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Re: OT: Term 'freshman' banned at some local schools... -
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Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! |
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Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! |
Been goin' on for some time.
Draftsmen are now "drafters"
I get resumes from students looking for jobs and this term is on there.
Many of the resumes look the same, so I suspect they are actually typed by
their college's placement department.
Craftsmen are now "crafters"
Fishermen are now "fishers".
Funny story from up here:
Each spring there is an exhibition that is caled the "Toronto Sportsmen's
Show". Everything is there from camping/hunting/fishing equipment to RVs to
boats to ATVs.
One year a while back they tried giving it a PC name. Guess what?
NOBODY CAME. Nobody recognized that it was the same show, just under a
different name. It BOMBED.
The very next year they re-named it back to the "Sportsmen's Show",
attendance jumped back up to the usual levels, and nobody's ever mentioned
changing the name again.
One small victory...
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:12:36 +0000, badgolferman wrote: Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 12:26:50 PM, pan.2005.10.20.16.28.15.339820 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! Post link please. I would like to share this with others. I'll see if I can find it. I was listening to the news when I heard it, and then heard it on the local radio while listening to Rush. Of course, it's in Amherst, MA...you know, the town where you can't fly the flag except for a week before and a week after a holiday... First Year Students at Local High School are now Ninth Graders AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - There are no freshmen at Amherst Regional High School. Following in the steps of several area colleges, 9th-grader is now the official term used for first-year students. http://www.wwlp.com/news2004/story.html?artID=283164 Oh, ye of little faith... |
referring to one of our neighbors as "the guy who's crippled". It
seems this word is not allowed anymore in our politically correct
society.
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Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 1:43:04 PM, pan.2005.10.20.17.44.32.90684 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:12:36 +0000, badgolferman wrote: Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 12:26:50 PM, pan.2005.10.20.16.28.15.339820 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! Post link please. I would like to share this with others. I'll see if I can find it. I was listening to the news when I heard it, and then heard it on the local radio while listening to Rush. Of course, it's in Amherst, MA...you know, the town where you can't fly the flag except for a week before and a week after a holiday... First Year Students at Local High School are now Ninth Graders AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - There are no freshmen at Amherst Regional High School. Following in the steps of several area colleges, 9th-grader is now the official term used for first-year students. http://www.wwlp.com/news2004/story.html?artID=283164 Oh, ye of little faith... The other day the Speech Police (my wife) gave me a bunch of grief for referring to one of our neighbors as "the guy who's crippled". |
year when I was a teen, and I hated being called "crippled". It
infuriated me.
Why not say "the guy who walks with crutches" or something? You're a
smart guy -- without too much extra mental effort you can find another
way to say it. I hate it when people confuse mental effort with
political corectness.
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It seems this word is not allowed anymore in our politically correct society. |
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badgolferman wrote: Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 1:43:04 PM, pan.2005.10.20.17.44.32.90684 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:12:36 +0000, badgolferman wrote: Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 12:26:50 PM, pan.2005.10.20.16.28.15.339820 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the >> area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! Post link please. I would like to share this with others. I'll see if I can find it. I was listening to the news when I heard it, and then heard it on the local radio while listening to Rush. Of course, it's in Amherst, MA...you know, the town where you can't fly the flag except for a week before and a week after a holiday... First Year Students at Local High School are now Ninth Graders AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - There are no freshmen at Amherst Regional High School. Following in the steps of several area colleges, 9th-grader is now the official term used for first-year students. http://www.wwlp.com/news2004/story.html?artID=283164 Oh, ye of little faith... The other day the Speech Police (my wife) gave me a bunch of grief for referring to one of our neighbors as "the guy who's crippled". That's because its rude. I had to walk with crutches and a cane for a year when I was a teen, and I hated being called "crippled". It infuriated me. |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:26:50 +0000, Hachiroku wrote: Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! What ever happened to FROSH???? |
To hell with the PC crowd. Literally.
Charles of Kankakee
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The other day the Speech Police (my wife) gave me a bunch of grief for referring to one of our neighbors as "the guy who's crippled". That's because its rude. I had to walk with crutches and a cane for a year when I was a teen, and I hated being called "crippled". It infuriated me. |
doesnt mean its wrong. If I was to call a short person short they might
find it offensive but i wouldnt be wrong to say it and why should i
pussyfoot about trying to make it sounds less offensive, why not just
accept what you are and stop putting the blame for your bad feelings on
other people. Ive things about me i dont like, people point them out
and i could take offense but i realise they are simply mentioning the
truth and dont mean offense, so i chuckle about it with them. Its all
down to common sense and not taking yourself too seriously.
J
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That's because its rude. I had to walk with crutches and a cane for a year when I was a teen, and I hated being called "crippled". It infuriated me. Calling someone a cripple in a derogatory way is just like anything |
Unacceptable.
However, calling someone crippled because they are is a different game.
If I said, "he is black", it is different to "dirty black bastard".
If I say "ask dave he is Jewish" on a question about Judeasism, it is
different to "dirty stinking Jew".
If some one said "Carl is the white guy over there", fine no worries, if
they said "Oh Carl, yeah, just another white fat fucker", I would be
offended.
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Learning Richard, 10/20/2005,3:36:47 PM, wrote: badgolferman wrote: Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 1:43:04 PM, pan.2005.10.20.17.44.32.90684 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:12:36 +0000, badgolferman wrote: Hachiroku, 10/20/2005, 12:26:50 PM, pan.2005.10.20.16.28.15.339820 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote: Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the >> area have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! Post link please. I would like to share this with others. I'll see if I can find it. I was listening to the news when I heard it, and then heard it on the local radio while listening to Rush. Of course, it's in Amherst, MA...you know, the town where you can't fly the flag except for a week before and a week after a holiday... First Year Students at Local High School are now Ninth Graders AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP) - There are no freshmen at Amherst Regional High School. Following in the steps of several area colleges, 9th-grader is now the official term used for first-year students. http://www.wwlp.com/news2004/story.html?artID=283164 Oh, ye of little faith... The other day the Speech Police (my wife) gave me a bunch of grief for referring to one of our neighbors as "the guy who's crippled". That's because its rude. I had to walk with crutches and a cane for a year when I was a teen, and I hated being called "crippled". It infuriated me. Richard, everything offends you. Lighten up, man. |
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In article <NvednR61kMcETcXeRVn-jg (AT) comcast (DOT) com>, "Charles @ Kankakee" <n5hsr (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote: "Hachiroku" <Trueno (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts> wrote in message news  an.2005.10.21.05.19.04.581978 (AT) ae86 (DOT) gts...On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:26:50 +0000, Hachiroku wrote: Seems the term 'freshman' is 'gender biased' so some schools in the area >> have dropped it. The PC term is First Year Student. Can't have girls thinking they're boys now, can we? My GOD this is getting out of hand! What ever happened to FROSH???? I suppose they'll ban sophmore next because it so sophmoric . . . . To hell with the PC crowd. Literally. Charles of Kankakee or senior because it makes you old...LOL. |
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