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Re: [microsound] digital dub, slightly OT





man, you guys are *ruthless*.  some of you on this list are making the 
feminist movement
and the green party look like rush limbaugh sittin in a trailer park
sippin on a bud...

im as green and liberal as they come; but the abuse of PC on this
sometimes
goes beyond 'civility'! i think bob clarified his meaning quite well, and
to 
respond and scold further his use of this word is a bit, excuse my lack
of a 
better, more refined
word, ridiculous. 

best,
joe


On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:40:36 -0400 david turgeon <david.t@xxxxxxxx>
writes:
> > Would it have made a difference if i had handcuffed the word 
> "primitives" in
> > quotation marks? Because that's how its use is intended: as a 
> mentioning of
> > a myth. I'll be more careful next time... don't want any of you 
> knee-jerk
> > libbies to get your panties in a wad over your inability to 
> decipher a
> > simple case of use/mention distinction.
> 
> perhaps you'd rather thank us for pointing out that your message was
> ambiguous & could be easily misconstrued as racist.
> 
> myth or not, "primitive" has been shown to be an inaccurate term for
> quite some time now, as there is nothing inherently "primitive" (as 
> in
> "insufficiently evolved") in the communities or people we have 
> qualified
> as such.
> 
> putting the word in quotes would imply that you are aware of its
> negative connotations but couldn't find a better way of saying it.  
> most
> people try to avoid the word altogether as a matter of civility.
> 
> ~ david
> 
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