>>Who said that "Political correctness is a good concept gone bad"?
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>That is funny!
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>you may have noticed, Nick, that the CBC stopped using the word "fishermen" some time ago and went to "fishers" instead.


>They had a problem because no one was 'ready' when the lobstermen started acting up but they eventually 'solved' that one by using "lobster fishers". I don't know, but do lobsters bite on hooked bait or get caught in nets?

Neither way. :) Lobsters go into lobster traps that basically look like this one:
http://lobstertraps.tripod.com/copy/id7.html