How about Safety Reaper?
-Mike
>Hi JD
>How does Safety Angel sound? or Safety Overseer?
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>Judy {:>}
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>At 09:31 AM 9/1/99 -0700, JD_
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>@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...
>>
>>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**!!!
>>
>>JD Kemp
>>(Tell me an Irish joke, I love 'em!)
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