(urth) Sci-Fi

[Matthew Weber]

It's more how nobody who actually lives in San Francisco calls it "Frisco".

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>wrote:

>
> Why is Sci-Fi offensive?
> Is this like, If you were Straight-Edge playing in a Melvins or Black
> Sabbath cover band and you insisted that your genre be referred to as
> "Doom-Metal" rather than "Stoner-Rock"?
>
> On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:50 PM, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <danldo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Also, please refrain (note that I am asking politely) from using the term
> "sci-fi." Some find it very offensive
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-- 
Matt +

The seaman's story is of tempest, the plowman's of his team of bulls; the
soldier tells his wounds, the shepherd his tale of sheep.
    Sextus Propertius (54 B.C.-A.D. 2), Elegies, II, i, 43
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