Hi y'all - yes there is another side to this issue, but I'm particularly annoyed when I hear people described as Black or Chinese when it has no bearing on the events. If we are trying to catch a fleeing suspect then that is one thing, but profiling to no purpose is retrograde.
On Oct 18, 12:02 pm, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While on the surface the law appears to promote egalitarianism, > looking deeper different motivations can be assumed. Comments from > their website (below) follow: > > …Angara said the use of religious, regional, or ethnic affiliations to > describe suspects or convicts in mass media, creates a sweeping > generalization on other members of the race, culture or region who did > not commit any crime. > … > Angara lamented that many members of media continue to callously use > terms such as "Muslim Criminal"‚ "A Muslim Terrorists" and other > denoting words in describing suspected criminals or even convicted > criminals. > … > Once the bill is enacted into law, it shall be unlawful for > newspapers, radio stations, televisions and even electronic mass media > to use the words "Muslim" and "Christians" and other words denoting > religious or ethnic affiliation in describing a person. > > "Banning this culturally and religiously biased practice would > definitely contribute and result in increased positive social space > and understanding between and among Muslims and non-Muslims," Angara > said. > > The bill was sponsored by the House Committee on Muslim Affairs, > chaired by Balindong under the legal/political cluster 5 headed by > Deputy Speaker Simeon A. Datumanong. > > http://www.congress.gov.ph/press/details.php?pressid=2749 > > Note that this includes ‘electronic mass media’, perhaps that includes > us. Be careful what you say! > Maybe the US could add things like homosexual, heterosexual, black, > white, red, yellow, terrorist, tall, short, wearing blue jeans, > wearing a cap, vegetarian, meat eater, male, female, child, elderly, > crippled, congressman, congresswoman, CEO, CFO, pundit, well known > source, dog lover, plumber, world leader, comedian, actor, etc. > > This I’m sure would “definitely contribute and result in increased > positive social space and understanding between and among” ALL people. > A true Orwellian idea! > > Soon we could reduce the cost of all dictionaries, having rid them of > pesky things like nouns and adjectives. > > On Oct 18, 7:30 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all - if they can do > > it:http://www.congress.gov.ph/download/billtext_14/hbt100.t.pdf- Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
