You say that as though it's a bad thing . . . . --Boblittlebeast13 wrote:SportsFan68 wrote:Ahem!!! There is already way too much squishing of possums in the Thursday comic!!!littlebeast13 wrote:And the lesson we've learned in this thread is... pray that the name you've chosen for your business/sports team/identity, etc. doesn't eventually end up becoming something that the ever-changing public conscience sees as objectionable... because it will always be a part of your culture and tradition even if you do crumble to pressure to change, and you will suffer through no fault of your own. Who in the hell knows what seemingly innocent and commonplace names/things/ideas of today we will find to be offensive in 100, 50, 25... even just 10 years from now. When possums get civil rights, will my persecution of Buster become unpolitically correct and will people boycott my blog? This is almost as unfair as a drawing for pigs....
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This coming from someone who has a past record of threatening squirrels with nuclear weaponry....
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Liberalism and PC running amok
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Re: Liberalism and PC running amok
"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Liberalism and PC running amok
So true, so true . . . I have my double standards.littlebeast13 wrote:SportsFan68 wrote:Ahem!!! There is already way too much squishing of possums in the Thursday comic!!!littlebeast13 wrote:And the lesson we've learned in this thread is... pray that the name you've chosen for your business/sports team/identity, etc. doesn't eventually end up becoming something that the ever-changing public conscience sees as objectionable... because it will always be a part of your culture and tradition even if you do crumble to pressure to change, and you will suffer through no fault of your own. Who in the hell knows what seemingly innocent and commonplace names/things/ideas of today we will find to be offensive in 100, 50, 25... even just 10 years from now. When possums get civil rights, will my persecution of Buster become unpolitically correct and will people boycott my blog? This is almost as unfair as a drawing for pigs....
lb13
This coming from someone who has a past record of threatening squirrels with nuclear weaponry....
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