http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:39:29 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-683681 STM, true, profiling is sometimes necessary. But it isn't just race. You know, profiling includes type of clothing, height, weight, type of hair, car they drove away in, direction the were headed, etc... Perspective.... best, DM 683681@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:39:29 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-683604 Actually, I agree with you on the crime thing. There was a movement here (Down Under) for the same thing to happen some time ago (and it didn't). You know, "youths of middle-eastern/mediterranean/caucasian/asian/african/aboriginal appearance ... ". They wanted to to take all that out and turn into "youth wearing white shirt, jeans, and black shoes last seen running south on Blah Blah St". Be nice for the cops, that one, if it happened. True, it's profiling, and in any other circumstances, who cares who or what they are? But you are right ... it's necessary in some circumstances. Sometimes PC just goes a bit too far. 683604@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:56:43 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-683598 OK, let me add something about this so-called PC stuff in regards to race. Black is now African American. But White is white. I don't get it. If I am called white, than black is black. Speak on a common denominator!!! Otherwise the equation does not add up. I did see a black comedian on TV once who had a good point. "We have gone from being called negroes, colored people, black, and now African American. I just want to go back to being called a nigger" Audience cracks up.... Say you are Jamaican or from Haiti and living in the USA. But any political correct moron still will call you African American because you are black! How racist and degrading to an original culture.... when the African American thing comes up I like to say "Africa? which country?" Africa is a continent with 50 nations, each as different as Germany or Sweden. to take it further, I hear PC-ites designate people by their color. Example "This African American man was buying a newspaper...". what!!?? He is a man, no need to bring up color at all!!!! but they do all the time. Use of profiling is necessary at times. Like crime. "White male, Black male, Mexican male seen running from the Liquor Store with a bag of money and weapons" so what!? And some PC jerk will scream about that. I love it when a PC-head is a victim of violent crime involving race of criminal (hold it! I hate crime, but you know, as long as you understand the analogy-irony-point of statement) OK, I'll shut up and go back to bed.... best, DM 683598@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:09:14 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-683596 poo-poo, eh-eh, caca, whizz, dink, pink taco, poop chute. Sorry folks, I just had to join the fun... yeah, PC is so un-PC. there actually is a point to my comment, somewhere... happy new year, DM 683596@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:48:06 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-683594 Doc d: scientific terms like defecate etc are themselves replacements for earthier words once in common usage." Anyone who is PC should come to Australia for a while and get it right out of their heads (well, you know where I'm coming from here, Doc). Bastard is a term of endearment. "Sh.t a brick" is a statement of surprise (and that's only one of 'em). "Don't d.ck/p.ss/sh.t me around" mean exactly what they sound like. Pussy is still a cat (thank God), but using the term fanny around women can get you into awful trouble. And yes, I did hear someone on American TV once use the term vajayjay, and wondered why on Earth they weren't calling it a vagina. 683594@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:27:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-683589 AMEN, Bro! I couldn't agree more!! All the liberal, don't-call-it-what-it-is PC spouting pukes have run rampant far too long. It has gotten WAY out of hand and it seems as though "they" are trying to have us believe that we can't "offend" anyone. Look, a word is just that - a word. Remember the old saying, "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me." We all need a lesson in that one. Keep up the good work. 683589@blogcritics.org Sat, 29 Dec 2007 05:48:39 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-654235 But you've got to remember that - quite apart from sounding stupid in everyday conversation - scientific terms like 'penis', 'vagina', 'urinate' and 'defecate' are themselves replacements for earthier words that were once in common usage. 654235@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:14:33 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-652550 Thank you, thank you. I've been irritated by the same potty-mouth adverse phenomenon when it comes to "peeing" and "pooing." My sense is that the urge to "kiddy-talk" all the time ignores what I used to think was a pretty concrete difference between kids and grown-ups. But if grown-ups must avoid the more traditional, if not earthier, terms for bodily functions when they're talking amongst themselves, why not use the more scientifically appropriate "urinate" and "defecate"... 652550@blogcritics.org Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:05:31 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/05/131312.php#comment-652521 This isn't a personal attack. Just a description of differences. I've never heard anyone refer to anything as a "vajayjay". Nor am I regularly in the presence of anything called a boo. Nor do I miss the presence of the N-word, the S-word, the C-word, or the F-word. I don't watch network TV. And I'm not under the impression that "culture" is limited to it. 652521@blogcritics.org Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:37:20 EST