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   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:40:31 +0100, Catja Pafort   
    wrote in   
      
   in rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > And I think it's important for people to point out that   
   > what someone else wrote sounds sexist/racist/homophobic   
   > in a polite and grown-up manner. This is not about being   
   > PC, but about awareness.   
      
   > After all, there are plenty of neutral terms that could   
   > have been used.   
      
   Bluntly, I *don't* think that it sounds homophobic, given   
   the quotation marks and the fact that I don't recall having   
   seen any indication of homophobia from the author.  Possible   
   reasons for the quotation marks may be found in my post with   
   Message-ID <134ej8x0ucafg.11joun8cxxwaj.dlg@40tude.net>.   
   Rather, it sounds questionable, as in possibly worth asking   
   about (e.g., 'Was it really necessary to use such loaded   
   terms?').  And from my point of view it's about fairness.   
      
   Brian   
      
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