The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #107773   Message #2237670
Posted By: Peace
16-Jan-08 - 10:24 AM
Thread Name: BS: Using the other N-word
Subject: RE: BS: Using the other N-word
All different things are unique. If they weren't, they wouldn't be different. That said, I think we can and do on occasion attribute names to things even thought the analogy is not quite perfect. Whether that is laziness or simply the need to ascribe characteristics so that it's 'faster' for people to look for the characteristics that ARE shared by two different things is beyond me. Either way, I do not think any fighting is needed at this point.