March 30, 2004
Political Correctness
So there's no harm (at the moment, though I'm sure the PC police will soon step in) in a children's football team being drubbed 29-0, but it is damaging to them to report the defeat. Like that makes a lot of sense. Speaking from personal experience the actual defeat will hurt far more than any reporting. I remember a school rugby match where we were not merely beaten, or even trounced, but were totally and utterly crushed and humiliated by an 84-0 defeat. The shame (and, now outlawed I guess, verbal haranging by the games teacher) were pretty bad, but filled the squad with a desire for revenge. We subsequently beat then 56-48 in a bloody and brutal yet satisfying rematch. Personally I think this sort of PC approach to protecting the losers feelings does more harm than good. --------Posted by Clive on March 30, 2004 1:36 PM in the category Old Stuff
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