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From: lucius@tardis.UUCP (Lucius Chiaraviglio)
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Subject: Re: they vs it vs he vs she
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> I beg to (vigorously) disagree. There are much less awkward, and more
> descriptive
> expressions, such as "fire fighter", "letter carrier" or "police officer",
> which are the *real* expressions for "fireman", "postman" or "policeman".
> Such shorthand was acceptable when these ocupations were all male.
> Now that this is no longer the case, they will pretty much stop
> existing. "Fireperson" or other groaners *are* sloppy and ambiguous.
> I mean, should blacks start flaming about an expression like "the darkness
> of tyranny", and "demand" that the expression be made "color-blind"?
> 
> Marcel Simon

	I think it would be a very good idea for us to get rid of implicitly
racist language which always associates black with evil and white with good.
Really, what is wrong with darkness?

					-- Lucius Chiaraviglio
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