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- From: mara@panix.com (Mara Chibnik)
- Subject: Re: Liberty (was something relevant about CO-2 long ago...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.153240.17210@panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:32:40 GMT
- References: <BzL08y.G9D@demon.co.uk> <1992Dec21.113855.21684@spdcc.com> <1992Dec21.150903.17299@panix.com> <1992Dec21.200351.26183@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- I threw a zinger at Jojo:
- >> >(1) Germany, 1935-194?. Ever read German w.r.t. foreigners (i.e.
- >> >Jews)? The language, indeed, quickly adapted to the needs of its
- >> >users, to blame and denigrate 'foreigners'. Now, was this because people
- >>Denigrate?
- eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (eleanor.j.evans) reacts:
- >Wow, Mara, that was subtle. I stared at the screen a good five minutes
- >before my brain went *click*. And it was audible, too.
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- <chuckle>
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- >Does that mean I should strike "denigrate" from my vocabulary? Or that
- >it's an excellent example of (1) above. Or both?
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- The truly PC reaction is, of course, to strike it from your
- vocabulary. I'm not really convinced that it's the effective
- opposite of saying something like, "That's mighty white of you,"
- but if the word is going to land badly on someone's ears for that
- reason, I can generally find an elegant workaround.
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- I pointed it out because, in that context, it jumped at me.
- (Down, word. Sit. Stay. Good word. Have a treat.)
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- Mara Chibnik
- mara@panix.com Life is too important to be taken seriously.
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