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Talk:Examples of Bias in Wikipedia (view source)
Revision as of 17:52, April 5, 2007
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::My print edition of "The New Penguin Compact English Dictionary" also lists it as "dated or offensive". So do Dictionary.com, Dict.cc, TheFreeDictionary.com, and and and... But sure, go ahead. Andy will most likely support it. And that's all that counts on this site, anyway. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 13:44, 5 April 2007 (EDT)
::My print edition of "The New Penguin Compact English Dictionary" also lists it as "dated or offensive". So do Dictionary.com, Dict.cc, TheFreeDictionary.com, and and and... But sure, go ahead. Andy will most likely support it. And that's all that counts on this site, anyway. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 13:44, 5 April 2007 (EDT)
Fine. That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. In the liberal world, the elites dream up a way of thought and everyone has to ascribe to it. Here in the conservative world, people are free to think what they want to think. Thus, if that's what you want to believe, more power to you.
But thank God, I don't have to think the same way as you do. I confess to remembering when ''colored'' wasn't considered offensive. You can change your lexicon if you like, but I can warn you is that changing words don't really change people's perceptions. Consider the evolution from colored to negro to black to Afro-American to African-American ... do you think that made any difference to Snoop Dogg ''or'' to the guy with the shot-gun in his pick-up? It did not. Rather, evolving lexicon is nothing more than a sign of weakness and cultural insecurity.
It doesn't matter if you look down on Mic's / Hooligans / Irishmen. They aren't going to change their name. It doesn't matter if you say Jew nicely or if you say it with a derogatory tone: a Jew is still proud to be a Jew. Thusly, those of us who remember Oriental, Chinaman, et. al. aren't going to change our way of speach because to do so would be an insult to our fathers and their fathers before them. Is it quite alright with you if traditionalists keep on doing what they have always done? Or do you feel the need to impose your perceptions and connotations upon everyone around you?[[User:Everwill|Everwill]] 13:52, 5 April 2007 (EDT)