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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006This just in
This just in: Apple Computer reported today that it has developed computer chips that can store and play music inside women's breasts. This is considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them. > This just in: If by "just in" you mean last year. >> This just in: > > If by "just in" you mean last year. Sorry if I offended you. I meant this just in HERE. It was new to me and I thought I'd share it with you gentle folk. >> bayskater wrote: in message >>> This just in: >> If by "just in" you mean last year. >> > Sorry if I offended you. I meant this just in HERE. > It was new to me and I thought I'd share it with you gentle folk. I, for one, hadn't heard it before. My reaction was a groan and a chuckle. In other words, I wasn't offended. But I think we all have to be careful about what jokes and off-topic matters we post here. Some readers may, indeed, be offended. (I've been an offender myself, unfortunately.)  SignatureMaria There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. > I, for one, hadn't heard it before. My reaction was a groan and a > chuckle. In other words, I wasn't offended. But I think we all have > to be careful about what jokes and off-topic matters we post here. > Some readers may, indeed, be offended. (I've been an offender myself, > unfortunately.) Many of us will recall a recent incident where Daniel McGrath was heavily criticised for an offensive message that he posted. I stayed out of that discussion because my (limited) knowledge of autism made me believe that Daniel genuinely didn't understand why he had given offence. It was just one of those things where we should accept that someone has been offended, and pass on. Comments about religion and politics, the big taboos, will almost certainly offend someone or other; but they're a normal part of daily discourse, so we forge ahead as best we can. The truth is, we have such a diverse society in AUE, especially when the lurkers are counted, that you never quite know when you're going to offend someone. With a growing acceptance of talking about bodies, bodily functions, and the like, the old category of "dirty joke" is less likely to offend these days, and those who are offended by them have already developed the habit of skipping over such postings. Personally, I think that men have little ability to stop staring at breasts. There's a spring in our eyes that keep dragging the eyes in that direction no matter how determined we are to not look. That's life! SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. Peter Moylan <peter@ozebelgDieSpammers.org> had it: > > I, for one, hadn't heard it before. My reaction was a groan and a > > chuckle. In other words, I wasn't offended. But I think we all have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > offence. It was just one of those things where we should accept that > someone has been offended, and pass on. There is a difference between accidentally causing offence which one then regrets (or honestly doesn't understand), and having a viewpoint point which one knows will offend some people, meaning that one must either keep quiet (or not exhibit the behaviour) or cause the offence. I will not draw back from stating my opinions (e.g. on religion) just because they might be considered offensive by some. You can't spend your life avoiding causing offence. There are some reading who are offended by the singular "they". SignatureDavid ===== >Peter Moylan <peter@ozebelgDieSpammers.org> had it: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >You can't spend your life avoiding causing offence. There are some >reading who are offended by the singular "they". I think that a great many of the seriously politically-correct people spend a lot of their time trying to avoid giving offence to anyone. They are doomed to failure, IMO, not just because of the deliberate ignorance that seems to pervade much of today's world, but also because there are a great many determined offence-takers around, many of whom are the politically-correct themselves. This offence-taking is not something that came about just as a consequence of PC: it was always around. I remember thinking, when I was about six or seven and first started listening seriously to discussion programmes on BBC radio, that there were a lot of people around who had too much time, too little sense, and who like spouting off. Sixty years later, I haven't changed my view. SignatureRobin Herts, England > "Ray O'Hara" <roh@comcast.net> wrote >>> This just in: >> >> If by "just in" you mean last year. >> > Sorry if I offended you. I meant this just in HERE. > It was new to me and I thought I'd share it with you gentle folk. I appreciated it, so I think it was worth the effort. It got a chuckle out me. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. Unmunged email: /at/easypeasy.com "Impatience is the mother of misery." >> "Ray O'Hara" <roh@comcast.net> wrote > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I appreciated it, so I think it was worth the effort. It got a > chuckle out me. Thanks, Franke and Maria. My intentions were good. Fred > This just in: > Apple Computer reported today that it has developed computer chips that can > store and play music inside women's breasts. This is considered to be a > major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at > their breasts and not listening to them. This is clearly a fallacy. I make a point of listening to women's breasts, and put my face as close as possible to show that I am paying attention. 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