Quote:LOL, my liberal friend, I really like you.

 

I'm not "outraged" by any means, but very much surprised at how PC is taking over in this country.

 

Let me see if I can break it down into simple terms (if it doesn't offend you).

 

Is it appropriate or not to refer to women as females?  Simple yes/no question.

 

Is it appropriate or not to refer to men as males?  Again, it's a simple yes/no question.

 

It's been pointed out and brought up regarding my avatar in this forum.  Spock is all about logic, not emotion.  When words are passed out by a college professor or otherwise, should those words be taken "literally" or should they be subject to "interpretation"?  Where does the line get drawn?  I've linked to the syllabus twice and quoted text from it.  When I asked about a portion of it, which is literal text, the argument that I get from you is how you "interpret" the text and what you "think" the text actually meant to say.

 

I'm a "logic" kind of thinking person.  I deal with computers a lot, and it's all logic.  Either 1 or 0, true or false, etc.

 

When I look at the text, I take it as the literal meaning of what the professor wrote when creating the syllabus.

Yes

 

Yes

 

And your logic does not include the possibility of the meaning of the words given the context? Given the surround text it jumps out to me that the professor mean the use in a derogatory way given that exact qualifier at the start of the paragraph? Nah it's much more logical that he just has a persona vendetta against using the terms for the two sexes. Email the prof. I bet I am right. 

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