Leprosy

[Michele <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com>]

Well, since we all love to play the semantical arguing game, leprosy is 
actually more commonly known as Hansen's disease. If the original poster 
would have said THAT, would all the "Hansen's" or even "Hanson's" on the 
list be offended. I mean, honestly.

I take the opposite position than David simply b/c I saw the word 
Leprosy and as Andrew Plato says, used "the magical power of Delete," 
b/c I wanted to stay away from whatever topic that was about. So, it 
looks like the pendulum swings both ways. Someone saw "leprosy" and 
wanted to know more, whereas I saw leprosy and did not want to know 
anymore.

As an aside, most of us on this list come from some form of privilege, 
and I'm not talking prep school and an expensive college. I'm talking 
about the fact that, by far, the majority of posters on techwhirler live 
nowhere near leprosy-centers: Brazil, Mozambique, Nepal, Madagascar, 
blah, blah, blah. Leprosy is also NOT seen with the same connotations as 
it did 500 years ago, with the inception of antibiotics if most of us 
contracted it we would also be privileged enough to get antibiotics ad 
naseum to fight off the infection. I, personally, have a blood disorder. 
20 years ago barely any general practice physician or internist knew 
about my condition. Now the surgical procedure to help with the blood 
disorder is performed laproscopically, which, in turn, means my sons, 
who through the genetic throw of the dice, have the disease are privileged.

Michele

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James Jones wrote:

Thanks David. No, I don't believe people need to check every piece of
language to make sure it does not offend, but 'Leprosy' in particular is
a very bad disease and there is probably no one on this list who can
stand up for people who have the disease. 
 As to the 'draw' of the word. A more precise description of the
problem might have been in order. 


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