[Dixielandjazz] PC gone mad

[Arnold Day]

The British, naturally, like to be different and actually prefer some of 
these older names. Those who used to be known as "Old Aged Pensioners" 
are now, I believe, officially "Seniors". Most of them seem to shun this 
new term, and you will see the signs  "OAP" in many places, usually in 
connection with a discounted price for something.

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LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing wrote:

>Actually it's everywhere and as mass media improves the name changes etc are
>getting faster.  I taught special education kids for a long time.  At one
>time Moron, Idiot, Cretan were legitimate scientific terms.  But we continue
>to go through language changes.  Idiot became retarded.  Retarded became
>Developmentally disadvantaged and so on.  As we come up with new language
>variations we then have to change them because the new name becomes a slur.
>Today the new politically correct name can be spread quickly.  Without much
>imagination you can come up with the permutations and evolution of words for
>the black race.  The name changes are accelerating and they come even more
>difficult to keep track of and what offends who.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Phil O'Rourke" <philor at webone.com.au>
>To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] PC gone mad
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>>John
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>>Be careful. Remember what lions are doing when they are rampant.
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>>Phil O'Rourke
>>Australia
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>>>Mustn't say oriental.
>>>Mustn't say black.
>>>Darktown is off limits, so is Red Indian etc. etc. ad nauseum.
>>>
>>>Which idiot dreamed up this insane Orwellian philosophy and how has it
>>>become so rampant in the USA?
>>>
>>>John Farrell
>>>http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm
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