RE: OT: Why stonehenge Sucks
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote:
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> > A humble request: could everybody be more consciencous about dropping
> > offensive terms like KKK. The cognitive processes preceding such an
> > utterance disturb me. Being from the South, I am really
> > sensitive about
> > it, because people tend to conflate all Southerners with such
> > behavior.
> > The other day Greg Proops did a bit on the Comedy Channel about
> > Southerners having gills, pointy heads, and needing to cross-breed.
> >
> > Just because *some* negative examples of a group of people exist does
> > not mean its okay to name them in polite company. Negative
> > examples can
> > be constructed for any group. How about adding the children of the
> > former awful people to the "sensitivity awareness" mechanism in your
> > brain.
> >
I'm from the South (USA) as well, and I'm _not_ very sensitive about it.
There _are_ inbred, pointy-headed biggots in the South. But only idiots
think all people from the South act/think like that. Or people who have
never been there and met/dealt with Southerners. I can't imagine why we
should pay any attention to people who spout off about things of which
they're completely ignorant.
More importantly, crank down the sensitivity knob, bubba. One of the
worst problems in America (and the rest of the "civilized" world) today
is exactly this sort of "grievance mentality". The world is full of
louts who don't pay much attention to the effects they create, or who
like nothing better than to tweak people like you. You can either whine
about it, or toughen up.
Paul
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