[WikiEN-l] cancelation of the deletion review of the satanism userbox

Philip Welch wikipedia at philwelch.net
Sat Jun 3 08:05:54 UTC 2006


On Jun 3, 2006, at 12:22 AM, Steve Bennett wrote:

>>> I kicked up the ANI not because I object to T2; I object to a point
>>> of view,
>>> selective application of T2.  If it were applied globally to the
>>> religious
>>> userboxes, I wouldn't have objected at all.
>>
>> "Point of view" is not an adjective.
>
> How do you explain the term "POV fork"?

A cultural inability to use the word "biased". Also, the ability of  
acronyms to disguise what they stand for, allowing for bizarre usage  
that wouldn't exist in the spelled-out version (e.g. "PIN number",  
"ATM machine").

-- 
Philip L. Welch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch






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