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Article #34Re: Seattle, anyone?
From: AU TRI BANG
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:52
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:52
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In article <1992Aug25.211346.14542@ra.royalroads.ca> bbaskett@post.RoyalRoads.ca (Bill Baskett) writes: > >In article <1992Aug24.170203.27333@sfu.ca>, probst@fraser.sfu.ca (Scott Probst) writes: >|> In article <1992Aug24.021744.4646@ee.ubc.ca> jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes: >|> >In article <1992Aug23.203321.10023@sfu.ca> probst@fraser.sfu.ca (Scott Probst) writes: >|> >>In article <1992Aug23.174730.4306@ee.ubc.ca> jmorriso@ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) writes: >|> >>>In article <1992Aug21.203735.11260@sfu.ca> probst@fraser.sfu.ca (Scott Probst) writes: >|> >>>>In article <1992Aug21.202345.24264@cs.ubc.ca> hassan@cs.ubc.ca (Moustafa M Hassan) writes: >|> >>>>>* hassan@cs.ubc.ca | Political correctness is a euphemism * >|> >>>>>* TEL/FAX: (604) 535-2826 | for intellectual stagnation. * >|> >>>> >|> >>>>just thought is worth a comment: "political correctness" doesn't exist, >|> >>> >|> >>>Ah yes! What a politically incorrect faux-pas! After all, by calling you >|> >>>"politically-correct" we are in fact defining you, which is A Bad Thing, >|> >>>according to all the deconstructionist-postmodern types. By defining you >|> >> >|> >>... a lot cut, but you get the picture. actually, i tend not to include myself >|> >>are a way for people not to address the real issues underlying the talk. if >|> >>you wanted to actually address any particular issue, that would be great. >|> > >|> >What on earth do you mean?? Do you mean to say that I am a racist because I >|> >mentioned race? If you don't see the parody of the "white- >|> >European males" statement, I really don't know what you are thinking. >|> > >|> >I am not "cheapening" the discussion (much). I was basically criticizing >|> >the typical PC manner of thinking: >|> > >|> you brought in the race thing, not me. do you have any particular issue, >|> rather than this beat-up meta-issue, that you would like to address? >|> >|> -- >|> Scott Probst: Brain and Behaviour Laboratory, Psychology dept, SFU >|> Graduate Issues Officer, Simon Fraser Student Society. >|> e-mail: probst@fraser.sfu.ca - ph: (604) 291 3354/3181 - fax: (604) 291 5843 >|> "yes, well, and here we go again..." - Dr H. S. Thompson > >So, are you guys going to Seattle or what? Well, if you ever carpool with them, you'll surely be entertained!
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Newsgroups: bc.general,ubc.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!fs1.ee.ubc.ca!tau From: tau@ee.ubc.ca (AU TRI BANG) Subject: Re: Seattle, anyone? Message-ID: <1992Aug26.015217.4148@ee.ubc.ca> Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering References: <1992Aug24.021744.4646@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Aug24.170203.27333@sfu.ca> <1992Aug25.211346.14542@ra.royalroads.ca> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:52:17 GMT Lines: 41