Yah, neither does mine.
I must be on the wrong mailing list or something. On 3/15/16, 12:32 PM, "Discuss on behalf of Drew Van Zandt" <discuss-bounces+joe=polcari....@blu.org on behalf of drew.vanza...@gmail.com> wrote: >My Linux system doesn't have any of these weird commands installed. > > > >*Drew Van ZandtArtisan's Asylum Board of DirectorsFirefly Arts Collective >Board of Directors* > >On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Peter Olson <pe...@peabo.com> wrote: > >> > On March 15, 2016 at 7:52 AM "Edward Ned Harvey (blu)" < >> b...@nedharvey.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> > Political correctness is synonymous with respect for other people. >> > >> > Anytime someone says they're sick of being politically correct, it means >> they >> > want to be disrespectful of other people, without any backlash. >> > >> > The white man in the room doesn't get to tell us what's racist and >> what's not >> > racist. If the majority of black people would feel that's a racist term, >> then >> > by definition, it is. >> > >> > Cotton pickin isn't racist, just like the confederate flag isn't racist. >> > Meaning - they both are. Because the majority of African Americans feel >> they >> > are. >> >> To give another example, I heard someone yesterday refer to the paddy >> wagon. >> She was in a belligerent mood, so I did not think to inform her. >> >> Dictionary.com has an entry for paddy wagon which claims >> >> 1. Informal. patrol wagon. >> >> 1925-30; probably paddy policeman, special use of paddy >> >> Much further down the page it says >> >> Slang definitions & phrases for paddy wagon >> >> [1930+; fr patrol wagon, perhaps influenced by the fact that many >> policemen >> were of Irish extraction, hence paddies] >> >> The entry for paddy reveals >> >> Origin >> familiar variant of Irish Padraig Patrick >> Usage note >> This term is used as a neutral nickname or term of address for an >> Irishman, >> though it may be perceived as insulting. >> >> Dictionaries are supposed to define the actual usage of a word, based on >> citations of its use. But this can only do a limited depth into the >> origin. >> >> Is the paddy wagon the truck where the drunken Irishmen are loaded, or is >> it the >> the truck operated by the Irish police in America? I suspect the former, >> but I >> don't have any way to determine the truth. I think the term must have >> originated in the police vernacular. >> >> Dictionary.com continues: >> >> Paddy >> noun (pl) -dies >> 1. (Brit, informal) a fit of temper >> >> Hmmmm, further down: >> >> An Irish person or person of Irish extraction (1780+) >> >> Now, guess what? If you look at these definitions you'll find lots of >> arguments >> that this was inoffensive. It might be true. The compilers of the >> dictionary >> probably never got hauled off in a paddy wagon >> >> Peter Olson >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >Discuss@blu.org >http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss