On Sat, May 30, 2015, Michael Fuerst via Callers wrote: > > If a our group of like minded people can't agree on terms to use > when teaching relatively straightforward dances, can we expect a > nation to agree on such trivial issues like use of force by police, > national health insurance, income distribution, and money's influence > in elections
Actually, that may not be a good comparison. There are two forces in discussions like these that are both somewhat in opposition and somewhat combining: First is the tendency to "bikeshed" -- obsessing over trivial details because we can. (See the Wikipedia link below.) The second tendency is to obsess over language because language matters. If you need convincing of this, I strongly recommend reading _The Everyday Language of White Racism_ by Jane Hill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
