Comments on: Marketing and morals: No woman is an island? http://www.trampolinesystems.com/blog/humans/2008/05/06/marketing-and-morals-no-woman-is-an-island/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Plain ignorant http://www.trampolinesystems.com/blog/humans/2008/05/06/marketing-and-morals-no-woman-is-an-island/#comment-162 Plain ignorant Tue, 20 May 2008 07:41:17 +0000 http://www.trampolinesystems.com/blog/humans/?p=26#comment-162 In this context man means man or woman http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/man People say man, mankind, or person (rather than perdaughter) because the word is shorter, not sexism. And anyone with a knowledge of English would know this. Were your objectors not native English speakers? Maybe you could have educated them and put an end to this silly nonsense. In this context man means man or woman

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/man

People say man, mankind, or person (rather than perdaughter) because the word is shorter, not sexism. And anyone with a knowledge of English would know this. Were your objectors not native English speakers? Maybe you could have educated them and put an end to this silly nonsense.

]]> By: Roderick Parks http://www.trampolinesystems.com/blog/humans/2008/05/06/marketing-and-morals-no-woman-is-an-island/#comment-149 Roderick Parks Thu, 15 May 2008 12:24:04 +0000 http://www.trampolinesystems.com/blog/humans/?p=26#comment-149 No human is an island? Whether it's feminism or masculism is immaterial: the intersection of the sexes (the things they have in common) accounts for the vast majority of human interaction. It's a reasonable assumption that most people do not set out to offend. Taking offence is a choice, usually with a motive. Thus, Political Correctness, borne out of pedantic attention to the detail of the differences between people rather than what they have in common, is actually divisive. The woman who refused the sticker missed the big picture due to her personal hang-up over minutiae. Political Correctness is largely a problem for Generation X. The rebellion against it is being led by generation Y and contemporary "urban language" reflects this through blatant disrespect. Regrettably, I fear the backlash seems to be going way too far in the opposite diection, the murder of Sophie Lancaster providing a ghastly example. "No human is an island" would be a beautiful maxim to use to emphasise inclusiveness, embracing diversity. No human is an island?

Whether it’s feminism or masculism is immaterial: the intersection of the sexes (the things they have in common) accounts for the vast majority of human interaction. It’s a reasonable assumption that most people do not set out to offend. Taking offence is a choice, usually with a motive.

Thus, Political Correctness, borne out of pedantic attention to the detail of the differences between people rather than what they have in common, is actually divisive. The woman who refused the sticker missed the big picture due to her personal hang-up over minutiae.

Political Correctness is largely a problem for Generation X. The rebellion against it is being led by generation Y and contemporary “urban language” reflects this through blatant disrespect. Regrettably, I fear the backlash seems to be going way too far in the opposite diection, the murder of Sophie Lancaster providing a ghastly example.

“No human is an island” would be a beautiful maxim to use to emphasise inclusiveness, embracing diversity.

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