Comments on: japan has diluted my pc-ness http://hearthearmy.com/2009/05/04/japan-has-diluted-my-pc-ness/ a place to connect with you Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Heather http://hearthearmy.com/2009/05/04/japan-has-diluted-my-pc-ness/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 Heather Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:07:48 +0000 http://hearthearmy.com/?p=250#comment-2680 thanks, noush! it just gave me a good chuckle to realize how being PC is so different depending on which country you are in and how i have really been away for a while to not have thought of this! haha, sis - yeah, i guess if the caucasian race had been the one historically discriminated against, those lines would be offensive, but that's not the case. words can definitely press buttons and it's hard to decide sometimes whether it's just semantics and we should consider the intent foremost, or whether those words were really meant to cause harm. i'm okay with it - made for a funny story! :) thanks, noush! it just gave me a good chuckle to realize how being PC is so different depending on which country you are in and how i have really been away for a while to not have thought of this!

haha, sis – yeah, i guess if the caucasian race had been the one historically discriminated against, those lines would be offensive, but that’s not the case. words can definitely press buttons and it’s hard to decide sometimes whether it’s just semantics and we should consider the intent foremost, or whether those words were really meant to cause harm.

i’m okay with it – made for a funny story! :)

]]> By: Heidi http://hearthearmy.com/2009/05/04/japan-has-diluted-my-pc-ness/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Heidi Sun, 31 May 2009 22:47:56 +0000 http://hearthearmy.com/?p=250#comment-2632 Sometimes I think people just look for a reason to get offended. I mean, really. Should a white girls be offended by Black Opal or Black Radiance cosmetic lines? I think not. Instead of looking at the words, maybe she should have listened for your intent before making you feel uncomfortable for something so unintentional. Sometimes I think people just look for a reason to get offended. I mean, really. Should a white girls be offended by Black Opal or Black Radiance cosmetic lines? I think not. Instead of looking at the words, maybe she should have listened for your intent before making you feel uncomfortable for something so unintentional.

]]> By: Anouska http://hearthearmy.com/2009/05/04/japan-has-diluted-my-pc-ness/comment-page-1/#comment-2455 Anouska Wed, 06 May 2009 20:49:19 +0000 http://hearthearmy.com/?p=250#comment-2455 You poor thing.... at least it worked out ok. But I'm sure you felt silly for a while after that. But I still love ya anyway xxx You poor thing…. at least it worked out ok. But I’m sure you felt silly for a while after that. But I still love ya anyway xxx

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