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PC Speech Has a Time and Place

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Last night, I did a meme on MySpace where you filled in X’s regarding statements that fit you and it determined a fake ethnicity for you. One of my friends from college (who is bi-racial) was the one who originally posted it and I went along with it for giggles. Well… apparently someone on my friends-list didn’t like it and commented about how they found it offensive and that we don’t need these vast assumptions and generalizations.

Yeah…

On the one hand, I agree with them because a lot of the statements were stereotypical (i.e. the Irish ones had to do with liking beer, liking the color green, and going to St. Paddy’s Day parties) but… on the other hand, it was a meme for fun and I took it as such.Â? I commented back, saying that their opinion was duly noted and I understood their point even though I disagreed.

Later,Â? I was watching “Celebrity Fit Club” (yes, I know some of you have moral and ethical issues with the show) and one of the contestants this season is Dustin Diamond who played “Screech” on “Saved by the Bell”.Â? He is trying to distance himself from “Screech” and is just being an absolute jerk in the process.Â? The other 7 cast members support each other despite the fact that the teams are men vs. women — Dustin, on the other hand, just rips people apart.Â? He got all bothered because he was talking about his pr0n tape at dinner during the second fitcamp and people weren’t paying attention to him alone.Â? Yeah… sorry but a meal is not the time nor the place to discuss these things.Â? He ended up just cursing everybody out and he’s threatening to quit the show next episode.Â? My thought: good freaking riddance.

So… back to the subject line, which occasion is the more appropriate time for PC speech: a blog which all of 10 people read and is passworded or… a televised gathering over a meal?Â? Ideally, the answer is both places but the televised gathering is the more realistic answer.Â? Not to mention… people don’t HAVE to read my MySpace blog — it’s not like I really ever post there.

I would love to be able to say “if you don’t like it, don’t read it” but that would be wrong for some unexplained reason.Â? All I know is this: there is a time and place for politically-correct speech and that meme post was not either of them.

Culture Meme of Sorts

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Tagged by Pisco…

  1. Name a book that you want to share so much that you keep giving away copies. What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Phillip Yancey
  2. Name a piece of music that changed the way you listen to music. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by Bach — one of the first pieces of music where I felt a spiritual connection
  3. Name a film you can watch again and again without fatigue. I’m not a film person so I really don’t have one. I don’t even Tivo movies I like. (I know… I’m weird.)
  4. Name a performer for whom you suspend all disbelief. There really isn’t one.
  5. Name a work of art youâ????d like to live with. El Greco’s View of Toledo
  6. Name a work of fiction which has penetrated your real life. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
  7. Name a punch line that always makes you laugh. Can’t think of one.

Tagged: Whoever wants to do this…

In the Year 2007…

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Will you be looking for a new job?
Yep… hopefully one where I work well with the people and find some meaning in my work.
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Will you be looking for a new relationship?
Friends, yes but not a new romance.Â? I’m happily married

New house?
Nope.

What will you do different in 2007?
Lots of things.Â? What they all are has yet to be determined.

New Years resolution?
See previous post.

What will you not be doing in 2007?
I will not be moving to southern California.Â? (No amount of money could make me do that.)Â? I will not be getting a dog.Â? I will not be joining the Republican party.Â? I will not begin to like Dubya.Â? I will not move to Texas and take up cattle-ranching. I will not pierce my tongue.Â? I will not commit regicide.

Any trips planned?
I’m leaving things open.Â? I’m already on an unexpected one due to Jon’s grandfather dying.

Wedding plans?
None for me but I’m not ruling out any of my friends.

Whatâ????s on your calendar?
Assorted things like the LSAT in February, GRE in June, birthdays, anniversaries, and therapy appointments.

What canâ????t you wait for?
Harry Potter 7

What would you like to see happen different?
Less of letting people get to me.

What about yourself will you be changing?
Losing weight.

What happened in â??˜06 that you didnâ????t think would ever happen?
I take the 5th, Alex.

Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
Sure.

Will you dress differently this year than you did in 06?
Maybe more professionally?Â? I don’t know.Â? Definitely more modestly.

Will you start or quit drinking?
Nope.Â? I don’t drink.

Will you have better relationship with your family?
I’m hoping.

Will you do charity work?
Yes, in some way/shape/form

Will you go to bars?
Bars are obnoxious smoke-filled places.Â? Why would I set foot in one?Â? Oh yeah… there’s the fact that I DON’T DRINK.

Will you be nice to people you donâ????t know?
I try to be.

Do you expect 2007 to be a good year for you?
I’m hoping.

How much did you change from this time last year til now?
A bit.

Do you plan on having a child?
No.

Will you still be friends with the same people you are friends with now?
I’m hoping.

Major lifestyle changes?
Other than the weight loss thing (which is more “developing healthier habits”) and maybe finding a job, I’m hoping not.

Will you be moving?
Hopefully not.

What will you make sure doesnâ????t happen in 2007 that happened in 06?
Hopefully no deaths in the family.

What are your New Years Eve plans?
Funeral at 2 for Jon’s grandfather and a party in the evening.

Will you have someone to kiss at midnight?
If I want one.

Wish for 2007:
That God’s will be done.

(HT: Dreama)

Book Meme

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I haven’t done this so I’ll take Kristen’s tag:

1. One book that changed your life:
What’s So Amazing about Grace? by Phillip Yancey

2. One book that youâ????ve read more than once:
Any of the Chronicles of Narnia books.

3. One book youâ????d want on a desert island:
How to Get Off This Island: A Guide to Making Rafts from Random Flotsam and Jetsam if such a book actually exists.

4. One book that made you laugh:
Any Calvin & Hobbes books.

5. One book that made you cry:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

6. One book that you wish had been written:
God’s Plan for Jen’s Life: This Is Exactly What Jen Needs to Do (OK… this is probably too much to ask, but a girl can dream!)

7. One book you wish had never been written:
The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren.Â? Words cannot describe how much I HATE that book.Â? This is closely followed by most of the eschatological crap that exists (i.e. Left Behind, The Late, Great Planet Earth) and almost everything I had to read for Old Testament classes and Intro to Theology in Seminary.

8. One book youâ????re currently reading:
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder

9. One book youâ????ve been meaning to read:
Any of the books on my 101 in 1001 list.

10. Now tag five people:
Pisco
Leenie
Michelle
Richard (once life calms down for him)
Dreama