'Stone Age' called insult (PC Alert)

Washington Times ^ | March 8, 2007 | Jennifer Harper

[BJClinton]

Attention Fred Flintstone and the Geico cave guys: "Stone Age" is no longer acceptable, joining the list of other words and terms deemed offensive in polite society.

[BJClinton]

Calling a primitive, stone age people "primitive" or "stone age" is now double plus ungood.

[BJClinton]

I dunno if this fits your anthropology/archeology pings. Interesting and sad none the less.

[ExpatGator]

Time for a 5 minute hate.

[rhombus]

Is this the "S-word"?

[LonePalm]

Sounds like somebody has way too much government grant money on their hands.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[ladtx]

Whut?

[Gator101]

It's about time.

[BJClinton]

Reminds me of South Park last night.

[Eepsy]

[Hoodlum91]

Finally! The Caveman is making in roads....

[Doomonyou]

So instead of bombing Iran back to the stone age when the time comes, we bomb them back to the "Technologically Challenged" age?

[NeoCaveman]

Now this is just being too sensitive.

I have no problem with the term stone age, it's when we invented fire.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Stone Rage against raped females in Muslim countries should be banned!

[RebelBanker]

Did you catch this?
...well-dressed but disgruntled Neanderthals arguing against the use of cave man images to market Geico's claims department -- "so easy a cave man could do it."
ABC, however, is so intrigued by the concept that the network announced plans to produce "Cavemen," a comedy series based on the characters. A trio of the beetle-browed but trendy men will "struggle with prejudice on a daily basis as they live the lives of normal thirtysomethings in 2007 Atlanta," the network said.

Worst. Show. Idea. Ever.

[Constitution Day]

This band had a cool name while it lasted...

[GQuagmire]

I'll have the duck with mango salsa

[Pharmboy]

Will talk of reparations be next?

[ladtx]

Call me prejudiced, but a caveman could never be president, they are just too stooopid.

[JohnnyZ]

I like most of Parental Advisory's stuff. What a versatile group!

[ClearCase_guy]

Your ancestors clubbed my ancestors with a rock. You owe me.

[BJClinton]

ABC, however, is so intrigued by the concept that the network announced plans to produce "Cavemen,"

Worst. Show. Idea. Ever.

I don't know about that. Married with Children was garbage and made millions.

[BJClinton]

we bomb them back to the "Technologically Challenged" age

Awesome.

[reagan_fanatic]

[Constitution Day]

They're all over the map. LOL!

[HOTTIEBOY]

I am not 100 percent in love with your tone right now.

[atomicpossum]

How about when libs call conservatives 'neanderthals?'

[BJClinton]

And there's that little fact that y'all used stone tools instead of metal.

[Smokin' Joe]

Have to find something else....Lithic technologists?

[TC Rider]

Though she later said she was misunderstood, Mrs. Tonge was criticized in the British press as "primitive" herself.

You're primitive.

No, you're primitive.

You're primitive.

No, you're primitive.

You're primitive.

No, you're primitive.

You're primitive.

[HOTTIEBOY]

[Disambiguator]

Check out the keywords.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Here we go again. I expect there will be lawsuits against Geico. I expect that descendents of stone age people will start suing Geico for their insensitivity.
Things like this tell me that I chose my user name correctly.

[Cicero]

So, what's the correct PC term? Bronze challenged? Iron challenged? Not quite a full sixpack?

[smartymarty]

Next they'll be debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin...

[MrB]

Any attacks against white Christians, especially males, is totally allowable in any PC definition of proper behavior.

[BJClinton]

Will talk of reparations be next?

So Neanderthals sue homo sapiens for reparations. Compounded over 300K years that's a lot of dough.

Wow, what a racket. I need to get tested for Neanderthal DNA just in case.

[econjack]

"Journalists and editors need to understand that the use of these terms directly contributes to the suffering of tribal and indigenous peoples all around the world,"

Oh, puhleeeze...are these tribal people reading the New York Times as it is delivered to them each morning somewhere in the jungles of Borneo? Since when is a term that describes a societal point in time pejorative? When I use the term (and I will continue to do so when appropriate), I'm doing it to convey a mental image of a society (or whatever) that is devoid of modern technology. I see nothing wrong with that. All this PC-ness is a monumental waste of time. And wouldn't it be refreshing for a politician to stand up and say: That's EXACTLY what I mean.

[JRios1968]

[dmz]

Worst. Show. Idea. Ever.
__________

Not even close.

[BJClinton]

But Senator Biden thinks one of them is clean and articulate.

[EveningStar]

Tard Ping

[BJClinton]

Metrocavemen rule.

[antiRepublicrat]

The PC angle is of course ridiculous. OTOH, the various X ages weren't very good for describing the progress of a people in the first place.

[Dave278]

You got. You might be the first to "coin" that phrase.

[Vaquero]

[Professional Engineer]

Technolithic


LOL!

[ichabod1]

First of all, I'm not 100% in love with your tone right now...

[nctexan]

Paleo-Americans finally have joined the distinguished list of Hyphenated-Americans that we've all become!

"Our differences bring us all together."

[RebelBanker]

There have been a lot of trashy sitcoms about dysfunctional families that have done well over the years. Some have had better writing and acting (think "The Honeymooners") and some have truly stunk up the entire medium (like "Married With Children"). However, the idea of the cavemen 'struggling with discrimination' will be so PC and so preachy that it will not be funny.

[BJClinton]

For more info on the Geico caveman TV show: http://adage.com/article?article_id=115374