I appreciate the idea, but I don't think this trade is possible. If Conley was moving out to one of those teams, I think it has a more realistic chance of happening. Those two teams, Blazers and Pistons, just seem like bad trade partners for us. They are in a rebuild so I doubt they want any of our old vets. The Blazers might want Bojan or maybe even Conley, but I don't see them needing those guys more than they need Covington.
However, do you think we should not use the word, murder, which is even more heinous than rape? That is my point; you're giving power to the word that it shouldn't have. You want to live in a perfectly bland society where people can't be free to speak. I think Lenny Bruce and Carlin covered this well. It's hiding from reality and not facing the problem when you use language to disguise or sanitize. Ya know, "the Suns murdered the Bucks last game," or do you think I should've said, "the Suns defeated the Bucks handily last game?" Really, handily. Masters, schmasters -- I've got two of them.
So Maneesh, err Numberica, who lives in a misogynistic country like Bangladesh, or I thought it was Turkey, where all those nations in that region are misogynistic, where in some they don't even punish men who rape women, agrees with UJF. I suspect some gender bias. I think I will create an ALT with the name of Siddartha.
Murder has always been treated as a serious crime and sets off very little victim-blaming. Rape victims have historically been diminished, questions, and made responsible for their rapes. Using "murder" lightly does not reinforce murder being taken lightly, using "rape" lightly does reinforce taking rape lightly. Context matters.
You have plenty of words to express what you wanted to say: lopsided, unfair, uneven, etc. For you, this is taking things to an extreme. For others, it's just being sensitive to a word others find offensive to use in a light manner. Maybe being "politically correct" or just sensitive towards others is a good thing.
And this is pretty racist to be honest. Labeling whole countries or "all those nations in that region" when referring to Turkey and Bangladesh (couldn't be farther apart and more different btw), is pretty ignorant and bigoted too.
What is wrong with thinking about the impact of your words before you use them. Why do you want to diminish another human being if you can prevent it. The idea that you should be able to say whatever you want is ridiculous if you are trying to be a decent human being. No one loses if everyone tried just a little harder to be kind and thoughtful in their words and deeds. Unfortunately more people complain about not being able to be a jerk or say what they want instead of just being kind. Words matter and many times they lead to arguments or violence because someone feels the right to exercise their "freedom of speech" without thinking of the consequences.
I've heard such ignorant and incorrect arguments before. I suggest you study the cultures and history of the Middle East and India and see how they view women. So to state the obvious truth is not bigoted at all. Stone wives to death who commit adultery. Not allow single women to go out alone unless accompanied by a male family member. Treat male children much better than female children. Need I go on. The Arab chiefs had huge harems of women who were actually sexual slaves. Learn your history.
