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Yes, I am angry about this completely castrating illness of our decadent society. I'm generally a person who thinks twice before saying anything. I do care, whether I could offend other people and choose to let it be, when I think this could be the case. But I am not willing to constrict my behavior and expression to neurotically or psychotically touchy people!
And I hate it, that the whole society preemptively gives them a case. Media, corporations, EVERYBODY preemptively censurate themselves, so they don't risk to be either sued (in the US) or at least be metaphorically stoned (in Europe).
Don't call the thing at its name, you're being offensive!
I give you an example (I have translated the terms from German, so I don't know whether similar expressions are in use in English, but you'll get the idea):
Originally, you'd call a brat that beats you a kid with maladjusted kid.
Austrian pedagogues found out that this negative connotated expressions weighs heavy on those already troubles kids and urged everyone to call them kids with "noticeable behaviour". Of course, people still often had a problem with those kids, so over the years, "noticeable behaviour" got a negative touch and pedagogues urge everyone to call them "behavior creativ" to underline the "positive possibilites" a kid can get from its peculiar behavior (May I say peculiar?
But it's always and everywhere and it's getting more and more stupid. Political correctness simply tends to sweep problems under the carpet, not to solve them. Changing terminology by force (whether legal or "only" socially punished) leads to anger or censuration and simple subordination. Avoid showing any profile, avoid being critical, it makes you vulnerable. That's the message.
You may now ask, why I am angry right now
. I tell you.
I just opened a cynical on-topic Civ thread at CFC about the stupidity to give food bonuses for wines and sugar while not doing so for horses. I argued that it was that the publishers feared the anger of friends of horses and censurated themselves. What's the result: The thread got closed because "it could attract trolls and cause flames."
It's here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...threadid=70556
I want an end of this stupid castration and censorship, I want to say what I mean as long as I don't use fecal language or directly insult anyone or spread hate or slander someone.
Thank you for listening.
And I hate it, that the whole society preemptively gives them a case. Media, corporations, EVERYBODY preemptively censurate themselves, so they don't risk to be either sued (in the US) or at least be metaphorically stoned (in Europe).
Don't call the thing at its name, you're being offensive!
I give you an example (I have translated the terms from German, so I don't know whether similar expressions are in use in English, but you'll get the idea):
Originally, you'd call a brat that beats you a kid with maladjusted kid.
Austrian pedagogues found out that this negative connotated expressions weighs heavy on those already troubles kids and urged everyone to call them kids with "noticeable behaviour". Of course, people still often had a problem with those kids, so over the years, "noticeable behaviour" got a negative touch and pedagogues urge everyone to call them "behavior creativ" to underline the "positive possibilites" a kid can get from its peculiar behavior (May I say peculiar?
But it's always and everywhere and it's getting more and more stupid. Political correctness simply tends to sweep problems under the carpet, not to solve them. Changing terminology by force (whether legal or "only" socially punished) leads to anger or censuration and simple subordination. Avoid showing any profile, avoid being critical, it makes you vulnerable. That's the message.
You may now ask, why I am angry right now
. I tell you.
I just opened a cynical on-topic Civ thread at CFC about the stupidity to give food bonuses for wines and sugar while not doing so for horses. I argued that it was that the publishers feared the anger of friends of horses and censurated themselves. What's the result: The thread got closed because "it could attract trolls and cause flames."
It's here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showth...threadid=70556
I want an end of this stupid castration and censorship, I want to say what I mean as long as I don't use fecal language or directly insult anyone or spread hate or slander someone.
Thank you for listening.
Wernazuma
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