[Wp4] Fwd: Re: [] Variety of formulation for Human Rights bylaw that were made. - corrected

[Nigel Roberts]

And I agree with Greg. Again.

But in British English, that '500 year old colloquialism' is current idiom.

Where I sit, it carries absolutely no hidden meaning or (a more modern 
idiom) "dog-whistle politics".





On 08/06/2015 08:34 PM, Greg Shatan wrote:
> I really don't think using a 500 year old colloquialism "cheapens the
> discussion."  I also find it ironic to find this admonition in a
> discussion about, inter alia, freedom of expression.  Political
> correctness, trigger words, and other such stuff are a not
> inconsequential threat to freedom of expression and freedom of ideas --
> starting with a kernel of good intentions, and then becoming quite
> damaging....
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org
> <mailto:avri at acm.org>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 06-Aug-15 14:28, Greg Shatan wrote:
>     > Otherwise, we are just buying a pig in a poke.
>
>
>     I really have trouble with such a reference to human rights.  Please do
>     not cheapen this discussion.
>
>     avri
>
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