Head shaker

Every once in a while, I'll stumble on something that does just that - makes the head shake. I typically don't get angry at things I see or read (even if I should). For example, I don't feel any outrage towards the AIG executives for their bonuses. My reaction was, who is their PR guy? He is the one who should be fired, not the executives who received the bonuses. Why? How did a PR guy for AIG not convince them that the American people may get somewhat angry about a bunch of rich guys getting bonuses provided by the taxpayer. Although, when a lot of money is involved people sometimes get blinded to reality.

Bernard Goldberg Segment on Fox News

So, the gist of the above debate is about whether a Yiddish word for a black person is offensive. My opinion is if you have to debate whether something is a racial slur, or offensive, then it is not. Regardless, it seems like a reasonable debate on laguage, albeit a waste of time. Until this Goldberg guy says the dictionary is written by someone with a liberal bias.

The Dictionary. Is written by someone with a liberal bias. (Shakes head)

OK, if you want a neutral book without a political bent the dictionary, along with a thesaurus, is a pretty safe bet.

How a dictionary can have a liberal bias is beyond me. Maybe the Webster's dictionary is written in Berkeley, California and describes "liberal" as a person who is a pillar of society with an outstanding moral compass. It in turn describes "conservative" as a misguided person with suspect morals who likes to have sex with immediate family. How else could you make that distinction?

Or, maybe the Webster's dictionary is the liberal book, and the Oxford dictionary is the conservative book. I don't know where he got this idea from. We always hear about a bias in the media, but this is usually because OPINIONS are expressed in print media. Last time I checked, not a lot of opinions are expressed in the definition of words like cauliflower, piano, computer, and albatross.

Anyways, a short rant for today.

Cheers.