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09/05/2006 05:05:25
 
 
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Forum:
Politics
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Titre:
Divers
Thread ID:
01118955
Message ID:
01120269
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>>>>On the other hand "Cellulite" instead of 'fat', or "Wellness" instead of 'health' have really enriched the language (or if not the language, at least the snake oil industry).
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>>>We have a lot to thank for to the marketers and advertisement people of this world for these. When was the last time you saw an ad for a used car? Now it's "pre-owned". When is obese just "overweight"? Are midgets just "vertically-challenged" people?
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>>My list is at http://ndragan.com/lange/pc.html - and, BTW, it simply isn't honourable to deliver a challenge to horizontal people.
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>That's OK, there are other things that can be done to horizontal people.

Looking at Alan's "challenged" list (which could be endless) it reminded me how the school kids in England have got by the PC expressions to still taunt the "afflicted". Rather than calling someone, say, a "spazz" now they simply point the finger and chant "Challenged! - Challenged! ... "
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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