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To: jcky who wrote (7496)	4/6/2002 5:59:11 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21057

As usual, just my humble perspective. And mine, as well, although I think that PC originally was well meaning. It is simple courtesy to call women "women" rather than "ladies" or "girls" if that's what they prefer. But it spun out of control from there. The reason I brought up the "forbearance" point was that it's a word of which Neo seems to be quite fond. Before Neo, I'm not sure I had ever used the word, opting instead for the more straight-forward "restraint." I sometimes use Neo's more, er, precise word choices to tease him. He tended to use the word in the context of admonitions about civility and he showed a preference for it during our discussions on finding the brite line in religious discussions. When I looked the word up, I was surprised to find that it had a somewhat patronizing spin, as opposed to plain old "restraint." So, in the context of trying to identify a possible standard for "contempt," we were using a word that, shall we say, had a bit of an attitude, itself. And that tickled me. Of course, no one could possibly know any of that. I just chuckled at my own post.

To: jcky who wrote (7496)	4/6/2002 7:35:48 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

Hi jcky- I thought your earlier post was xcellent; I was sorry I hadn't written it. I have to correct you a bit, though. Rambi is voting with Steven for incivility, but with you for no boorishness. After looking up all the definitions, I decided that consideration for another couldn't play a huge role in a thread like this. Not if it is going to be the boxing ring. This does not mean of course, if you are the kind of person who can't suspend her manners for any reason, which I sadly am, that you WON'T behave civilly. It means that people just can't complain when their feelings are hurt in the course of a sacred cow argument. Or whatever we are labeling it today. I really don't understand why this seems to hard to define-- we all seem to believe WE have a handle on exactly what it means! :)