Missed-point dept.

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A. You mean it's racist to be black?
>
> G. No. But it's racist to say somebody else is.
>

Different strokes, Jon.;-)

Besides, she's just a pre-teen. There are adults who'll tell you with
a straight face that affirmative action is the cause of racism and
genderism.

O.T. I've never been able to understand how referring to employees as
mere "human resources" - right up there with additional resources,
unused resources, underexploited resources, unnecessary resources,
underutilized resources, etc. -can be considered to be more P.C. than
the old custom of referring to them (us) as "personnel."

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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