In our hall, we have a poster or series of posters which indicate a number of words which we arent supposed to say under any condition because they are considered to embody descrimination. Words like 'Queer' and 'Wifebeater' are shown among them. What annoys me though is not the idea of the words being descriminatory, but the fact that our Dons (although I can think of only one Don in particular who would do this) would put something like this up there as though we didnt know any better. Holy fuck, we're not fucking three year olds. We know damn well what words we shouldnt say. One of my favorites is ' That exam raped me' and then underneath is a whole paragraph indicating that rape is a very serious crime and that you never know when someone in your vicinity may have been raped, so therefore you shouldnt say such a thing. I can see the reasoning behind all of this, but to be perfectly honest, who gives a flying fuck. In the end it makes no sense to have put something like that up there, first of all because it makes us seem like we're all in junior fucking kindergarden and we're all learning whats right and whats wrong and what words we shouldnt say, man, we know what we shouldnt say. Second, because for those who dont give a damn about what the board says it only provides them with a larger vocabulary of descriminatory words which they can now use at their leisure. Why go through all the effort to try and drum such a thing into our heads. The posters are still there after all this time, and are likely to stay on there for a long time to come. In the end no one really cares, the only reason that people would take the time to read that board is because they find it absurd that they're actually reading that crap. Its such and unnecessary board, while I admire the whole idea of tyring to increase people's awareness of certain things, the way it was done was too shoddy and slapdash. It only makes us all feel like fools, and it only makes us question the reasons why our Don would put that up. Instead of looking on such a thing with respect we only laugh at it as something which is not only ridiculous and and unnecessary waste of good paper, but an insult to our own intelligence and dignity. There are better things to worry about than trying to educate us all about what we should and shouldnt say.