Pubdate: Thu, 06 Apr 2006
Source: Salt Lake City Weekly (UT)
Copyright: 2006 Copperfield Publishing
Contact:  http://www.slweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/382
Author: Ben Higgenbotham

PC PHRASING BUSTED!

I was reading Ted McDonough's article "Crossing the Line" [March 23,
City Weekly], and I have to say, I can't even believe that this is an
issue. So people get stiffer fines for selling drugs inside of a
drug-free zone, and the drug-free zones are so large that they have
nowhere to sell their drugs safely? Boo-hoo.

The easiest way to avoid a large fine for selling drugs in a drug-free
zone? Don't sell drugs anywhere! I thought that the point of our
judicial system was to discourage people from breaking the law. If
that means that they get stiffer fines for selling drugs anywhere
within the city limits, too bad.

I particularly like the politically correct phrasing near the end of
the article. "Most of the people who are zinged under the enhanced
penalties are politically disenfranchised people." Now if you change
that to non-PC speak, it would read something like this: "All of the
people who are zinged under the enhanced penalties are drug dealers."
Doesn't quite sound so bad now, does it?

Ben Higginbotham, Salt Lake City
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