Political Correctness Again

It's amazing how one of the greatest achievements of last century has been reduced to a forgotten holiday celebrated in a single small town in Rhode Island:

• PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Church bells rang. Whistles at fire stations and mill factories sounded. People poured into the streets, waving flags and honking car horns. It was Aug. 14, 1945 -- the day Americans learned that Japan had surrendered, ending the costliest conflict in human history. ''It was pandemonium with happiness,'' remembered John Lucas, a World War II veteran.

  Today, Rhode Island will again observe the end of World War II, the only state still celebrating Victory Day, commonly referred to as Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day.

  Critics say it's discriminatory, and would like to eliminate the holiday or at least remove its reference to Japan. [emphasis added - SCC] Veterans groups remain committed.

Discriminatory? Remove its references to Japan? Did we or did we not win a years long war against the militaristic machinations of the Japanese Empire? A country that launched wars of aggression against Russia, China, Indonesia, Australia and various British and American interests across the Pacific? An implacable enemy that routinely tortured and executed prisoners, slaughtered native populations, and tested germ weapons on US and Chinese citizens.
To call celebrating V-J Day discriminatory shows just how far the insane supporters of political correctness have sunk their tentacles into our history. One of the greatest and finest moments in American history is reduced to a small town in Rhode Island that remembers what we were fighting and how we won the greatest victory in world history.