[misc.handicap] Large dose of laughter/re

Greg.See-Kee@f631.n712.z3.fidonet.org (Greg See-Kee) (06/05/90)

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 BD> In a message to Greg See-Kee <21 May 90 23:20:00> Fred Myers wrote:
     
 FM>>     Please define do-gooder.  In America it has a negative
 FM>> connotation, e.g. Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd ed.:
 FM>> "An earnest, usually impractical-minded humanitarian bent on
 FM>> promoting welfare work or reform; commonly with a derogatory
 FM>> implication of naivete or blundering ineffectiveness."
     
Because of the over-flood of messages, I missed the original
message.

Next thing I know, you BBs will be giving me dictionary
definitions of BLACK, DISABLED, RETARDED, WOMAN, CRIPPLE, ... and
then telling me that we cannot use these words because of their
derogatory implications.

Obviously some people in this conference are incapable of ever
learning!

We went over the "Terms" issue a long time ago.  Just because one
particular socio-cultural group says that something has
"negaqtive overtones", does not mean that the word or terms are
forever banned.

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