> Stephen Downes emailed me personally about that. You mean this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downes ?

> Stephen Downes emailed me personally about that. You mean this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downes ? Was he offended by the word "spade"? It often seems to be the case that the people who are fighting for political correctness are not actually the ones that would be potentially offended by a given phrase. The "PC police" imagine that something might be taken poorly by someone else, and they seem to enjoy foisting their views on others, deriving some sense of superiority from their "heightened sensitivity." Why can't we follow the simple policy that if you, personally, are offended by something, you speak up. Otherwise, you keep your mouth shut. Let's call a spade a spade: some people just like to grant themselves the authority to tell people what to do.