Hi JD
How does Safety Angel sound? or Safety Overseer?
Judy {:>}
At 09:31 AM 9/1/99 -0700, JD_
@notes.ymp.gov wrote:
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>Dear Team.Net:
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>I get the digest, and so was flooded with "Safety Nazi" notes today. I'm
one of
>the folks that has used that term, unthinkingly, and not intending offense to
>anybody. Just to give myself a better frame of reference, I had a chat
with a
>couple of friends who are members of the Jewish faith. One of them thinks
it's
>basically fallout from the "Seinfeld" show that so permeated our culture,
and is
>basically meaningless slang. The other friend was much more thoughtful in
her
>response. She did grant me that using the term could be an oblique
rememberence
>of a terrible episode of human history. By calling a dictator (even a small
>time one at a local Solo II) a "nazi" we remember the dictator that made that
>term an anathema to all mankind. She followed that by saying that using the
>term lightly might be viewed as "making light" of the whole thing. We talked
>about how certain cultures have their own humor, which can be funny to an
>"insider" but offensive if it comes from an "outsider" or even if used in a
>derogatory manner by a member of the group. (Chris Rock's use of the OJ
Simpson
>trial's famous "N word" for example.) Can we use the "nazi" name in the
"Small
>N" manner Phil Ethier so ably described? I'd like to think so, but will
>somebody be offended by it still? Probably. Can we use it "sometimes"
when we
>know no offense is meant or will be taken? Probably not. (Smile when you
say
>"nazi," or I'll whack ya with muh Shilaleigh, Pilgrim!) The whole thing
becomes
>a big gray area, and I don't think a real solution exists. I'm going to
try to
>curb my use of the term 'nazi', just to be safe...
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>I like Mike Bultemeier's suggestion that we find a warm, fuzzy term. I have
>given that idea some thought. What we need is a kind, loving name for
someone
>who is in charge of our lives and hands out rules, regs, and discipline as
>needed. A benevolent, loving omnipotent dictator. There's only one
solution...
>I suggest the new name for "Safety Steward" (to be used regardless of
gender!)
>has to be "Safety Mama." Just don't tell my Mama I said that, or all 82
pounds
>of her will whip my A**!!!
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>JD Kemp
>(Tell me an Irish joke, I love 'em!)
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