warning: rather blunt with examples of crude language to make a point.


frankly, i'm offended by PR Avacado. Dang it! It's AvOcado! :P

i understand that it's a global market but being part-owner in a WWII
operational s/w company i also understand there are times when History, as
accurately portrayed as possible, takes precedence over being "PC". we do
work within the restrictions imposed by some European countries - IOW, we do
not include the swastika in any images (which often means chopping out
pieces of images from the war itself - something I am more offended by to be
honest as it is seems "revisionist" to me). Sometimes it all seems a bit
ludicrous.

I'm not offended by "Beaver" ink - but I do get a giggle out of it.
confession, i'm still a bit childish when it comes to words in our
vernacular that mean "naughty bits".

what would most offend me would be blatant crudity, dishonesty, rudeness,
etc. If someone made an ink called "The Ol' lady on the Rag" for example,
then he'd earn my ire. or if the ink was packaged in tiny bottles for large
amounts of money (can you say Herbin) that would bother me (I still buy the
ink though.)

I know it's been said already to an extent - but if we're going to carry
this so far as to argue with Nathan about his naming conventions than we
need to talk to Pelikan, Delta, Krone, and others. We haven't even begun to
talk about Krone's website!

if something offends you, don't buy it. I know that's the simplistic "just
turn the t.v. off" view of things but in this case I think it's very easy to
avoid looking at bottles that say "Ottoman Rose" especially now that you
know they exist. must we now take all our history books and cull the word
"Ottoman" from them? And what about all those poor lonely footstools that
would be dumped on the side of the road?

okay - well, obviously i'm in a goofy mood - punch drunk from too much time
packing and cleaning. I probably will end up with Hanta virus or
something... one never realizes just how many rodents were living in an
attic until one moves to a new home. shudder (we exterminated years ago
but didn't realize just how much fun they'd had in our boxes in the attic.
--

KCat

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