28 Sep
2012
28 Sep
'12
11:40 a.m.
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:43:21 -0400, Miles Fidelman said:
Given that this thread started out as a query re. a "really nasty attack," and resulted in: 5 on-topic responses (2 of which also commented on "guys")
20 responses re. "guys" (I stopped counting) It occurs to me that maybe "morons" or "idiots" might be an appropriate gender-neutral framing. I usually use 'critters' for that. salescritters, congresscritters, trollcritters.
I'm kind of a fan of Greg House on this one. Or Mel Brooks, from Blazing Saddles: “They’re common people – the salt of the earth. You know – Morons”. :-) -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra