And then there is also the issue of some people seeing it offensive and others
not seeing it offensive (and both camps are in the minority group). Case
inpoint is look at the term being used for self-identification with California
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I also distinctly remember in the NAGPRA brouha of 2008 on the UC Berkeley
campus when the Metis chancellor of UCB at the time told several groups the
term Indian was derogatory and shouldn't be used--a variety of California
Native Americans gave him a piece of their mind in no uncertain terms...
Best, Mark E Hall
On Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 7:22:33 AM PST, T. A. Milne via R-help
<r-help@r-project.org> wrote:
On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:54:01 +1100Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com>
<mailto:drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Elaine,There seems to be a popular contest to discover offence everywhere.
> Idon't think that it does anything against racism, sexism
> orantidisestablishmentarianism. Words are plucked from our vast lexiconto
> comfort or insult our fellows depending upon the intent of theuser. It is the
> intent that matters, not the poor word. Chasing thewords wastes your time,
> blames those who use the words harmlessly,and gives the real offender time to
> find another epithet.
>
Jim: This is superbly expressed. I wish that I could have saidthat! Your
posting should go down in the annals of brilliant rhetoric,alongside Dr.
Johnson's "Letter to Lord Chesterfield".cheers,Rolf
-- Honorary Research FellowDepartment of StatisticsUniversity of AucklandPhone:
+64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
To Rolf's excellent example, I would add Mandy Rice-Davies' immortal words from
the witness box.
- T. Arthur Milne
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