penultimatestraw 473 Posted December 16, 2017 The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases in any official documents being prepared for next year’s budget. The forbidden words are “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based.” Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted December 16, 2017 We were never at war with eastsasia. We were always at war with eurasia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 Thoughts? I'm not in favor of using euphemisms to somehow make things more acceptable (fetus instead of baby) for either side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745 Posted December 16, 2017 I'm not in favor of using euphemisms to somehow make things more acceptable (fetus instead of baby) for either side. Actually you have it backwards. In the womb it is a fetus. Now if your taking a claw hammer to a six month old, thats killing a baby. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,563 Posted December 16, 2017 , piss, , , cocksucker, motherfucker, and Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,420 Posted December 16, 2017 Thoughts? Link? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 Actually you have it backwards. In the womb it is a fetus. Now if your taking a claw hammer to a six month old, thats killing a baby. Ask a woman whose had a miscarriage why she's crying and she'll reply "because I lost the baby". When someone kills a pregnant woman, he may face two charges of manslaughter. Resolve that with it just being a fetus because it's still in the body. ETA: The double murder trial would take over a year to begin, but at the end of 2004 Scott Peterson was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing his wife, and second-degree murder for killing their unborn son. In 2005, he received the death penalty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimmySmith 2,782 Posted December 16, 2017 The are only editorials in snowflake world. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 Actually you have it backwards. In the womb it is a fetus. Now if your taking a claw hammer to a six month old, thats killing a baby. God DAMN, it was ONE time! The damn thing wouldn't stop crying. Can you let it go already? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 I'm not in favor of using euphemisms to somehow make things more acceptable (fetus instead of baby) for either side. Sounds like somebody's in the mood for yet another post Fest. I'll just add in, these idiots who scream and cry that you're killing the baby! By taking Plan B for example. Jesus, I sneeze up more living matter then actually gets so called killed with Plan B. There's a reason why there's different names for different stages of development. A blastocyst sure as fuk isn't a baby. Now filthy, go ahead and enjoy your 3000 thread on the same subject. Done here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 Now filthy, go ahead and enjoy your 3000 thread on the same subject. Done here. Mr. Pot.................would you like me to touch up that second coat? Matte black or semi-gloss? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 Mr. Pot.................would you like me to touch up that second coat? Matte black or semi-gloss? Springsteen has recorded over 300 songs. Talking about each song or a few of those songs overtime is not the same subject just because it's recorded by the same guy. N'est Pa? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDC 5,979 Posted December 16, 2017 Link? https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cdc-forbidden-words-20171215-story,amp.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,420 Posted December 16, 2017 https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cdc-forbidden-words-20171215-story,amp.html Thanks. I asked because it seemed kinda fake. Apparently not. I presume the idea is to make it harder for the CDC to request funding for things related to abortion and transgender, but I'm not a fan of any censorship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Santa 24 Posted December 16, 2017 God DAMN, it was ONE time! The damn thing wouldn't stop crying. Can you let it go already? Try sitting at the mall while hundreds of them cry and pee on your leg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 Try sitting at the mall while hundreds of them cry and pee on your leg. There are Japanese businessmen who pay the extra charge for the whole peeing on the leg thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IMMensaMind 460 Posted December 16, 2017 Thanks. I asked because it seemed kinda fake. Apparently not. I presume the idea is to make it harder for the CDC to request funding for things related to abortion and transgender, but I'm not a fan of any censorship. Not censorship. He can control the methods and protocols used in reports written for the purpose of establishing funding for these programs, and if that helps him see through the bullsht, so be it. He is the boss of the heads of those programs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bad Santa 24 Posted December 16, 2017 There are Japanese businessmen who pay the extra charge for the whole peeing on the leg thing. I was wondering why they were tipping me. I thought they were children! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 I was wondering why they were tipping me. I thought they were children! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 Not censorship. He can control the methods and protocols used in reports written for the purpose of establishing funding for these programs, and if that helps him see through the bullsht, so be it. He is the boss of the heads of those programs. Who he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Secret Asian Man 26 Posted December 16, 2017 There are Japanese businessmen who pay the extra charge for the whole peeing on the leg thing. I see you Tuesday. Same time as last. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted December 16, 2017 I'm not in favor of using euphemisms to somehow make things more acceptable (fetus instead of baby) for either side. I agree, but none of those words are euphemisms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 Interesting. I'm listening to this brilliant doctor from Johns Hopkins who actually has guidance from the CDC when zika was scaring the hell out of the world and rightfully so. She's looking at it saying how could you possibly talk about zika and its worst effects without using the word fetus? And how all of their findings across-the-board are indeed science-based. And evidence-based. This is just more ridiculous kowtowing to the evangelicos. Waiting any minute now for the head of Westboro to become the head of the CDC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted December 16, 2017 Thanks. I asked because it seemed kinda fake. Apparently not. I presume the idea is to make it harder for the CDC to request funding for things related to abortion and transgender, but I'm not a fan of any censorship. Evidence based is particularly disturbing, as that is the standard for publications in the scientific world. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 I'm pretty sure if I worked at the CDC I'd be a complete smartass after this moronic listing. Honestly, it sounds like something from The Onion. After this came out, I start using euphemisms for the euphemisms. Fetus? Becomes baby which becomes pre baby. Can't say fact or evidence-based? How about non mythology based? Vulnerable? Becomes children whose parents are least likely to pay the Alternative Minimum Tax. Doesn't mean much to me in the grand scheme. I'm sitting here listening to actual scientific geniuses saying this is a really bad idea, when we got a guy like Trump whos just a f****** moron making these kind of policy decisions at that kind of level? Yeah, that's just not a good idea. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 I agree, but none of those words are euphemisms. A mild, indirect, or vague term for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive transgender = transexual most certainly is a euphemism. They don't refer to it as a sechs change anymore but gender reassignment. Using transexual implies you just want to change your sexual organs whereas transgender indicates you're changing what you are as a human. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted December 16, 2017 transgender = transexual most certainly is a euphemism. They don't refer to it as a sechs change anymore but gender reassignment. Using transexual implies you just want to change your sexual organs whereas transgender indicates you're changing what you are as a human. Or you want to change your gender, and all that implies, rather than just swapping out your genitals? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 Or you want to change your gender, and all that implies, rather than just swapping out your genitals? Do they change your DNA/chromosomes? Isn't that what determines your gender? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 Don't know why you guys are so hung up on gender. I was always quite partial to Marianne myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 Don't know why you guys are so hung up on gender. I was always quite partial to Marianne myself. Mary Ann. I pictured you as a Ginger guy though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
penultimatestraw 473 Posted December 16, 2017 Do they change your DNA/chromosomes? Isn't that what determines your gender?Your biological gender, yes. But that ain’t all gender entails:gen·der ˈjendər noun 1. the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IMMensaMind 460 Posted December 16, 2017 Mary Ann. I pictured you as a Ginger guy though. Huh. I was thinking Luvey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alias Detective 1,197 Posted December 16, 2017 Thoughts? Since I've never read a budget before I'd like to see how the words were used before commenting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 16, 2017 Your biological gender, yes. But that ain’t all gender entails: gen·der ˈjendər noun 1. the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones). You can put a tuxedo on a pig but it doesn't make them human. Changing the outward appearance of something doesn't change what it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 16, 2017 You can put a tuxedo on a pig but it doesn't make them human. Changing the outward appearance of something doesn't change what it is. Grrr I WAS Chuck Cheese GDammitt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Filthy Fernadez 2,696 Posted December 17, 2017 Grrr I WAS Chuck Cheese GDammitt! Did you get into a brawl with the Bear Band? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,684 Posted December 17, 2017 Did you get into a brawl with the Bear Band? Screw them, they accused me of being a rat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,458 Posted December 17, 2017 Fake news "The assertion that HHS has ‘banned words’ is a complete mischaracterization of discussions regarding the budget formulation process.” MATT LLOYD, HHS SPOKESMAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites