Brown bagged citizens

http://global.christianitypost.com/news/seattle-bans-potentially-offensive-words-like-citizen-and-brown-bag-101464

Apparently the city of Seattle has taken upon itself to ban the terms "brown bag" and "citizen"?

Why?


First you must drink the water there, and then smoke some reefer. Taking some LSD may also benefit any hope of ever relating to these people.

Now if you are ready and have a good buzz, I will attempt to splain.

Apparently the term "brown bag" is now racially offensive and the term "citizen" is offensive because there are large numbers of people in Seattle who are not actually citizens.

The city of Seattle insists that this is not censorship, however.

Whew, what a relief. For a minute there I thought they were fascist oppressive thought control police governing the city.

The link is broken.

A city cannot possibly "ban" words, so the story sounds as bogus as the link.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
The link is broken.

A city cannot possibly "ban" words, so the story sounds as bogus as the link.

Here's the real link:
http://global.christianpost.com/news/seattle-bans-potentially-offensive-words-like-citizen-and-brown-bag-101464/

Internal memo for some city employees, not a general public ban, quite obviously. The journalist has embroidered the original memo beyond recognition.

Originally posted by whodey
http://global.christianitypost.com/news/seattle-bans-potentially-offensive-words-like-citizen-and-brown-bag-101464

Apparently the city of Seattle has taken upon itself to ban the terms "brown bag" and "citizen"?

Why?


First you must drink the water there, and then smoke some reefer. Taking some LSD may also benefit any hope of ever relating to th ...[text shortened]... there I thought they were fascist oppressive thought control police governing the city.

Originally posted by whodey
http://global.christianitypost.com/news/seattle-bans-potentially-offensive-words-like-citizen-and-brown-bag-101464

Apparently the city of Seattle has taken upon itself to ban the terms "brown bag" and "citizen"?

Why?


First you must drink the water there, and then smoke some reefer. Taking some LSD may also benefit any hope of ever relating to th ...[text shortened]... there I thought they were fascist oppressive thought control police governing the city.

Originally posted by moon1969
whodey were you hoodwinked by this link or did you intentionally spread misinformation? My guess is you were dumb and plus wanted to believe.

Originally posted by JS357
Whodey has not just zero credibility here, but negative credibility.

But I like him anyway, for that.

Originally posted by moon1969
It's an incredible bias. Brainwashed. His view of the world is so distorted. He can't see clearly. Just simply too weirded out biased.

Originally posted by dryhump
On a related note, are you excited about Obamacare yet? As it turns out, millions of people won't be able to keep their existing coverage. Surprise, surprise.

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/23/214723180/obamacare-to-force-millions-to-upgrade-insurance

Maybe we should list the lies that president Obama has told that the brainwashed left swallowed with en k of them
1. the closing of Guantanamo Bay
2. keeping your present insurance under Obamacare

Originally posted by moon1969
Inadequate insurance is irresponsible and forces the rest of us to pay for their free ride when they need emergency care not covered by their insurance or that they are unable to pay because of the extraordinary deductibles and restrictions.

These people make enough income to obtain adequate insurance. No misinformation.

The President never promi ...[text shortened]... thing is that Obamacare will be with us for generations. Awesome for America and our families.

Originally posted by dryhump
The president's exact words
“no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simp ...[text shortened]... g the virtues of said bill of goods and you have the audacity to call someone else brainwashed?

Originally posted by dryhump
The president's exact words
“no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simp ...[text shortened]... g the virtues of said bill of goods and you have the audacity to call someone else brainwashed?

Originally posted by dryhump
Have they closed Guantanamo yet moon? You were sold a bill of goods, you are still parroting the virtues of said bill of goods and you have the audacity to call someone else brainwashed?

Originally posted by dryhump
Have they closed Guantanamo yet moon? You were sold a bill of goods, you are still parroting the virtues of said bill of goods and you have the audacity to call someone else brainwashed?

The glaring exception to this time-tested approach is the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. . . .

As President, I have tried to close GTMO. I transferred 67 detainees to other countries before Congress imposed restrictions to effectively prevent us from either transferring detainees to other countries, or imprisoning them in the United States. These restrictions make no sense .. . . No person has ever escaped from one of our super-max or military prisons in the United States. Our courts have convicted hundreds of people for terrorism-related offenses, including some who are more dangerous than most GTMO detainees. Given my Administration’s relentless pursuit of al Qaeda’s leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened.

Today, I once again call on Congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from GTMO. I have asked the Department of Defense to designate a site in the United States where we can hold military commissions. I am appointing a new, senior envoy at the State Department and Defense Department whose sole responsibility will be to achieve the transfer of detainees to third countries. I am lifting the moratorium on detainee transfers to Yemen, so we can review them on a case by case basis. To the greatest extent possible, we will transfer detainees who have been cleared to go to other countries. Where appropriate, we will bring terrorists to justice in our courts and military justice system. And we will insist that judicial review be available for every detainee.

Even after we take these steps, one issue will remain: how to deal with those GTMO detainees who we know have participated in dangerous plots or attacks, but who cannot be prosecuted – for example because the evidence against them has been compromised or is inadmissible in a court of law. But once we commit to a process of closing GTMO, I am confident that this legacy problem can be resolved, consistent with our commitment to the rule of law.

I know the politics are hard. But history will cast a harsh judgment on this aspect of our fight against terrorism, and those of us who fail to end it. Imagine a future – ten years from now, or twenty years from now – when the United States of America is still holding people who have been charged with no crime on a piece of land that is not a part of our country. Look at the current situation, where we are force-feeding detainees who are holding a hunger strike. Is that who we are? Is that something that our Founders foresaw? Is that the America we want to leave to our children?

Our sense of justice is stronger than that. We have prosecuted scores of terrorists in our courts. That includes Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up an airplane over Detroit; and Faisal Shahzad, who put a car bomb in Times Square. It is in a court of law that we will try Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of bombing the Boston Marathon. Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, is as we speak serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison here, in the United States. In sentencing Reid, Judge William Young told him, “the way we treat you…is the measure of our own liberties.” He went on to point to the American flag that flew in the courtroom – “That flag,” he said, “will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag still stands for freedom.”