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Kaffir Lily is an offensive name
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Ah yes, but it is the uneducated great unwashed that are the ones that are quickly offended because they believe everyone is making fun of them anyway and they will quickly riot if they believe they are being insulted. They are the type of people who will drag Americans through the streets without a second thought. All through history it has been the great unwashed that have repeatedly toppled great civilizations and set mankind back thousands of years by doing so. "Delta Nine" wrote in message ... Darren Garrison wrote: On 3 Apr 2004 22:16:02 -0800, (theoneflasehaddock) wrote: Yes there is a lot of political correctness gone mad.I believe that you still talk about "Black berries", Here some of the Politically correct brigade insist that they be referred to now as "Bramble fruit". Short people are "Vertically challenged" People with a disability are not disabled they are "Differently able." And it goes on and on The funny part is, most people who are part of the PC-protected groups have no interest in their PC names. Most black people I know want to be called black, not "African American" as that implies that they're not American born. Most deaf people I know are deaf, not hearing impared (hearing impaired implies difficulty hearing, not total lack of hearing ie deafness) The African American one brings to mind the white South African born kid who got in trouble for applying for some sort of "outstanding African American student" award because he wasn't black. Even though he had better claim to the title "African American" than any American born black kid. I mean, shit, he was ****ing *born in Africa* Political correctness was just as much of an attack on free speech as the people who believe that saying bad things about Bush is tantamount to treason. More so, actually, it's been building up for a longer time and has had much more sway than the recent war on terror trend. Remember the financial advisor in DC who had to resign for using the word "niggardly" just because it sounds similar to "******" Nevermind the fact that niggardly shares no origins with ******, and has a perfectly acceptable use given the context. It means "stingy" or "miserly" and is completely acceptable to use when talking about finances. See, that's what political correctness is about: It doesn't matter if you're right or not, it only matters if people are offended. Well guess what? There's nothing in our laws that imply you have a right not to be offended. In fact, with freedom of speech you're pretty much guaranteed to be offended at some point in your life. People just need to get a thicker skin about it, and not try to coerce others into not offending them. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: People are stupid. And Brazil nuts are still called ****** toes How'd they get that name? I know this is an attempt at a troll, having cross-posted to all of these unrelated groups, but I'll post this article I found anyway: http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1991/...in_911125.html The Scientist 5[23]:0, Nov. 25, 1991 snip -- -------------- Peace, Delta Nine Life is very difficult. Once you understand that, life becomes easier. -Buddha I'm tellin' ya D9, you can't go wrong with gallons and gallons of urine. - T.D. Shadow |
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