Date:  Sat, 29 Oct 1994 21:15:57 -0700

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

Subject: Re: offending idiot



On Sat, 29 Oct 1994, Gregory D Waltigney wrote:



> Perhaps those out there who feel the need to use this forum as a soapbox

> for determining political correctness could take their drivel elsewhere

> rather than degenerating into a bunch of blathering "offending idiots"!

>

I tend to agree. PC of various sorts is really name-magic. But naming

is how we humans create worlds, yes? So there is no way PC arguments

will stop. Resign yourself to it.



The funny part is that the effort-to-control is comming from people who

speak of freedom. But hey, it's still the 20th Century - typical of it.

Birrell