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Lon;1280460 wrote: No longer do they refer to someone that the police picks up as a suspect-----they are now called A PERSON OF INTEREST.


A person of interest is probably a liability issue. Or if theyre looking for someone a person of interest is less threatening. Calling them a suspect could spook someone they need into hiding thus impeding the investigation.

I dont think its PC at all, just a tactic.

Lon;1280460 wrote: I certainly agree about doing away with the racial epithets, but I am concerned about what I consider to be extreme PC that is currently taking place. EXAMPLE---

No longer do they refer to someone that the police picks up as a suspect-----they are now called A PERSON OF INTEREST. A child is no longer lost in the woods---they have GONE MISSING (not really a PC thing, but an example of the media changing our thinking.
It goes even further over here. Over here you are 'assisting in a police inquiry'! Even though you know you are actually a suspect!

I agree that PC goes too far at times, but it I think it is still better to be polite than the alternative.

The media has far too much power to influence the way people think and behave. And common sense is usually the first thing that goes.