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Date sent: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 00:55:11 -0800 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: audrey skrzyniarz <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Non PD: An idea whose time has come To: [log in to unmask] > This isnt directed at any person on the list in particular, it is in > response after reflection in order to think what to say. For the life > of me I can not figure out how a commonly used expression changed into > something that some would think has political incorrect connotations. > It isnt the way I was raised to imply or to make any slurs against any > group or person. I wonder how innocent fun can suddenly be translated > into something less and become a soap box once more? Why would any > one look so deeply for hidden intent when none exists nor was > intended? Maybe it is time to stop and think of what some of us are > here for besides medical information which is available many places > outside of this list. Isnt this list partly social, a meeting of like > minds that are friendly at least in therory? It is possible to find > anything one looks for in all things that transpires between two > people. I do appreciate your post however Roger, and in case you might > wonder about americans, I was always taught to use a dictionary when > one needs to know a word and its usage ... > > * seattle * audrey > friend of my pwp aussie john 40/42/38? Because one person's "fun" makes it "acceptable" for people to ridicule, put down, generalize, and otherwise promote negative attitudes about other people. It doesn't matter if it is: blondes=stupidity Polish people=polacks Jewish people=kikes males=insensitive females="gold-diggers" These "jokes" are not "funny" to those people who have been insulted and ridiculed in the past. They do not belong on a public List. Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************