The term "Mexicans" is not offensive to Mexicans. Although I cannot say whether or not "swine" is offensive to Israelis, I can pretty categorically say that a term cannot be offensive to a religion. People may be offended, but religions are not.
-- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- ________________________________ From: Steven Specht [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 2:36 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Psycholinguistics : Swine or Mexican On May 4, 2009, at 3:25 PM, [email protected] wrote: The Israelis decided to refer to the Swine flu as the Mexican flu.Appararently the term swine is offensive to the religion.But the term Mexican is very offensive to Mexicans,The Chinese have began rounding up Mexicans in China. Does this illustrate the power of words on cognitive-religious beliefs? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) ======================================================== Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology Utica College Utica, NY 13502 (315) 792-3171 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
