Friday, March 5, 2010

Political Correctness on a Field Trip

My son asked me to serve as a chaperone on a field trip to a local wildlife museum. Even though I had a lot of work to do, I chose to go with him anyway. The place was a nice palatial building with upper and lower levels. It displayed statues of all kinds of animals and touted the importance of preserving the rain forest, which we used to call the jungle. That did not bother me but what was said during the movie did.
The movie was an expose on several kinds of whales, including the humped back whale, the bottle nose dolphin and the manitee, just to mention a few. After listening to two of the segments, something hit me as a consistent theme: man is destroying these animals. The presentation went on to accuse mankind of everything from running over whales with boats to taking away their food supply. I was shocked! This place would have made Al Gore proud. The only thing missing was a discussion of global warming.
As I left, I thought that everyone has a point of view. However, I did not pay my money to have such political correctness foisted on my son, with no opportunity to offer an opposing point of view. Needless to say, this place will not get any more of my business.

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