[meteorite-list] Meteorites forsale (AD)

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:04:09 -0500
Message-ID: <032001c769ba$1ee6e370$ab7e4b44_at_ATARIENGINE>

Dave,

The term Steve used is "St. Paddy's Day."
He did not call anybody a "paddy." He not
refer to any ethnicity nor nationality. He used
the closest English language transliteration of
a person's actual name as pronounced by the
people of the nation of which he (Padric or
Padraigh, not Steve) is the patron saint, and
the term most frequently used by those
individuals to whom it matters most.

Do you have similar views about Dewi Sant?
"Dewi" is pronounced "Davy" and refers to
the patron saint of Wales, Saint David, feast
celebrated on March 1 (and which 87% of
the Welsh people say ought to be a holiday).
Am I gonna be in big trouble if I ask you
if you had a good St. Davy's Day?

And if offensive is not defined by usage,
linguistic origin, historical application, the
intent of the speaker, nor the acceptability
to those potentially offended, what in blue
blazes does define "offense"?

You?

And if imaginary registration in a roll of
inherently offensive terms, without the application
of history, language, usage, and feelings as
requirements, is not an example of the most
mindless PC Culture, then nothing is.

Where can I obtain a copy of this totally
authoritative but mystically known-only-
to-you list of offenses? Can I find it on
the internet, write off for it, or do I have to
consult the nearest flaming shrubbery?


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Carothers" <david.carothers at verizon.net>
To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites forsale (AD)


Sterling, Mike, and all,

Go back and read my post again. I did not "bash" Steve. I merely stated
that he needed to be careful using a term that is deemed offensive. NOTHING
MORE! Don't make more of this than it is.

Whether you personally are of Irish ancestory or not, is not the issue. It
is not a "PC" issue and it has nothing to do with whether a group of people
are in the "majority" or not.

The term is still offensive and polite people do not use the term.

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: <stevenarnold60120 at yahoo.com>; "Dave Carothers"
<david.carothers at verizon.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites forsale (AD)


> Dave,
>
> Don't let the desire to bash Steve carry you away.
>
> As the descendent of more Irish than you could count
> on your fingers even if you had binary digits, from folks
> who left County Monaghan in 1627 to great-grandparents
> who left A Habegh Lichagh in County Kerry in the
> 1880's and a pair of uncles who had to flee a death
> sentence after The Easter Uprising, I have the distinct
> pleasure of informing you that the Erse (Irish, or Gaelic)
> name that is Anglicized as Patrick is PADRIC.
>
> That third letter isn't a T-sound exactly but it isn't a
> D-sound exactly either, and typing this all in the Roman
> alphabet is a mistake, too, because Gaelic has its OWN
> alphabet, so we just have to limp along with Anglicizations
> that are only partially transliterative of the original. I would
> use Gaelic in this email except it would then be a violation
> of List Rules and you would need to have the Extended
> Latin 8 character set installed on your PC (ISO/IEC
> 8859-14) and a font that implemented it.
>
> Dave, give it rest. Have another beer. I do not doubt
> that one could find a Wild Gael who is willing to
> quarrel about a name, but one can find a Wild Gael
> who is willing to quarrel about almost anything. No,
> make that anything. Period.
>
> In a word, nobody cares.
>
> Besides, Saint PADRIC was a Welshman, anyway...
>
>
> Sterling K. Webb,
> Who has a great long Gaelic name all his owen, which
> he nivier uses except as his password for things like
> banks, credit cards, and PayPal, because that way he
> knows that he'll nivir be robbed ner swindled by any
> but a Good Irish Thief! Or, possibly someone from
> the West of the Kingdom of the Scots, or an Eccentric
> Welshman or maybe even a Sociopathic Polyglot...
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Carothers" <david.carothers at verizon.net>
> To: "steve arnold" <stevenarnold60120 at yahoo.com>;
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites forsale (AD)
>
>
> Steve,
>
> As always, you need to be a lot more careful in how you word your emails.
> The term "paddy" is a dispariging term (an offensive term) for a person of
> Irish descent.
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "steve arnold" <stevenarnold60120 at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:28 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites forsale (AD)
>
>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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