Sorrow, where do you get these ideas? Replacing gender terms with biological ones? Ye gods, that needs to go in the Toilet humour thread. The boyz will love it. (Take it STRAIGHT there, PLEASE.)
As to the question of nicknames,I see that nIghtmare needs some help. OK, everybody. Nicknames for BigNLittleIBigGHTMARE to use when addressing me. Erroneousal? bEral? Enforceral? (Try and keep the swearing to a minimum. I'm delicately brought up and sensitive.) Come on, Regullus, you've got one already, I can tell.
nIghtmare, it would be helpful if you would try responding to questions and statements without resorting to abuse and putdowns. For instance, when I ask who the PC enforcers are, you could provide me with a list of names of people currently ensuring non-gender specific terms are being used. Or, you could say, well, no I don't anyone who has that specific job, it just annoys me when people seem to be so over-sensitive. Then I could say well I think it's important that language is inclusive. You might then disagree, discussing some examples -like Joe's minister, where the outcome appears extreme. I will come up with some snappy little examples from history illustrating why it's a cause of sensitivity. And so on. Only nest-quote if you are going to discuss the point. How about it?
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jester, is that Florida as well? You've got to hand it to the anti-Chavez group. "We, the minority, will keep on trying to remove the lawfully elected government, until we get the leader we want." Rich people have such a skewed view on the meaning of democracy. Is it just that they are not used to getting their own way?