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Re: train track prservation
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:35:38 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> 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>
> >
> > 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...
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> 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.
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> 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".
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> Lets not Attack Larry or the Americans this time.
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> Santosh
> Fighting the battle of Operation Infinite Tackiness.
> (or should that be Tactiness?)
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 if any locals do have a
problem, feel free to make you opinion heard, and I'll TRY and be a little
more careful...no promises though. As to foreigners, please remember this IS
an Aussie forum, and so Strine should be allowed (as Italian is allowed on
loc.it )]
[besides, it also helps the number of postings in loc.au gain on loc.us and
loc.it :) ]
Benjamin Whytcross
[Lugnet member 407]
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| (...) No worries, mate. I was just taking the... well you know what it was, starts with P... out of you a bit. (...) You and the rest of your continent. :-) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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