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Re: train track prservation
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:11:50 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> > Hi Michael
> > Err..be mindful of the language, it doesnt bother me, but the Political
> > Correctness police might come after you, because harshness of reality is
> > sometimes a crime! <g>
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> Yep...And it's strange how being in an Aussie oriented newsgroup, we can get
> targetted by Seppo Political Correctness Police about language we use. It's
> almost as if they want the whole world doing what they want done in the way
> they do it...
Well sometimes its not really a matter of PC'ed ness, but more a question of
tact. For example the situation where a largeish person is approached, the
PC version would be to think of them as a "<something> <something>
challenged person", the tactful method would be to not care at all unless it
did have a very important bearing on the situation.
In this post, i merely pointed out that Lugnet does have an language policy,
and I think this is not so much for PC'edness but more because Lego by
nature is a childrens toy, and what would a child make of being pissed? PC
would be to say "I'm happily challenged", Tact would be to say "I wasn't happy".
Lets not Attack Larry or the Americans this time.
Santosh
Fighting the battle of Operation Infinite Tackiness.
(or should that be Tactiness?)
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| (...) No worries...I was just fishing for a bite. Larry, I have no chip on my shoulder, I just enjoy a little stirring...And of course trying to keep the language of Strine alive. [and being in an aussie forum, I see no problem with that. Of course (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Yep...And it's strange how being in an Aussie oriented newsgroup, we can get targetted by Seppo Political Correctness Police about language we use. It's almost as if they want the whole world doing what they want done in the way they do it... (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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