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In article <1992Apr11.175451.11322@cs.mcgill.ca>
samurai@uriel.cs.mcgill.ca (Darcy Brockbank) writes:

>In article <1992Apr11.031855.4843@macc.wisc.edu>
>anderson@macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson) writes:

>>Your bigot epithet trivializes and degrades those who oppose
>>*real* bigotry, one of the world's most serious social
>>problems.

>Aw, man!  This is what's wrong with the world in the 90's.

I don't propose to carry on a long debate here on these
points, and I'm pretty sure Darcy himself would agree with
me on the more salient features.  I will grant, in part, his
main point just now.

>Not that I'm trivializing your struggle in your every day
>life, against bigotry, but to draw offense from Felix's
>statement is a little weak, I think, for an adult.

I understand what you're saying.  My complaint was really
about the overly casual way people use words like bigot or
fascist.  The things they refer to are far too important let
these words be used to desensitize and confuse the issues
underlying them.

>Mission for humanity: stop being so offended, and stop suing
>each other.

The over-litigous society we live in is something of a
separate (serious) problem, but it seems to me that if people
were more (not less) offended by racism, poverty, and allied
social ills, we might get more quickly to ...

>We'll be much more happy!

... the point we probably all wish for.

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