[Artemisia] political correctness

[Stephanae Baker]

Dearest Padruig,

I understand your argument, truly I do. It's the same one I use about  
airport security and my 4th amendment rights. You need to take a  
stand early to avoid having a small trampling of your rights escalate  
into your having no rights at all. However, no one has told you you  
can't say "boffer." Organizations change their official names for  
things all the time. It doesn't mean people can't continue using the  
unofficial ones until they pass out of the lexicon and no one  
understands them anymore. At the very worst, if you chose to write an  
article for an official SCA publication, they might edit out the word  
boffer if you used it. You could choose not to allow them to publish it.

Accusing us of cowardice for disagreeing with you is unjust.  
Certainly, I think Yumitori has proved that he is easily brave enough  
to say whatever he feels needs to be said. I hope I have, too. We  
simply don't feel that the same things need to be said that you do.

Belladonna


On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:55 PM, rayzentz at aim.com wrote:

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> It is apparant to me that you did indeed miss the point.   I am in  
> effect ordered by a group of people that I am no longer permitted  
> the use of a perfectly acceptable and proper word.   Why did this  
> decree come down to us?   Because some people feel the need to  
> kowtow to another group... who might be offended?
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> This is not a strawman, but political correctness at its worst, and  
> is affecting me and mine directly.
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> Now you can choose to ignore the issue, if you wish, and even  
> belittle my efforts to defend my rights to use language as I will,  
> but you most obviously missed the point in my missive to which you  
> most immediately responded.
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> Point follows...
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> WHERE DO WE DRAW THE FLIPPIN' LINE?!!!?   (notice the use of  
> emphatic, yet non-offensive, language)
>
> Ok, fine, so we don't use the word "boffer", 'cause some one  
> doesn't like it.
>
> What happens when some cheesehead out there decides we can't use  
> the word "sword", or "weapon"?   Are ya gonna object THEN?   No?    
> Cause yer AFRAID?   'Cause someone might be OFFENDED?
>
> I submit there is no difference, and I refuse to play that game.
>
> I OBJECT NOW!   Not because I care about the word "boffer", or  
> African-American, or gay. but because if I don't stand on this  
> issue, then I am no better than other cowards who are too fearful  
> to speak up, because they are afraid of what someone may think  
> about them.
>
> So, go ahead.  Call them what you will.   Call me what you will.    
> Be politically correct, if you will.
>
> Don't expect me to care...
>
> Padruig McTavish
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