November 05, 2003

My New Favorite Site

I've plugged it before, and will continue to do it until you're sick to death of it--speechcodes.org
They feature a "speech code of the month" on their homepage. Here's a fun excerpt from this month's honoree, Hampshire College:

Hampshire College prohibits "name calling" as well as "psychological intimidation, and harassment of any person or pet."

Yeah, I can cope if you call me a white devil cracker bitch, but when you insulted my pet snail, well, what choice did I have but to sue?

Posted by Big Arm Woman at November 5, 2003 02:43 PM
Comments

Here's an interesting thought... if somebody DID call you a "white devil cracker bitch" and you coped and shrugged it off, could he complain to the college that you were failing to treat his words with respect?

Posted by: ManFromPorlock at November 5, 2003 06:16 PM

Well, if my indifference caused him to feel "vaguely discomfited," or "possibly mildly nauseated," or some other pseudo emotion, then according to some of these speech codes, he probably could.

Posted by: BAW at November 5, 2003 07:49 PM

I'm psychologically intimidated by this speech code.

Posted by: Jim C. at November 5, 2003 11:58 PM

Hunger is my favorite emotion. Is it protected anywhere?

Posted by: Ron Hardin at November 6, 2003 05:14 AM