political correctness

[wizardfitz]

Found this on another forum. Got a kick out of it


Well Now ! Someone has FINALLY explained "politically correct" Thank you Harry S.

Copies of four telegrams between then-President Harry Truman and Gen
Douglas MacArthur on the day before the actual signing of the WW2
Surrender Agreement in September 1945.. The contents of those four telegrams
below are exactly as received at the end of the war - not a word has been added
or deleted!



(1) Tokyo,Japan
0800-September 1,1945
To: President Harry
S Truman
From: General D A MacArthur
Tomorrow we meet with those
yellow-bellied bastards and sign the
Surrender Documents, any last minute
instructions?

(2) Washington, D C
1300-September 1, 1945
To: D A
MacArthur
From: H S Truman
Congratulations, job well done, but you must
tone down your obvious
dislike of the Japanese when discussing the terms of the
surrender with the
press, because some of your remarks are fundamentally not
politically
correct!

(3) Tokyo, Japan
1630-September 1, 1945
To: H S
Truman
From: D A MacArthur and C H Nimitz
Wilco Sir, but both Chester and
I are somewhat confused, exactly what
does the term politically correct
mean?

(4) Washington, D C
2120-September 1, 1945
To: D A MacArthur/C H
Nimitz
From: H S Truman
Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently
fostered by a delusional,
illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream
media, which holds
forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick
up a piece of
**** by the clean end!

Now, with special thanks to the Truman
Museum and Harry himself, you and I
finally have a full understanding of what
'POLITICAL CORRECTNESS'
really
means.....

 

[Redtbird]

Ah, Harry S Truman...

The White House reporters went to his wife, Bess, one day and asked, "Mrs. Truman. Is there any way you can get the President to quit using the word 'manure'?

Mrs. Truman looked at them and replied, "Do you know how long it took me to get him to say MANURE?"