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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (346316)	1/23/2003 1:52:17 AM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You think he used the word as an adjective to call the demonstrators strange? If you're right he shouldn't have been suspended. I think he used it as an epithet. To call someone gay as an epithet is offensive, no matter what the specific word. I'd think you'd agree. Do you? Steve

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (346316)	1/23/2003 1:58:49 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Interesting post Johannes. One thing it brings to mind is the way the homosexual community has usurped the language and now refers to themselves as "gay". I remember when gay meant happy, glad or joyous, something along those lines. No longer...Homosexual now means gay. Why, because the term homosexual (although accurate), was believed by homosexual activists to have too many negative connotations. We see the same thing in regard to abortion. Proponents of abortion aren't "pro-abortion", they are "pro-choice". George Orwell must be turning over in his grave. Controlling the language is the pre-requisite to his vision. "Hate speech" falls along these same lines. Who defines it? And what does it really mean besides censorship? Our society is now filled with a bunch of overly sensitive Orwellian trained censors.