On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Bob Blakely wrote: > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It's hard to keep up with, though, when your tendency is to use > > accepted clinical terms rather than what the political sensitive > > types treat as a flavour of the week adjective. > > Folks who have assumed room temperature are no longer to be referred to as > dead. They are "metabolically challenged". > > Folks who rob, steal kill and assault are no longer to be referred to as > criminals, they are "morally challenged". > > Folks are no longer to be referred to as argumentative, obnoxious and/or > disrespectful, they are "socially challenged". > > Your film isn't slow, it's "photonically challenged". > > I'm not insane, I'm "reality challenged". >
If it hasn't been pointed out already, there is a great George Carlin bit called "Softing the language" its quite funny, but the sad part is that it is true! Cheers! - Chris -- Chris Murray /"\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
