<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Thomas Seay wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20050701152450.55156.qmail@web52708.mail.yahoo.com"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">PCness puts a straight-jacket on discussion. It replaces sincere reflection and resolution with undigested signs: one uses supposedly correct language and, poof, magically that makes one anti-racist, anti-sexist, etc. Wouldn't it be better to go to the thing itself, as ugly as it might be, rather than delude ourselves with linguistic mirages?</pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> Amen. Joanna <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20050701152450.55156.qmail@web52708.mail.yahoo.com"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> </body> </html>