From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 24 15:35:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005A437B401 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:35:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from olmec.nighttide.net (jasper.nighttide.net [207.5.141.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F2643FAF for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:35:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darren@nighttide.net) Received: from olmec.nighttide.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olmec.nighttide.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1ONZUC9050291 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:35:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from darren@nighttide.net) Received: from localhost (darren@localhost) by olmec.nighttide.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h1ONZUrT050288 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:35:30 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from darren@nighttide.net) X-Authentication-Warning: olmec.nighttide.net: darren owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 18:35:30 -0500 (EST) From: Darren Henderson To: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: was this really necessary? [ was Re: The FreeBSD Jive Copyright ] In-Reply-To: <3E596B6A.5090209@digiflux.org> Message-ID: References: <00bc01c2d93e$452d1f60$0502000a@sentinel> <4.3.2.7.2.20030221181620.01b7ded8@threespace.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030223123659.01965b20@threespace.com> <3E596B6A.5090209@digiflux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Stacy Olivas wrote: > Is it right to stereotype? No. However, taking what could be considered > to be a stereotypical portrayal of a a group and turning it into something > that is totally non-derogatory can be a good laugh by everyone. While agreeing with the gist of this paragraph I do not agree that stereotyping is "bad" - its a valuable tool. It's a survival tool, its a thinking tool, its a memory tool. It is imporant that we be able to move past sterotypes when necessary but they are required to live. You have to have a reference point from which to base evaluations of new situtations. Telling children to be wary of strangers sets up a stereotype, and I hope most would agree that it is a valuable one. One downside of stereotyping is the vast monstrosity of marketing it allows. Demographics, product surveys, etc all lead to "stereotypes" that allow them neatly drop us all into buckets of desires and tastes. ______________________________________________________________________ Darren Henderson darren@nighttide.net Help fight junk e-mail, visit http://www.cauce.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message