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Brainstorming: Should we be offended?

Sat, 06/21/2008 - 13:31
So my yahoo news feed sent me this. http://social.moldova.org/stiri/eng/128767/ As I was reading it I was thinking how absurd it was. Heck, half of the words we use can be seen as offensive if we were to break them down all entymologically and historically and on and on. I think the bigger issue is ignorance towards what epilepsy is. Outlawing the usage of the word "brainstorming" or another other word like it is not going to educate anyone, if anything it makes me feel like that sort of thing just adds more of a stigma and thus makes us more vulnearable. I see it as just another well-meaning, but wayward, example of institutional action that amounts to not doing anything at all except avoiding measures that might actually be helpful. In this case the measure was declared as extreme and unnessary, as it was, but I think this happens elsewhere as well. If people are ignorant they can still be very mean while trying to be very politically correct in their language. (Like my martial arts instructer who was careful not to address the class as "you guys" since I was (the lone) female but did not allow me to spar when I reached level because "women need to learn pragmatic things, like escape tactics.") What does everyone else think about this? Having epilepsy, are there things people say that offend you? (I don't mean like directly insulting you.)

Comments

Re: Brainstorming: Should we be offended?

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Thu, 2008-06-26 - 00:10

GREAT BIG LOL!!!!!!!! THAT ONE WILL KEEP ME LAUGHING FOR DAYS!

I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

GREAT BIG LOL!!!!!!!! THAT ONE WILL KEEP ME LAUGHING FOR DAYS!

I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

Re: Brainstorming: Should we be offended?

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Thu, 2008-07-10 - 00:41

UBER..........EVERY TIME I READ THIS COMMENT OF YOURS ABOUT THE DAIRY QUEEN I BREAK OUT IF FITS OF LAUGHTER. IT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!

I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

 I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

UBER..........EVERY TIME I READ THIS COMMENT OF YOURS ABOUT THE DAIRY QUEEN I BREAK OUT IF FITS OF LAUGHTER. IT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!

I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

 I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

Re: Brainstorming: Should we be offended?

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Thu, 2008-06-26 - 00:08

GOOD ONE STEPH.......LEAVE IT TO YOU TO COME UP WITH THAT ONE!!!!! LOL!

 I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

GOOD ONE STEPH.......LEAVE IT TO YOU TO COME UP WITH THAT ONE!!!!! LOL!

 I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

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