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Re: Odd orthography)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, September 25, 1998, 6:24
Josh Brandt-Young wrote:
> Speaking of political correctness, here's something that my philosophy > teacher brought up a few days ago that I thought was quite funny. > > Beginning word: "humanity" > Obviously sexist. We have to get "man" out of there. > > Second stage: "hupersonity" > Well, why is it "son," huh? Why not "daughter?" More male chauvinism. > > Last Stage: "huperbeingity."
Or "huperchildity" or "huperoffspringity" -- "Public media should not contain explicit or implied descriptions of sex acts. Our society should be purged of the perverts who provide the media with pornographic material while pretending it has some redeeming social value under the public's 'right to know.'" - Kenneth Star, 1987 ICQ: 18656696 AOL IM: Nik Tailor