Posted by Gabbi-2 on April 23, 2007, at 21:35:47
In reply to Re: Deputies, posted by Aunt Virginia on April 23, 2007, at 20:14:32
> Does suggesting that a particular person is ill qualified for a particular task imply that person is not human?
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Which persons humanity is in question? I do Sometimes I wonder about those people with the compulsion to "suggest" that which is unsolicitated.
Okay.. "suggesting" is often used as a transparent euphemism. I don't think often one actually "suggests someone isn't fit" but b*tches about their every move.A "helpful suggestion" about performance may be recieved when one asks for input. However I don't think suggesting as above is indicating lack of humanness. I'd certainly question where the need to "suggest" this arises though.
In my experience the need to critique is often squarely within the person "suggesting" or an idiosyncratic personal annoyance that demands justification by finding fault in the "annoyee"
Now, concern is another of my favourite euphemisms. In my place of work it was always used as a preface to gossip. "We're just concerned about her" yeah.. right.
Whether or not a role is good for ones health I believe is up to that person to decide.
Not knowing the context of course, I don't know if these things even happened.
I can't say for sure, but I don't understand why these suggestions would be considered helpful, necessary, or really anything but ill-mannered sniping. They were not what I was thinking of in particular when I was speaking of the deputies not being seen as human.> Does suggesting that a person has been recruited to perform a task that might injure that person or others imply the person performing the task is not human?
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