[redwitch]

Boy, did this thread go on a tangent I never expected. I've read and loved both 1984 and Brave New World. I've thought for a long time that we're closer to 1984 than I care to think about. I don't like the idea of living in a world where every phone conversation I make is recorded or every word I write on a computer is there forever and never truly private. I hate how facts today are altered to prove a mindset rather than letting facts speak for themselves. I hate the biased reporting. I honestly just want the news. If I want an opinion of the news, I can find enough commentators to interpret the news given, but I want ALL of the news, not just the portion that makes that reporter and editor happy. And so on and so forth.

I was simply trying to make the point that asking someone to not use a phrase or word that is hurtful to that person and respecting that request is a simple act of kindness and courtesy. It has nothing to do with being politically correct. It has nothing to do with trying to stifle one 's right to free speech. It has everything to do with respecting the feelings of another human.