Brainstorming and sexual harrassment

From the London Observer:

'Brainstorming', the buzzword used by executives to generate ideas among their staff, has been deemed politically incorrect by civil servants because it is thought to be offensive to people with brain disorders.

Instead staff at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) in Belfast will use the term 'thought-showers' when they get together to think creatively. A spokeswoman said: 'The DETI does not use the term brainstorming on its training courses on the grounds that it may be deemed pejorative.'

If this kind of thing is considered legitimate then no doubt, we will eventually hear that someone feels sexually harrassed by the term thought-showers. Just sayin.

H/T NRO The Corner

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