PC nonsense has got to stop...

[rumguy]

As a Dylan fan this just pisses me off!!!

"Education and social work are the fields in which the language police are busiest. My favourite example is from a new college textbook on human development that includes this statement: 'As a folksinger once sang, how many roads must an individual walk down before you can call them an adult.' This gruesome effort is some educator's attempt at a gender-neutral makeover to the classic folksong Blowin' in the Wind. In the original, it goes, 'How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?'"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040323.wxwente0323/BNStory/Front/

[Westegg]

1. Gruesome indeed. That's beyond parody.

I'd love to see what this same soulless hack would do to "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands"...

[ugarte]

2. I agree, it's ridiculous

Non-specific genderspeak is usually a stylistic nightmare. No one talks like that, much less a poet.

[Robb]

4. I dunno. It was a nice movement while it lasted.

I like the trend of feminists using "she" as a "gender neutral" pronoun, the way "he" is often used; the effect stimulates debate. :thumbsup:

[rumguy]

5. I don't mind that at all...

It's just when you mangle poetry, that's when it's gone to far...

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. "A folksinger"???

Don't change a poet's words.

[NightTrain]

6. But it does offer some intriguing possibilities for satire!

How, for example, would this person have altered Prince's "Sexy M.F?"

"You libidinously desirable copulator of female parents."

[rumguy]

7. fucking hilarious!!!

lol