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onetwo_threefour · 11-27-2008, 09:37 AM

Okay
, I'm usually as sensitive as anyone else to this type of issue, but I honestly think this guy is being unfairly demonized for a poor word choice because there isn't a word to properly express what he was trying to say. From his biography it's clear that he has worked in aboriginal education for a lengthy period of time and was trying to express his experience that those that he has worked with seem to be better able to work on a different schedule. The schedule he proposed was hardly 'nocturnal' unless you believe he was saying 9:30 PM to 4:30 AM. He was tring to express support for an idea that has been tossed around with respect to teenagers previously and which his experience tells him may be applicable on a cultural basis as well. He may be wrong, but he doesn't come across as ignorant or ill-meaning and has acknowledged a poor word-choice here.

11-27-2008, 09:37 AM	#4
onetwo_threefour Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge Exp:	Okay , I'm usually as sensitive as anyone else to this type of issue, but I honestly think this guy is being unfairly demonized for a poor word choice because there isn't a word to properly express what he was trying to say. From his biography it's clear that he has worked in aboriginal education for a lengthy period of time and was trying to express his experience that those that he has worked with seem to be better able to work on a different schedule. The schedule he proposed was hardly 'nocturnal' unless you believe he was saying 9:30 PM to 4:30 AM. He was tring to express support for an idea that has been tossed around with respect to teenagers previously and which his experience tells him may be applicable on a cultural basis as well. He may be wrong, but he doesn't come across as ignorant or ill-meaning and has acknowledged a poor word-choice here. __________________ onetwo and threefour... Together no more. The end of an era. Let's rebuild...