I think it's a valid argument, just not true from what I have seen :) I think words *do* have a terrible amount of power.
> > Dana wrote: > > one of the stars of Grey's Anatomy is now making PSAs against hate > speech, apparently as an apology for a derogatory remark about gays. > > THAT's the issue. Are we becoming TOO politically correct? I've > always been a If-you-can't-joke-about-it-you're-a-victim-of-it type > of > guy because prejudice is absurd and, therefore, funny. > > Of course it's also a serious matter, but people should also be free > to have opinions. The Grey's anatomy guy should be accepted as not > liking Gays. And he should be able to say so. > > Another example would the statistic that 1-in-4 under 30 black men > have been in jail. That means that there's a 25% chance that the > black dude walking down the street towards has been in jail at some > point for something. Why ignore that fact? > > Why ignore that most suicide bombers are Middle Eastern men? Why be > concerned with racial profiling? To me it just makes the > hate/prejudice that much more dangerous and prevalent if you hide it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235603 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
