• by Richard Whitman , Columnist, December 10, 2014

So Cannes has Young Lions. Jonge Honden has Dutch Young Creatives. And India has Hot Young Creatives -- which I'm guessing  wouldn't go over so well here in the States, given our propensity to overreact with extreme moral outrage to such things. Or, well, to most anything, for that matter.

After all, calling a creative "hot" could be misconstrued as commentary of the person's looks versus their ability to crank out amazing creative. And as we all know, commenting on someone's looks is strictly forbidden in a country where making any sort of personal commentary on a person is almost always viewed as sexual harassment.

So we wish India well with its Hot Young Creatives, which highlights creative achievement among young creatives. That is until your country is infused with overly righteous political correctness that's currently sapping the fun out of America, one outraged Facebook post at a time.