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It doesn't, it sounds better but for most people a metal health facility is a lunatic asylum anyway... It's not because they hear an other word that in there mind it does change anything... It's like saying Poo will not have the same effect in someone mind than shit...
I see "respect" as a positive value.
If I don`t share another`s belief then to show respect for that belief would,in my eyes, be dishonest to both myself and the other person.
EVERYONE in life that I have come across has been different to me.So the simple answer to the second question is "No".
Yep, like I give a shit
I like Arrogant Frog Bastard better tho...
Bah in France we never really know who is our real father anyway... Haha...
How exactly though? I don't share my friends' beliefs but I respect them.
It was renamed to be more accurate, especially as many chalk boards are now in fact green.
In the same way marker boards are known as that not white boards.
:rolleyes:
Getting back to the debate, yes, I think the people who rail against "political correctness" are those who are upset that they are no longer allowed to use racist and discriminatory language in respectable social circles.
I know the resident nutters like Luke (gone a year, and still no more intelligent...perhaps hitting him with a housebrick might help) think that PC is a bad thing- but then again, he thinks that all Muslim people are terrorists, pimps and drug dealers, so he would be against any restriction on his racist bile. I suppose the people who are anti-"PC" on this thread kinda prove the point- they are the people who preach against equality and who preach against immigration. They are the people who preach against the people that "PC" people try to accomodate, so they would obviously be against PC.
Mistakes are made, of course they are, but they don't tend to be that often. It's nothing sinister, its just well-meaning clots doing stupid things, and sometimes its people attempting to cut corners using PC as a convenient excuse. But what's new? When Shipley College banned the use of butter in its canteens, it wasn't because of vegan people (like it claimed), it was because the spreads they used instead were half the price. That's not the fault of the vegan community, is it?
I think the advertising industry would beg to differ, actually.
How something is described influences opinions on it a great deal.
That is why advertising copywriters with ability can earn a lot of money. Any old word will not do.
Words with negative connotations reinforce negative opinions.
in the school i work in, every drywipe board is white and called a whiteboard, i dont see anyone think its stupid, same as the oldblackboard are called just that cause they areblack and a board
people that twist about that probly need something beating out of them with a big sharp pointy stick
Two different definitions then ? Maybe why we are not in agreement.
I`m curious on your thoughts to this question:
If I fail to say "I love you" to Sophia, does this mean that I hate Sophia ?
There seems to be quite a lot of undefined language in that short statement,as you ermmm recognise later.
To paraphrase a well known saying: The adjective is the mind of the beholder
Care to give me some concrete examples ?
The friend I was talking about is Jewish. One of the things he isn't allowed to do is use God's name in vain (for example, saying 'oh my god') and wehn I'm talking to him, I don't use God's name in that wy. I have done it on the odd occasion when I've been with other friends of mine though.
Well maybe if you use vulgar words for sure, but these days there is a lot of word that were not offensive or with a negative connotations when created that since the political correctness is around are seen as such...
Since when words like fireman, policeman and such are ever been insults tho?
Lunatic asulym I can see how it was always an insult, but I believe the proper word was psychatric establishment anyway...
Didn't know that idiot, moron, imbecile ad retarded were actually use in the medical area before they became insults...
The idea of terms like 'Psychiatric Ward' etc is to show that people with mental health problems shouldn't be locked away (as they were for such conditions as getting pregnany without being married) or isolated.
So changing the words has a purpose, a chance to highlight a different perspective or meaning. Words do influence the way people think about things, especially things they don't know.
Terms like fireman, policeman, etc weren't offensive, they are demonstrative, they imply that only men perform the jobs, not women as well. Which could of been seen as why when growing up girls wouldn't consider such jobs, something that has changed dramatically (though media presentation, improved career advice, etc, has all helped, probably more in my opinion - everything plays a part).
Also I always thought that fireman, policeman and the rest where using man as mankind... or is mankind not politaclly correct anymore either? I guess the human race is better...
But thanks Jim, I get some point a bit more, specially the last paragraph, the rest I am still ot sure that it is really necessary...
I just think there is so much other shit we should concetrate on fixing or making better before words...