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In Reply to: Re: Reminder posted by whitehorse on September 12, 2008 at 07:11:54:
"Youth" is loaded because it is a Familyism. This "touchy" subject is nothing new. It was among other things, what ticked off quite a few people a few years back when you were posting on our boards.
You asked: "but what would you have answered yourself?" Well, honestly, I wouldn't have needed to answer, because I wouldn't have said what you said in the first place: "the youth" this and "the youth" that.
You wrote: "Give me a clue." But I already did. I wrote an email to you specifically about this.
You did it again with "I just tried to say I had said nothing against the youth." The point is you really shouldn't have them-us terms and divisions along youth and non-youth.
If I may say so, it's not a language thing. It's not that you don't have the right words. You are expressing yourself just fine. Quite clearly in fact. And you are hammering home the fact repeatedly, that you simply don't "get it," as Youth-ish put it.
Anyway, it's a good idea to let it rest.
