Appropriate terminology
punkieshazam
punkieshazam at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 20 07:25:26 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 89182
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Barry Arrowsmith
> <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > The post by punkieshazam (88875) pricked my conscience.
>
> <snip humorous pc replacements for common wizarding terms>
>
> Annemehr:
>
> Yeah, okay, that was funny.
>
> But I'm going to agree with punkie's assertion that we shouldn't
> ordinarily call muggle-borns "mudbloods." It leads to imprecision
of
> thought.
Punkie:
If you go to the Quik Quotes section of the Leaky Cauldron and read
at length you will find that JKR has spent much of her life working
for and with human rights organizations. Thus S.P.E.W. among other
things. Mr Arrowsmith's comments are very clever and they miss the
mark of what I was trying to say. Let me be *very* explicit.
I am an elderly American. I was born in the '30s. (I will be 68 in
March). Until approximately 150 years ago, my government condoned
slavery. We as a society are still having to deal with the issues
that grew out of that travisty. However, we have made a little
progress in these matters and not even the worst bigot ordinarily
uses the word N****r in polite society anymore. When I read Ron's
reaction to Malfoy's use of mudblood in Cos I equated it with N****r.
Mudblood is a vile epithet. Describing Harry as a mudblood is a vile
social transgression.
Sorry if I'm a cranky old woman, but I'm a cranky old woman about
epithets.
Punkie
Petunia is a squib!
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