"That's So Gay" Saying at Center of Court Fight

www.firstcoastnews.com ^ | 2/28/2007 | Edited by Gary Detman, Nightside EP

[keats5]

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[mkjessup]

The way things are going, pretty soon we won't even be able to refer to 'homogenized milk'.

[Wings-n-Wind]

Ping = later

[NewCenturions]

In this house, we only drink DIVERSITY milk, so as not to offend :)

[Shimmer128]

That would not have saved her.

[Shimmer128]

I hate, loathe and despise the word "closure"
If anyone uses that word to me, I'm suing 'em.

[PissAndVinegar]

Problems? Issues?
What are you talking about?

Where I work we only have "opportunities" :-)

[PissAndVinegar]

But if they settle, will you have closure on the matter?

[MortMan]

Ahhhh... Closure mouth! ;-P

But seriously, we need to proactively implement the assigned aspects of our sphere of influence. Right?

I'm afraid I have accumulated a minor in corporate doublespeak over the years.

[MortMan]

Where I work, we have "opportunities to defy natural law" - otherwise know as corporate mandates.

A few years ago, it was "opportunities to excel". Then they added Word and Powerpoint, too.

[Paisan]

I was ratted out by a co-worker who overheard me use the word HELL. She complained to her Supervisor as well as Human Resources. I was furious, then, and still am. The problem I have is if someone is offended by my vocabulary, THEY are the ones that need to attend the Tolerance & Diversity classes. Furthermore, I was not put on this earth to modify MY behavior because someone else if offended by my existence. To do so is to become a slave.
Now, I might add, the complainer was a black woman. I am a white man. But, I cannot think of any instance ANYWHERE, where the complainer WASN'T a woman...

[Clioman]

What if she had said, innocently, "why, what a queer thing to say!"

Perfectly good use of English.

Maybe so, but just remember what happened several years ago to the city official who complained that his budget was "niggardly"...

[TommyDale]

I suppose next they will ban the Christmas Carol "Deck The Halls" because it says "Don we now our gay apparel"...

[Shimmer128]

You two realllly need to meet each other!!

[zook]

I think I'm going to make a point to use the word "queer"- as in strange - in front of my students at least once each semester.

I'll let you know what happens.

[MortMan]

More crime and PUNishment for MortMan?

[scripter]

Last weekend we met with some friends, ate dinner and played some card games. There was a lot of laughter and joking around. I haven't felt that gay in a long time.

[OB1kNOb]

This is SO perv.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I was furious, then, and still am. The problem I have is if someone is offended by my vocabulary, THEY are the ones that need to attend the Tolerance & Diversity classes. Furthermore, I was not put on this earth to modify MY behavior because someone else if offended by my existence. To do so is to become a slave.

Damn flippin' straight---I agree with you fully.

What's more, I was/am pissed off that the offendee didn't have the "stones" to speak with me directly; it's not like we were unfriendly with each other, and if she were offended, she could have expressed her concern with what I said, and I could have told her what I meant by what I said. But like a third grader, she had to go straight to the teacher . . .

[CJ Wolf]

http://yourallgay.com/

[Shimmer128]

I hope not, for your sake.