This is the most absurd position

[Laurence Horn]

On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> JHC! Even the Creationists believe in dinosaurs. WTH's so controversial
> about the word?
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> JL

Well, we all believe in divorce (some of us more fervently than others), and that's on the list.  Maybe dinosaurs made the loaded word list because they're scary.

LH

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> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Every few weeks I find myself saying or thinking, "This is the stupidest
>> thing I've ever heard of!"
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>> What's wrong with me?  They can't *all* be the stupidest!
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>> JL
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>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:26 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com
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>>> From: David Barnhart [mailto:dbarnhart at highlands.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:25 AM
>>> To: 'Deakins, Alice'
>>> Subject: This is the most absurd position
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>> http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-wo
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>> http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-words-from-tests/?hpt=hp_c2
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>>> Next they'll want to ban the words from textbooks.
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