Re: Inappropriate changes to front page text [Was: Re:

I also have to back up Emily and Tom on this.

Stay neutral when a group is talking to a group.
Individuals should do and say what they think
is best.  But collections imply homogeny when
by definition we are not a homogenous group.

Decrying something as "cough" "politically correct"
is a way to avert the discussion and try to
"win" by ridicule.  This does not work with thinking
people.

I don't see the christmas reference on the public
site so perhaps this has been corrected already.

--elein

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 11:11:28PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Emily Boyd <emily@tinysofa.org> writes:
> > There's an easy fix for this: change it to "Happy Holidays" and remove
> > the references to Christmas.
>
> I agree with Emily on this.  There's no need to risk offending people of
> non-Christian faiths.  (Most faiths that I've heard of do have some sort
> of celebration near the winter solstice, so "happy holidays" at this
> time of year isn't going to bother anyone.  Just don't say *which*
> holiday.)
>
>             regards, tom lane
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