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    We're "Political Correctness-ing" ourselves to death...

    This story about a SUNY Binghamton professor who was killed by an "older graduate student."

    http://www.wbng.com/news/local/78538247.html

    What they failed to mention is that the student's name was Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani and he killed Professor Richard T Antoun, author of Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements. I guess WBNG just thought his name wasn't pertinent to the story...

    Yes, I saw that as of the original writing (Friday), "police hadn't yet released the name." But by the time they did their latest update to the story (Saturday afternoon), they had released the name. Again, WBNG apparently didn't think it added anything...
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  • #2
    Originally posted by statman View Post
    This story about a SUNY Binghamton professor who was killed by an "older graduate student."

    http://www.wbng.com/news/local/78538247.html

    What they failed to mention is that the student's name was Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani and he killed Professor Richard T Antoun, author of Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements. I guess WBNG just thought his name wasn't pertinent to the story...

    Yes, I saw that as of the original writing (Friday), "police hadn't yet released the name." But by the time they did their latest update to the story (Saturday afternoon), they had released the name. Again, WBNG apparently didn't think it added anything...
    You're getting upset about a story run by a Weather Binghampton, New York tv station? If this were the Washington Post, I might agree.
    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by falafel View Post
      You're getting upset about a story run by a Weather Binghampton, New York tv station? If this were the Washington Post, I might agree.
      I think his point is that it is pervasive in our society these days. Unless you're a right wing, anti-abortionist. Then they will point those facts out.

      BTW........i'm not in favor of right wingers or anti-abortionists killing or beating anyone up.

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      • #4
        Why is it that every right-wing person on the internet has such a hardon about political correctness? Perhaps, and this instance would seem to support it, it's really about prejudice against brown people disguised as talk about how it's silly to be PC.

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        • #5
          While I'm loathe to hop on Steven Pinker's euphemism treadmill, most of the time, we should just call people what they would like to be called. Certainly, their likes and dislikes and the lack of agreement among certains groups (Native Americans vs American Indians) can leave us all wondering what in the <redacted> we're supposed to say, but it doesn't cost us anything other than a little remembering. Now, in the case of someone else choosing a new moniker for a group or thing, I'm not so happy about that. But calling someone differently-abled isn't technically wrong, and if it makes them feel better about their handicap, and the constant emotional baggage that being handicapped brings, then why not?

          In the case of news reporting, what difference does it make unless the police have clearly established that the motive was religious? The public safety could be at stake if they react too quickly without identifying the motive.
          "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
          The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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          • #6
            Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post

            In the case of news reporting, what difference does it make unless the police have clearly established that the motive was religious?
            I am fine with this concept, but I would like media outlets to be consistent. If a Mormon had killed his professor, the suspect's religion would be broadcast from the word go.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by JohnnyLingo View Post
              I am fine with this concept, but I would like media outlets to be consistent. If a Mormon had killed his professor, the suspect's religion would be broadcast from the word go.
              I'd say the difference is that people won't go burn down Mormon-owned businesses or lynch Mormons over the news.
              "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
              The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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              • #8
                Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                I'd say the difference is that people won't go burn down Mormon-owned businesses or lynch Mormons over the news.
                Yeah, Muslim hangings are very common today. Good point.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by JohnnyLingo View Post
                  Yeah, Muslim hangings are very common today. Good point.

                  You know what I meant; lynching = assault and battery, which happens all the time.

                  I tried, you're on wuapinmon restriction again.
                  "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                  The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                    You know what I meant; lynching = assault and battery, which happens all the time.

                    I tried, you're on wuapinmon restriction again.
                    Oh, come on, wuap! You know I'm just teasing.

                    Since you are under the impression I never Google anything, I did a Google News search for "muslim assault and battery" and here's what I got:

                    Two men charged with assaulting a Muslim man. In all likelihood, this is a crime brought on by the news reporting that the FBI were investigating the victim's boss for terrorist activities.

                    A women yanked on a Muslim woman's headscarf. The victim stated the alleged assaulter said, "The guy that did the Texas shooting, he wasn't American and he was from the Middle East." Another example, but fairly tame.

                    "Marine Batters a Greek Orthodox Priest he Thought was an Arab Terrorist" Ouch.

                    So that's three reported incidents in about a month. Considering the Fort Hood shootings (November 5) were widely, widely reported, along with the shooter's religious beliefs, that number doesn't seem dangerously high.

                    I am not sure there's evidence to suggest that reporting about terrorist activities brings on a marked increase in violence against Muslims.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                      You know what I meant; lynching = assault and battery, which happens all the time.

                      I tried, you're on wuapinmon restriction again.
                      Right. Only vandalism against Mormons.

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