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Yes, Thanks Alice and Tanis. Also consider how woefully inadequate and mistaken are the terms, Black, gay, Latina, etc. They don't make much sense if you think about them. Simi Linton ---"Tanis M.Doe" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Some people argue about the meaning of language but as Alice in > wonderland learned, words are what we want them to be. Some of us, maybe > those with "impairments" too do not think that Disabled is a bad word, > neither do we think Deaf is a bad word. Some of us do not even think > Queer is a bad word. You see, school yard taunts of cripple, retard, and > faggot, are just that- teasing. When we grow up we can claim our own > identities and define what we want our language to mean. == |~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~| Simi Linton [log in to unmask] 212 580 9280 (phone and fax) |~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~| _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%