Grammar Nazi

[curiousguy221]

i think you have a point, and i agree. but i find that overall, 'Grammar Nazi' is just a better term to use for the title. i did think about it before posting, and i decided that 'Grammar Police' seemed too weak a title for such a post. i understand that the term 'Grammar Nazi' does have bad connotations, i have had trouble with Neo-Fascists in the past (some with racial leanings and some without). i think most people will not be offended by the title, but i offer my sincere apologies to anyone who is.

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i think you have a point, and i agree. but i find that overall, 'Grammar Nazi' is just a better term to use for the title. i did think about it before posting, and i decided that 'Grammar Police' seemed too weak a title for such a post. i understand that the term 'Grammar Nazi' does have bad connotations, i have had trouble with Neo-Fascists in the past (some with racial leanings and some without). i think most people will not be offended by the title, but i offer my sincere apologies to anyone who is.

Sorry, and with all due respect, you DON'T agree with my point. If you did, there is no way you could then go on to state that despite the "bad connotations" of the term you think it is a "better term to use for the title," since that view completely cancels out any claim of agreement.

Count me among the offended.

[curiousguy221]

Originally Posted by smc

Sorry, and with all due respect, you DON'T agree with my point. If you did, there is no way you could then go on to state that despite the "bad connotations" of the term you think it is a "better term to use for the title," since that view completely cancels out any claim of agreement.

Count me among the offended.

then i offer my sincere apologies.

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

then i offer my sincere apologies.

I'd rather you rescinded your agreement than issue an apology, because the issue of clarity with what words mean -- and the long-term societal impact of using such charged terms inappropriately -- was the entire point of my post. Clearly, you don't see it that way.

Does anyone else agree that the word Nazi is offensive in this context? Many will read, we know, but few will post either way. I encourage those who do to say so.

[curiousguy221]

Originally Posted by smc

I'd rather you rescinded your agreement than issue an apology, because the issue of clarity with what words mean -- and the long-term societal impact of using such charged terms inappropriately -- was the entire point of my post. Clearly, you don't see it that way.

Does anyone else agree that the word Nazi is offensive in this context? Many will read, we know, but few will post either way. I encourage those who do to say so.

i do not think the word is offensive in this context. the National Socialists were well known for their restrictive behavior and general controlling nature. making fun of the Nazi's is not offensive in my view. making light of what they did certainly is.

and i think you are right in that apparently i do not agree with you, though i do see your point.

[smc]

Originally Posted by curiousguy221

i do not think the word is offensive in this context. the National Socialists were well known for their restrictive behavior and general controlling nature. making fun of the Nazi's is not offensive in my view. making light of what they did certainly is.

and i think you are right in that apparently i do not agree with you, though i do see your point.

Just to be clear, and then I will leave the discussion to others: I did not raise an objection because the word is offensive (although it is). My objection is to the effect that using a word like effectively compares something relatively innocuous (correcting people's grammar) to something horrific (putting people to death for being non-Aryan, for instance), thus diminishing the power of the word's original meaning over time.

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by smc

Just to be clear, and then I will leave the discussion to others: I did not raise an objection because the word is offensive (although it is). My objection is to the effect that using a word like effectively compares something relatively innocuous (correcting people's grammar) to something horrific (putting people to death for being non-Aryan, for instance), thus diminishing the power of the word's original meaning over time.

While it may diminish the word Nazi, the purpose was to exaggerate the term grammar police, which is already an exaggeration of what those who are sticklers for grammar do, to even greater extremes. And that's ok. While the term grammar nazi may confuse a cheap AI program, the human mind is able to figure out what is meant by the term.