To put this in "Carlin" terms... it is the further pussification of the world. People are WAY to overly sensitive and need to realize that noone is out to get them. Language is not here to single out people, it's here so we can communicate. SOFTENING our language just takes all of the life out of life.
I could go on for ours. This bastardized form of communication that exists today is an embarrasment to human civilized society... my god, you would never want to be truthful about something, you gotta soften it up for the collective pussified world to swallow.
1. Would this mean that lesbianism is now a sin? In the "original" bible (original being the one that was edited out of a stack of books) it only said that men can't lay with men. That would really suck because, like all red-blooded men, I really like lesbians.
2. As for the whole pronoun thing I must confess to using the incorrect "they" instead of "he/she." I just find the latter too wordy. I always thought it would be cool to make a new, gender nuetral pronoun like "zhe" (kinda sounds in between the two when you say it). I don't know what to do about his/her. Maybe "zer" (pronounced zair) - it sounds close to "their" which we tend to use anyway.
I don't mind the revisions they made to this Bible (except for changing "with child" to "pregnant" -- sorry, but the first sounds more...soft). Nothing I saw for examples is objectionable to me, and I'm a pretty devout Christian.
On the other hand...
Why can't we just educate those who don't understand the old language?
I guess the question is: how "broke" does something have to be before you fix it?
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garbage is now "solid waste"
toilet paper = bathroom tissue
shell shock = battle fatigue - operational exaustion - post-traumatic stress disorder
poor people are "economically challenged.
I could go on for ours. This bastardized form of communication that exists today is an embarrasment to human civilized society... my god, you would never want to be truthful about something, you gotta soften it up for the collective pussified world to swallow.
Can you tell I hate PC language?
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1. Would this mean that lesbianism is now a sin? In the "original" bible (original being the one that was edited out of a stack of books) it only said that men can't lay with men. That would really suck because, like all red-blooded men, I really like lesbians.
2. As for the whole pronoun thing I must confess to using the incorrect "they" instead of "he/she." I just find the latter too wordy. I always thought it would be cool to make a new, gender nuetral pronoun like "zhe" (kinda sounds in between the two when you say it). I don't know what to do about his/her. Maybe "zer" (pronounced zair) - it sounds close to "their" which we tend to use anyway.
I don't mind the revisions they made to this Bible (except for changing "with child" to "pregnant" -- sorry, but the first sounds more...soft). Nothing I saw for examples is objectionable to me, and I'm a pretty devout Christian.
On the other hand...
Why can't we just educate those who don't understand the old language?
I guess the question is: how "broke" does something have to be before you fix it?