted to learn, while the forces of good continue to strive so earnestly against the forces of evil in this world, that a 9-year-old boy from Union City, New Jersey, who got separated from <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Brea</a> his parents and sister at the Central Park Zoo, wandered around Times Square, and wound up at the Port Authority Bus Terminal a mile away聽 two hours later called the experience It gives me faith in human nature to know that even when we bubble-wrap our kids as tightly as we can, every now and then, one is going to escape and have a helluva time. Follow on Twitter.

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+It鈥檚 been a busy week here in the P.C. States of America, with everybody defending everybody else鈥檚 right to be offended, with the usual head-spinning results. <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Artsy</a> Let鈥檚 start at Ohio State University, which just fired the director of its world-renowned marching band for allowing hazing and sexual harassment to go on amidst its ranks. You may have seen the band鈥檚 halftime tribute to  on YouTube last year.) One practice decried in a university report was the assignment of nicknames to new band members 鈥?nicknames that the university deemed degrading, such as 鈥淛izzy鈥?and 鈥淭winkle Dick,鈥?according to the august . Among the objectionable monikers the report cited was 鈥淛woobs,鈥?given to a female Jewish student with large breasts.
-  Associated Press photographer Marico Jose Sanchez reported from Burney, Calif. Writers Terry Collins and Lisa Leff reported from San Francisco and Jeff Barnard from Grants Pass, Ore., also contributed to this report.
+The woman nicknamed 鈥淛woobs鈥?鈥?she herself spells it 鈥淛oobs,鈥?thank you very much 鈥?wrote an open letter to the university last week saying that she used to be very happy being called that 鈥?until her school 鈥渢urned a lighthearted joke and rookie name given to me by my row mates with my full consent into something shameful.鈥?In fact, she says, her best friends still call her Joobs. She鈥檚 not alone in her objections to the university鈥檚 action in firing the director: An online petition demanding his reinstatement has 7,000-plus signatures. His supporters have raised more than $13,000 for him, and a group of mostly female band alumni is marching across the state to demand that he be given back his job.
+In her open letter, the alumna, Alexandra Clark, wrote, 鈥淥hio State <a href=http://www.louisvuitton-pascher.com>Louis Vuitton Audacieuse</a> clearly had no interest in learning anything about these strong, intelligent women and instead decided that their delicate feminine sensibilities needed to be defended by adding their names to a list of things they feel the Buckeye community should feel disgusted and ashamed about.鈥?Doesn鈥檛 sound like Clark needs much protection, but never fear: The university is sure to ignore alumni pleas for leniency toward the director, since the federal government stands ready to stomp down with heavy fines for such  on their sensibilities. Thank God we have people like Senator Claire McCaskill to defend Clark against the  of campus sexual assault.
+But that鈥檚 not the only discrimination the federal government is busy fighting. A course planned at the Energy Department鈥檚 Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has been cancelled after objections for some of the folks it was intended to aid. The  would have offered 鈥渁ccent modification鈥?for the Southerners on staff, so they could be more easily understood in their highly technical field. Y鈥檃ll can imagine how said Southerners felt about the possibility of their distinctive patois being 鈥渘eutralized.鈥?Which reminds me of the old joke about the Philly real estate agent proudly showing a Fishtown home to a young Southern hipster couple and declaring, 鈥淣ow, here鈥檚 a house without a flaw!鈥?To which the husband responded, perplexed: 鈥淭hen what do y鈥檃ll walk on?鈥?Ba-dum-bum.
+Not to be ignored in this week鈥檚 summation of political correctness is the news out of Salt Lake City that a teacher in a private English language learning center was fired from his job for a blog post he wrote about homophones, which are, of course, words that are pronounced the same but spelled differently, such as 鈥渂are鈥?and 鈥渂ear.鈥?What was wrong with the post? Bare with me. The blogger says his boss told him it would cause their school to be  That鈥檚 right! When a reporter contacted the boss to get his side of the story, he just dug the hole deeper: 鈥淧eople at this level of English,鈥?the boss, Clarke Woodger, said, 鈥?鈥?may see the 鈥榟omo鈥?side and think it has something to do with gay sex.鈥?Which puts us in mind of all the folks who鈥檝e gotten in deep doo for using the word
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