> This reminds me of something I heard. I was sitting in Comp. Lit.
> discussion section a week or so ago, and one of the terms given to us by my
> TA was "nigarology" or something like that, which supposedly came from the
> word "niguard". Both of them are defined along the lines of meaning
> "silliness, buffoonary, foolishness" and the like. That struck me as odd
> at the time.
> Sorry, but I really have a hair up my ass about this it seems; so
> am I just too darn sensitive for my own good, or does it bother anyone else
> that this phoney term is being taught??
Yes, I think in this case you do have a hair up your ass. no offense. In my
opinion all words are equal. Its much more a question of how they are used,
like guns. Guns are just tools, simple devices that use a small charge to
propel a small piece of metal, yet to many, a gun is the evil. It is not, it is
an innanimate object. I trust my fellow man more than I trust the "government"
or "police". If it was my choice, we would disarm them, and be sure every
sitizen had one and knew how to use it.. I am somewhat offended by the similar
use of PC words. To call someone physically challenged insted of disabled or
handicapped is the same offense. Shell shock, is now "post traumatic stress
disorder" in soldier. Just call it shell shock. People need to feel better
about these things because they have the inner strength to determine that words
are just words. I call my black friends "nigger" when we are joking abound and
they have called me "honky" or "whitey" or something, we laugh and enjoy the
meaninglessness of the words.
Sodom
The light from without