Greek Lesbians

[Zosi]

You're a fucking retard too. Go away.

Sorry, not going away just because you don't agree with my point or like my method of posting. However, at least I *HAVE* a point, rather than just throwing random insults at other posters or posting +1 posts like "2/10". Like I said, this isn't spam, if you don't have something to actually add to the conversation, there's a special forum just for pointless posts like yours. You can even make a whole thread JUST to insult me personally, if you'd like. I'm sure it'd be a popular one.

So, back on topic... does the Greek government even have the authority to change the entire Greek language to redefine a word to avoid angering a group of people? Even assuming they do, how could they possibly, as they seem to intend, go "international" and try to get it changed in other countries? Even if there is such an authority in Greece, I can't imagine that most countries have any kind of governmental authority to mandate word definitions.

The point in my original post was that it's not really likely that any kind of action they take will have the affect they intend. One could consider it a variation of the Streisand effect, that their attempt to avoid embarrassment will most likely just draw more attention to the "embarrassing" phrase and not really accomplish much in terms of change. They aren't going to stamp out the "wrong" use of the word "lesbian" by suing people and governments, and they very well might cause a negative reaction from people who think that their lawsuits are frivolous. Before I had heard of this lawsuit, I didn't even know that there was an island named "Lesbos", but now I know that there is, and that at least some of their citizens seem to think that their right to not be embarrassed trumps the rest of the world's rights to free speech, which I find hilariously dumb.

Yeah, it might not seem fair, but if they really want to avoid the perceived stigma of the word "Lesbian", it's a lot more likely to happen if they change their own name, rather than try to redefine a word that's used across the world by millions of people.

[guartz]

You're a fucking retard too. Go away.

Sorry, not going away just because you don't agree with my point or like my method of posting. However, at least I *HAVE* a point, rather than just throwing random insults at other posters or posting +1 posts like "2/10". Like I said, this isn't spam, if you don't have something to actually add to the conversation, there's a special forum just for pointless posts like yours. You can even make a whole thread JUST to insult me personally, if you'd like. I'm sure it'd be a popular one.

So, back on topic... does the Greek government even have the authority to change the entire Greek language to redefine a word to avoid angering a group of people? Even assuming they do, how could they possibly, as they seem to intend, go "international" and try to get it changed in other countries? Even if there is such an authority in Greece, I can't imagine that most countries have any kind of governmental authority to mandate word definitions.

The point in my original post was that it's not really likely that any kind of action they take will have the affect they intend. One could consider it a variation of the Streisand effect, that their attempt to avoid embarrassment will most likely just draw more attention to the "embarrassing" phrase and not really accomplish much in terms of change. They aren't going to stamp out the "wrong" use of the word "lesbian" by suing people and governments, and they very well might cause a negative reaction from people who think that their lawsuits are frivolous. Before I had heard of this lawsuit, I didn't even know that there was an island named "Lesbos", but now I know that there is, and that at least some of their citizens seem to think that their right to not be embarrassed trumps the rest of the world's rights to free speech, which I find hilariously dumb.

Yeah, it might not seem fair, but if they really want to avoid the perceived stigma of the word "Lesbian", it's a lot more likely to happen if they change their own name, rather than try to redefine a word that's used across the world by millions of people.

4/10

[Jaybar]

Lesbonians?

[Charismatic]

fail troll is fail
1/10

Anywho, I hope the Greek Lesbians win.

[Beckwin]

http://www.virginia.org/Site/cities.asp?city=Dyke

when will it end?!?!?

leave the lesbians alone.

[Norelco]

Anywho, I hope the Greek Lesbians win.

Me too. I think we should call the gay lesbians "Zosi's"

[Kuya]

I don't see why homosexual lesbians should have to give up on calling themselves lesbians because some people in some island are ashamed of it. How petty can you possibly get? And has anyone questioned why the person who made that article just happends to add that small part about Sappho having children and having a relationship with a man?

[Senji]

If they created the first gay woman, tough shit, they made it, they gotta deal with it.

[Day]

I don't see why homosexual lesbians should have to give up on calling themselves lesbians because some people in some island are ashamed of it. How petty can you possibly get? And has anyone questioned why the person who made that article just happends to add that small part about Sappho having children and having a relationship with a man?

Your just sayin that cause your gay.

Obviously they put it there to make you question the validity of her homosexual choice.

[Kuya]

Obviously they put it there to make you question the validity of her homosexual choice.

Article reporting that the island of Lesbos( the greek government) wants to have lesbians (homosexual women) in Greece change their name, and they also may plan to pursue it internationally.

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Oh btw, did you know that the person from whom the lesbians got their name may not have been a lesbian? HAH, take that dykes!

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[Eaglestrike]

Obviously they put it there to make you question the validity of her homosexual choice.

Article reporting that the island of Lesbos( the greek government) wants to have lesbians (homosexual women) in Greece change their name, and they also may plan to pursue it internationally.

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Oh btw, did you know that the person from whom the lesbians got their name may not have been a lesbian? HAH, take that dykes!

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Ever think the issue isn't what the word is currently being used for...just that it's being used in another manner? It could very well just be a school spirit/national pride issue, and not an attack at homosexuality.

[Kuya]

What attack on homosexuality?

[Maxxthepenguin]

Puerto Rican is now defined as drug dealer

[Kuya]

Puerto Rican is now defined as drug dealer

Funny for so many reasons.

[Cheerios]

Puerto Rican is now defined as drug dealer

Funny for so many reasons.

The only reason I can think of is that they deal drugs.

[Kuya]

Puerto Rican is now defined as drug dealer

Funny for so many reasons.

The only reason I can think of is that they deal drugs.

Yes, alot of puerto ricans are known for dealing drugs, and because he is essentially comparing sharing a name with drug dealers to sharing a name with homosexual females, as if the two had anywhere near the same connotations.

In other words, sharing a name with drug dealers is just as bad as sharing a name with dykes. I wonder if i should do Maxx a favour, and reserve him a spot in FootInMouth Hotel. Either way, if it suddenly became offocial to call drug dealers, Puerto Ricans, the issue would be less about Puerto Ricans being ashamed of it, and more about stereotyping and racism. I don't see how that even comes close to this silly little issue.

[Maxxthepenguin]

So you don't want to be called a drug dealer? Too fucking bad. You think it's a terrible thing? Too fucking bad. It's not about degrees of bad, how wrong something is is just a perspective.

What if people don't want to be referred to as homosexual women? If somebody thinks that being a homosexual woman is wrong, for whatever reason, and gets referred to as a homosexual woman... then too bad, right?

I haven't decided anything on the issue but it would suck so hard to have your entire people referred to as gay women.

[Metah]

Anywho, I hope the Greek Lesbians win.

Me too. I think we should call the gay lesbians "Zosi's"

I thought Zosis were people who had a point

[Charismatic]

Anywho, I hope the Greek Lesbians win.

Me too. I think we should call the gay lesbians "Zosi's"

I thought Zosis were people who had a point

What about if you had 100 points?

[Metah]

You level up to a Z-100