Comments on: Fun with labels http://sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/ Sacramento News, Gossip & Snark Tue, 6 Jan 2009 07:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: CoolDMZ http://sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-341 CoolDMZ Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:43:29 +0000 http://wp.sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-341 did she just reply all to say don't reply all? did she just reply all to say don’t reply all?

]]> By: scarygirl http://sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-340 scarygirl Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:18:44 +0000 http://wp.sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-340 Why is that that only the authors can be sarcastic and make fun but commenters can't? Isn't everyone being a little too serious for their own good? Why is that that only the authors can be sarcastic and make fun but commenters can’t? Isn’t everyone being a little too serious for their own good?

]]> By: CoolDMZ http://sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-339 CoolDMZ Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:34:30 +0000 http://wp.sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-339 personally I take much more pride in the "person of exaggerated feelings of being shunned by the Punk" <a href="http://sacrag.com/articles/001680" rel="nofollow">http://sacrag.com/articles/001680</a> also, and it takes a lot to get me to pull the mask off, but Squirty Tip: seriously, what is your deal. Seriously. personally I take much more pride in the “person of exaggerated feelings of being shunned by the Punk”

http://sacrag.com/articles/001680

also, and it takes a lot to get me to pull the mask off, but Squirty Tip: seriously, what is your deal. Seriously.

]]> By: HeyMeg http://sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-338 HeyMeg Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:24:05 +0000 http://wp.sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-338 Huh? Como? I'm picking up a vaguely angry vibe from ST but aside from that I have no idea what point is trying to get out here. Is he being sarcastic? Is he bemoaning prejudice? He can't seriously be making fun of Rosa Parks can he? Me feel sad for ST. He pathetic. Huh? Como? I’m picking up a vaguely angry vibe from ST but aside from that I have no idea what point is trying to get out here. Is he being sarcastic? Is he bemoaning prejudice? He can’t seriously be making fun of Rosa Parks can he? Me feel sad for ST. He pathetic.

]]> By: Squirty Tip http://sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-337 Squirty Tip Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:22:29 +0000 http://wp.sacrag.com/2005/10/fun-with-labels/#comment-337 Hmmf. Any label sounds like prejudice to me. On this sad day in civil rights history, shouldn’t we be seeking to eliminate all labels? As a "person for whom reasonable accommodations are always required" who is technically "of African origin" we obviously need to do away with labels all together. They’ve become too PC-ridden to the point that they apply to everyone. I guess that’s one way to do it. In the future, all “persons of interest” will be described as “humans”. Except those who are “relatively recently historically economically disadvantaged humans.” That sounds so nice. Eliminates any reference to physical characteristics. Works in the “suffered from prejudice while growing up” angle without really saying it. Of course I require reasonable accommodations. Who the hell doesn’t? And aren’t we all “of African origin”? If Mary Leaky is right, we are. Even calling "persons of interest" "persons" is dubious. What makes ‘em a “person”? The fact that they are “under investigation” (wink wink) for hacking their girlfriend into 40 pieces isn’t helping that argument. And of whom are they of "interest" to? While I do dig anyone with “Flavio” in their name, I'm certainly much more interested in Jessica Simpson (sigh) than Mario Flavio Garcia. Maybe calling them an “individual of interest by particular law enforcement investigation departments, but not related to any particular incident” would be more correct AND acceptable. But that takes up too much room in a 100 word story. Back to “suspect”? It’s a sad day when we label people based on their physical characteristics or behavior. Isn’t that what Ms. Parks fought against all her life? And now, as a final insult, she’s being labeled as “dead.” I just hope she still has the courage to stand up and say “NO! I won’t ride in the back of the hearse, just because some people think the ‘dead’ have fewer rights than the living.” It’s about time that we do away with ALL labels. Hmmf. Any label sounds like prejudice to me. On this sad day in civil rights history, shouldn’t we be seeking to eliminate all labels? As a “person for whom reasonable accommodations are always required” who is technically “of African origin” we obviously need to do away with labels all together. They’ve become too PC-ridden to the point that they apply to everyone. I guess that’s one way to do it. In the future, all “persons of interest” will be described as “humans”. Except those who are “relatively recently historically economically disadvantaged humans.” That sounds so nice. Eliminates any reference to physical characteristics. Works in the “suffered from prejudice while growing up” angle without really saying it.

Of course I require reasonable accommodations. Who the hell doesn’t? And aren’t we all “of African origin”? If Mary Leaky is right, we are. Even calling “persons of interest” “persons” is dubious. What makes ‘em a “person”? The fact that they are “under investigation” (wink wink) for hacking their girlfriend into 40 pieces isn’t helping that argument. And of whom are they of “interest” to? While I do dig anyone with “Flavio” in their name, I’m certainly much more interested in Jessica Simpson (sigh) than Mario Flavio Garcia. Maybe calling them an “individual of interest by particular law enforcement investigation departments, but not related to any particular incident” would be more correct AND acceptable. But that takes up too much room in a 100 word story. Back to “suspect”?

It’s a sad day when we label people based on their physical characteristics or behavior. Isn’t that what Ms. Parks fought against all her life? And now, as a final insult, she’s being labeled as “dead.” I just hope she still has the courage to stand up and say “NO! I won’t ride in the back of the hearse, just because some people think the ‘dead’ have fewer rights than the living.” It’s about time that we do away with ALL labels.

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