years it's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days

幾年來，它很難與一大群人說話，這些天

and not offend someone. Now people walk around their feelings on their

而不得罪人。現在人們在感情上走來走去，他們的

shoulders waiting for you to say something Ahhhhh! Did you hear that? And

肩膀等著你說些什麼 啊啊啊！你聽到了嗎？還有...

they can't hear anything else you say. The PC police are out in force at all times.

他們聽不到你說的任何話。PC警察隨時都在出動。

I remember once i was talking to a group about the difference between the human brain and

我記得有一次，我在和一群人討論人腦和大腦之間的區別。

a dogs brain. And a man got offended. He said you can talk

一個狗的大腦。一個男人被冒犯了。他說你可以說

about dogs like that. But uh... People just focus in on that completely

關於這樣的狗。但是，人們只是專注於這一點，完全。

missed the point of what you're saying. and um...

錯過了你的重點'說。 和嗯... ...

we've reached a point where people are afraid to actually talk about

我們已經達到了一個點，人們不敢真正談論

what they want to say because somebody might be offended

言不由衷

people afraid to say "Merry christmas" at Christmas time. Doesn't matter whether

人們害怕在聖誕節的時候說"Merry christmas"。不在乎是否

the person you're talking to is jewish or you know

你說話的人'是猶太人或你知道的

whether they're ANY religion That's a salutation of greeting, of goodwill.

無論他們'是任何宗教 那是一種問候，善意的禮節。

we've got to get over this sensitivity. you know and uh... it keeps people from saying

我們要克服這種敏感，你知道... ...它使人們不說...

what they really believe. you know i'm reminded of a very successful

你知道我想起了一個非常成功的。

young businessmen and uh... he loved the buy his mother these

年輕的商人和呃... 他喜歡買他的母親這些。

exotic gifts for Mother's Day and he ran out of ideas

異國情調的禮物為母親節，他跑出了主意。

and then he ran across these birds were cool you know they cost five thousand

然後他遇到了這些鳥，很酷，你知道它們的價格是5000美元

dollars apiece they could dance. they could sing they could

每人一美元，他們可以跳舞，他們可以唱歌，他們可以...

talk he was so excited he bought two of 'em sent them to his mother couldn't wait to call

談話，他是如此興奮，他買了兩個'EM發送他們給他的母親迫不及待地打電話。

her up on mother's day mother mother What did you think of those birds?

她在母親節那天起來了 母親母親 你覺得那些鳥兒怎麼樣？

and she said "They was good!"

她說"他們很好！&quot。

he said "No no, no no, Mother! You didn't eat those

他說"不不不，媽媽!你沒有吃那些

birds. They cost five thousand dollars apiece They could dance. They could sing. They could

鳥兒它們每隻價值五千美元，它們會跳舞。它們會唱歌它們會...

talk." and she said well they should have said something.

談話."她說好吧，他們應該說些什麼。

and you know thats where we end up too if we don't speak

你知道，這就是我們結束了，如果我們不說話也

up for what we believe. and uh, you know

為我們所相信的。 和呃，你知道的

What we need to do... What we NEED to do in this PC world is forget

我們需要做的是...在這個PC世界，我們需要做的是忘記

about unanimity of speach and unanimity of thought

一唱一和

and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

我們需要專注於尊重那些與我們意見相左的人。

And that's when I belive we begin to make real progress.

而這時，我相信我們開始取得真正的進展。

And one last thing about political correctness, which I think is a horrible thing by the way,

還有最後一件事，關於政治正確性，我認為這是一件可怕的事情。

I'm VERY very compasionate and I'm not ever out to offend anyone.

我'我非常非常有同情心，我'我從來不會去得罪任何人。

But PC is dangerous. because you see this country, one of the founding

但PC是危險的，因為你看到這個國家，其中一個國家的創始者。

principals was freedom of thought and freedom of expression

思想自由和言論自由的原則

and it muffles people. It puts a muzzel on them.

而且它使人消聲匿跡。它把一個口罩在他們身上。

And at the same time keeps people from discussing important issues

同時也讓人們無法討論重要的問題。

while the fabric of their society is being changed.

而他們的社會結構正在被改變。

And we can not fall for that trick and what we need to do is start talking about things.

而我們不能上當，我們要做的是開始談事情。

Talking about things that are important Things that were important in the developement

談重要的事情 發展中重要的事情。

of our nation.

我們國家的。