Date:  Tue, 18 Oct 1994 22:28:19 -0700

From:  Birrell Walsh <birrell[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WELL.SF.CA.US>

Subject: Re: offending idioms



On Tue, 18 Oct 1994, Terry Pratt, UPEI wrote:



> Dead white European male.

>



Terry, ya dinna understand. "Dead white European male" is PROGRESSIVE.

What is progressive cannot be insensitive, and if you think it is, you

are being DEFENSIVE.



Any questions? There will be a quiz, of course.