----- Original Message ----- From: Pentax Guy Subject: Poor list behaviour WAS Re: Terminology lesson. WAS Re: 28-105 vs 24-90 vs 35-105
> > So where did you look that up William? I myself used a rather heavy Oxford > Thesaurus, larger than most big dictionaries. We know Oxford is where it's > at if you using real English English. I wonder, what did you leave out of > yours? I did not edit mine at all, it was there, word for word, thesaurus > to mail. Mirriam's online. You aren't worth more effort than that. > > > Whether this implies a lack of understanding amoung several > > million photographers, or a lack of understanding from one > > person (you are a person, right?), you tell me. > > Uhh...right, so because of that, it must be true. So during WWII the major > of German people were correct in their support and action towards other > minority or disabled people? Good one. A very logical jump from the definition of a word to the Holocaust. I applaud you. Seriously though, its pretty much been decided that the Nazi atrocities were the acts of a small but very powerful section of the population of Germany, which, at the time, was a fairly small percentage of the total population of the planet. > > > Retarded people are now referred to as "challenged", though they > > used to get the label "dodo". > > William, really, look at the FAQ, go to a government website, or the UN > site, or any civil and human rights website. You should know better, but > perhaps you don't, but the disabled persons you mentioned, officially (for > the Canada 2001 Summer Games) are wrong. As a volunteer for the event, she > was given words not to use when addressing disabled persons, and both were > not to be said or tolerated. Really? They've changed the accepted adjective again? It doesn't surprise me, but I think it a bit silly. > > I bet I know what you call African-Americans to your buddies. The "African-Americans" I know personally, I call Henry, and Luther. I tend not to label people by race or skin colour. It's never been my way to make an issue of it. > > Herb was an angel compared to you. In photography, try and be a little more > open-minded and less rigid. In life, please seek to reform your poor > attitude, and try and be a little more sensitive to others, and practice > toleration. I really hope no one on this list that has a child with > developmental difficulties, that's something they shouldn't see or hear at > any time or place. You lack the credibility to be lecturing anyone. William Robb
