The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25279   Message #295293
Posted By: Giac
11-Sep-00 - 07:28 PM
Thread Name: The term 'folk Nazi'
Subject: RE: The term 'folk Nazi'
IMHO, Hedy and GUEST, Jew both used the key word: Think.

It's easy to pick up a catchy phrase that seems humorous on the surface and adopt it for one's very own. But, in such a diverse group, or any group for that matter, one should look deeper and decide if that phrase might hurt someone's feelings, or offend a friend. This doesn't take away one's freedom of speech, it just reinforces one's freedom of courtesy to another human, even a virtual one.

Friends, including virtual ones, are too special to hurt with a casual thoughtless remark.

Giac (floundering down off her soapbox)