Calling a spade a lovely garden utensil (by Burt Prelutsky)

[EveningStar]

Prelutsky takes a familiar theme (political correctness) and puts his own humorous spin on it. :)

People are always writing books about the fall of great civilizations. The historians point to various things as indicators that a bad end was inevitable. Everything from over-extension of the military to corrupt politicians to all-male bathhouses have been credited with bringing on the collapse of various powerhouses. In the case of America, I think our decline began with the rise of the euphemism... More (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BurtPrelutsky/2006/08/14/calling_a_spade_a_lovely_garden_utensil)

[DoctorDoom]

The only thing that the term “gay” has to recommend it is that it’s so much shorter than” homosexual.” On the other hand, I dislike the fact that we have lost the original meaning of the word. Gay is a word that’s unique in our language, perfectly capturing a state of light-heartedness, and I resent that it has been commandeered by a small segment of the population.So thorough is the coöpting of that once-wonderful word that even conservatives have bought into the lie. Nothing is so grating as seeing "gay" used by conservative columnists and web sites to speak of queers. That as much as surrenders to the propagandists.

Next, pedos will be called "intergenerationally oriented" .