political [in]correctness

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Four score and seven years--eh, screw that!
At about Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 09:34:27PM -0400,
John Esak blabbed on about:
> someone and still not resort to fillifying them. Just because someone

Fillifying.  Sounds like social intercourse.  :)

(English can be so fun!)

> If this is voting... I vote let's do it.

Seconded.  (Obviously.)

And I agree with your reasoning, John.  There are lots of other areas where
you can talk about the same topics, but not with the same people.  So I
see it as kind of getting to know your colleagues and friends (and even
sometimes-rivals) better.

I think the only real hazard is that some of us have business relationships
with each other.  As long as everyone is mature enough to separate politics
from business, it -should- (in an ideal world) be fine.  But it would suck
to lose a client because, oh gee, they couldn't handle my personal views.
Not that I use Facebook -much- more than for a casual gaming platform and
keeping up with a few close friends, but that's one reason I refuse to have
major clients or contacts thereof friended...separation of venues.  For
me, Facebook is a designated recreation and personal zone, not a serious
professional venue.

And even with that in mind, I still agree with the premise you put forth,
for the reasons you put forth.  I mean...that's a premise I espouse
heavily, is rational discourse about real issues, without all the BS and
acrimony you read in comment blogs on places like cnn.com and the like.
Meaningful communication about anything substantive without going off the
deep end seems to be a dying-bordering-on-lost art.

mark->
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