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If you care about third-world countries, at least be polite enough to call them developing countries.
by gostsamo 4y ago
If you care about third-world countries, at least be polite enough to call them developing countries.
- StevenRayOrr 4y agoDeveloping into what?
- kevviiinn 4y agoExploitation machines just like big daddy united states. Unless they have resources we want ofc, then the CIA simply puts in a complicit dictator!
- mdp2021 4y ago'Third World' was coined - I believe, by Alfred Sauvy in 1952 (following Pascal Boniface) - as an expression to literally mean "non aligned in the dichotomy of NATO vs Warsaw pact affiliance". Stereotypes about qualities frequent in Countries of such /political/ quality (such as said alleged "need for development", following the poster) are not implied. 'Third' is proper for "non-aligned"; 'developing' when noting such state makes sense (special sense, since growth seems to be a shared goal); some other term for other cases - such as "rich in raw materials", etc.
- gostsamo 4y agoI can come up with list of words that were coined with some intention and gained another. Why a term was created has nothing to do with how it is used and the gp comment wasn't in the context of the cold war history.
- mdp2021 4y ago> list of words No need because that is the normal process, involving meaning and use - you could present the whole dictionary. But it is none of our business if suddenly one individual or a multitude start using 'mangrove' for something they decide, and it gives no toss of credential to those who after that decide that 'mangrove' does not mean "mangrove".
- tremon 4y agoSo you are aware that the word has multiple connotations, yet you chose to focus on the connotation that paints the GP in the worst light... why, exactly?
- mikrotikker 4y agoAn inherent need to be offended on behalf of others, in order to add some purpose to ones life.
- gostsamo 4y agoOr I interpret it in the context it is used, referring to poor countries as third world. All this outrage about my remark is triggering my sense of irony. Too bad I'm social drinker only. PS: congrats to the gp who edited his comment.
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- mdp2021 4y ago> Or I interpret it You declaredly interpreted it as «[im]polite» - different from "poorly chosen", if the readers do not have enough grounds to assume your irony to be triggered before the «outrage». In analytical terms, "Contries seeking independence may easily be reliant on key economic sources" makes sense.
- gostsamo 4y agoAt this point you are just looking for reasons for me to be deserving of your righteousness. I can't take part in your inner struggles, so please don't feel obliged to include me in the discussion.
- mdp2021 4y agoIf you have points, present /them/. If something is not clear, clarify it. This is the second post in which you are presenting no content. ...And this whole branch started by you stating that an expression would be «[im]polite», and another acceptable, without the /content/, again, founding the statement. We are the ones trying to make some sense of your riddles (or stubs).
- anshorei 4y agoThe third in "third-world" has the same meaning as the third in "third-party cookies". They were the countries that aligned themselves with neither the liberal (first) or communist (second) worlds who were the principal parties to the cold war. I wish people would stop getting offended at things they don't understand.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> I wish people would stop getting offended at things they don't understand. What wasn't understood? If the term third-world was being used to talk about cold war political alignment, they wouldn't have objected. But that's not how it was being used. The objection was completely valid.