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Alan LeHun · April 15th 15, 05:01 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

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On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 2:30:42 PM UTC+1, Alan LeHun wrote:
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'methers' *It was a highly discriminatory statement from larry, with which you've agreed. wasn't it?*

I certainly wouldn't agree with it. Derogatory, yes, but highly
discriminatory? No, not even close.

Your opinion.

Err. Yep. Well done for spotting that. It is indeed my opinion. Posted
as a counter to /your/ opinion.

That's how it works isn't it?

Or (are you of the opinion / is it a fact), that you only deal in
'facts' and people who don't agree with you have 'opinions?

If you describe 'Methers' as being 'highly discriminatory', how would
you describe the N* word?

Highly discriminatory. They are both appalling to the receiver.

You are of the opinion that both groups would, respectively, be equally
offended. You are well wrong with that!

How about the word 'Ginger'? Is that equally highly discriminatory?

If all discriminatory words and terms are highly discriminatory then the
prefix is not needed surely? We just need to say that it is
discriminatory.

Or perhaps you would like to venture forth some discriminatory words or
terms that you don't consider to be 'highly' discriminatory. Maybe you
would care to share with us how you would differentiate a discriminatory
term from a derogatory one?

Or perhaps it's just easier to quote the whole post and plop an
'Idiot!' on the end.

It's like the word pedophile,

No it is not, no matter how you feel about it.

which thanks to the Judicial system,
politicians and the press, now encompasses post-pubescent children
within its range of victims, thus mitigating the seriousness of the true
pre-pubescent pedophile. Social stupidity on a grand scale.

Rubbish and your opinion again.

Well I thank you for your considered rebuttal, however I find myself
unable to parse anything useful from it whatsoever.

Which bit is rubbish? That the term now encompasses pre and post
pubescent children as a result of misuse by authority or that it always
has done.

Or that it doesn't really matter whether the victims are pre or post
pubescent?

Is it just your opinion that it is rubbish or is that a fact?

Highly discriminatory? Only because it suits your agenda of the moment.
Methers would be quite low on any list of pc-incorrect words, no matter
what the criteria.

Try being one of the people in larry's park. You'd deserve all you got if you called any of them by that term. You have absolutely no idea of their problems, or addictions, if indeed they have any. Neither does larry, but like him, you are prepared to tar people you don't know with whatever brush comes to hand.

Vile, really.

Unlike you, I live amongst people like that.

I have a neighbour who has had human and dog excrement and lit
cigarettes put through her letterbox for complaining about drug abuse
(cannabis) in the stairwell. That is deserving of the label 'vile' but
you insist on diluting the term with your melodramatics. Just as you
dilute the term 'highly discriminatory' and the way you appear to
welcome the dilution of the term 'pedophile'.

Try and keep things in perspective.

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Alan LeHun
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