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Published On: Jul 24, 2008 04:42 PM
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Published On: Jul 24, 2008 04:42 PM
Replace all? Yes or No ...
Everyone has done it: used Search and Replace All
with unexpected results. I remember when I was teaching high school and a
student turned in an essay in which the word "you" had been globally replaced
with "ewe". Don't ask me how that happened. Naturally, high school students
believe proof-reading work before handing it in is for wusses, so the student
didn't even realize it had happened until he got the work
back.
Another amusing instance is from a group of religious extremists known as the Discovery Institute (rather ironic name, dontcha think?). They decided that the way to get around the US Constitutional separation of church and state was to change every reference to religious "creationism" in their book Of Pandas and People to "intelligent design." When challenged in the 2005 Dover case that intelligent design is simply religious creationism repackaged, of course they denied it. Until a copy of Of Pandas and People was shown that was full of references to "cdesign proponentsists."
The latest example comes from the brain-trust that is the American Family Association (yet another ironic name ... the far right may not be good at much, but inadvertent irony seems to be a particular gift of theirs.) You see, it is their policy to change the word "gay" to "homosexual" in any thing they publish, even if they're simply copying someone else's work. Like for instance, an AP story about US Olympic athlete, Tyson Gay. Thus the AP headline, "Gay eases into 100 final at Olympic Trials" became, "Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic Trials." Etc. Let the hilarity ensue. In fact their altered article now sounds like those articles from The Onion that begin, "Area Homosexual ... " Naturally they changed it back once they discovered their mistake. But clever folks have found many other examples.
Best line from the altered story: "'It means a lot to me,' the 25-year-old Homosexual said. 'I'm glad my body could do it, because now I know I have it in me.'"
Just how paranoid is this group, anyway? On a scale of 1 to 10, with one being black helocopter paranoid and ten being two week crystal meth binge paranoid, I'd give them an eleven.
Another amusing instance is from a group of religious extremists known as the Discovery Institute (rather ironic name, dontcha think?). They decided that the way to get around the US Constitutional separation of church and state was to change every reference to religious "creationism" in their book Of Pandas and People to "intelligent design." When challenged in the 2005 Dover case that intelligent design is simply religious creationism repackaged, of course they denied it. Until a copy of Of Pandas and People was shown that was full of references to "cdesign proponentsists."
The latest example comes from the brain-trust that is the American Family Association (yet another ironic name ... the far right may not be good at much, but inadvertent irony seems to be a particular gift of theirs.) You see, it is their policy to change the word "gay" to "homosexual" in any thing they publish, even if they're simply copying someone else's work. Like for instance, an AP story about US Olympic athlete, Tyson Gay. Thus the AP headline, "Gay eases into 100 final at Olympic Trials" became, "Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic Trials." Etc. Let the hilarity ensue. In fact their altered article now sounds like those articles from The Onion that begin, "Area Homosexual ... " Naturally they changed it back once they discovered their mistake. But clever folks have found many other examples.
Best line from the altered story: "'It means a lot to me,' the 25-year-old Homosexual said. 'I'm glad my body could do it, because now I know I have it in me.'"
Just how paranoid is this group, anyway? On a scale of 1 to 10, with one being black helocopter paranoid and ten being two week crystal meth binge paranoid, I'd give them an eleven.
Posted: Tue - July 1, 2008 at 12:10 PM