On Friday, November 22, 2013 8:18:03 PM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > As this is an international forum, it behoves us all to make allowances > for slight difference in dialect.
I don't thank so. What purpose does that serve? If we allow people to speak INCORRECT English under the guise of "political correctness" then no one will benefit. The speaker will continue using the language improperly and his audience will continue to be confused. "But Rick, we don't want to offend people!" Piss off you spineless invertebrate!I would be more offended if people did NOT correct me. People "correct" you when they WANT you to learn, likewise, people "tolerate" you when they want you to remain inferior. "Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society" Only those societies with a vision for the future will survive, that is, until they inevitably grow tired from the intense competition and lose their vision THEN apathy sets in and a NEW society steps in to fill the vacuum. "Competition is the engine that drives the cogs of evolution" You are all but pawns in a greater game. It is better to die fighting for SOMETHING, then to wither away intolerant of NOTHING. There exists no utopia. And any pursuit of such ends is foolish. Have you ever even considered what sort of disgusting filth humans would degenerate into if we achieved a utopia free from competition? What would we do all day? What purpose would our lives fulfill? "Would you eat if you were never hungry?" Evolution will NEVER allow such a dismal state to prosper, no, it will stamp out every attempt by convincing the strong to conquer the weak -- and to do so with extreme prejudice! The system abhors the weak; the system ridicules the weak; because the weak serve no end but their own selfish and feeble attempts to convince themselves they are not but lowly pawns. "Time to pull your head out of the sand!" People like you don't want to accept the truth, you want to believe that "living in harmony" is the answer. No, harmony is a death wish. If you wish to reach a state of harmony, then not only are you suicidal but you're homicidal also because you obviously don't care about your fellow human beings future progression. If however, you cared about what really matters, you would advise our Indian friend to speak better English. By learning proper English he can become a productive member of this society -- maybe one day even contributing something remarkable. But until his communication can rise above the level of a 3rd grade public school student in rural Kentucky, he is draining resources instead of creating them!I WANT our Indian friend to become proficient so that he *might* one day be a *worthy* advisory for me to challenge. Anyone can defeat the weak, only the strong have a snowballs chance in hell to defeat the strong. "Who said chivalry was dead?" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
