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Subject:Re: Language use and hypersensitivity From:David Dvorkin <dvorkin -at- BOLIX -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:07:23 -0600
Marie C. Paretti, in a quite politically correct post, reacted defensively
to the use of "politically correct" and "hypersensitive".
Well, Marie, when one sees people reacting strongly, and usually
self-righteously, to what they insist is the offensiveness of certain
phrases, it's hard not to see hypersensitivity at work.
"Abort"? "Master/slave"? Come on!
David Dvorkin
Qualix Group, Inc.
Boulder Development Ctr. mailto:dvorkin -at- bolix -dot- com
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