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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: rasher: firmware id3.c,1.110,1.111Re: rasher: firmware id3.c,1.110,1.111
From: Manuel Dejonghe <manuel_at_dejonghe.de>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:40:56 +0200 BlooChip: You made my day. And it's only beginning :D On 9/9/05, BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net> wrote: > Oh hell! I've resisted and resisted ...but there's only so long I can have > a carrot dangled in front of me before I decide to eat... > > I think you're right Svante ...the word "nigger" should be removed from all > dictionaries - after all, the only purpose of having words with such power > is to allow one person to insult another effectively. If this word is > allowed to remain in the language, eventually we will have black people > referring to Each Other as "nigger" and suddenly the vernacular usage would > change to mean something like "outcast" - and we already have a word for that. > > I also think you are right to use KEEP words such as "coward" and > expressions such as "ingorant asshole" ...these terms MUST remain ...how > else can one express their xenophobia or insult a group of programmers > who's work is primarily altruistic?! > > However, the jury in my head is 'out' on the word "bigot" - if that word > were to be removed certain people would have no way to identify themselves > to others ...the expression "Hi, I am intollerant of people whos ideas and > opinons differ from my own" is just not as expressive as "Hi, I'm a bigot." > > BC > > PS. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=irony > > PPS. Most upset I got beat to calling "Godwin's Law" > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-09-10 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |