As the laughter dies down, Tom turns to Ray and says, "I told that heart
surgeon not to repeat what I said to anyone, even if he changed my name to
Morris ..."

Andy

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Andy Novobilski, Ph.D.
Assoc. Prof. & Dept. Head
UT Chattanooga Computer Science
    & Electrical Engineering
(423) 425-4202
http://www.utc.edu/faculty/Andy-Novobilski

-----Original Message-----
From: UTC Staff E-Mail List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Stephen Leather
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [UTCSTAFF] Political CARrectness.

So, since I'm someone who likes to find out things as first hand as
possible, I thought I'd email this exchange (below) to Tom and Ray
Magliozzi, "Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers"
(http://www.cartalk.com).  I removed all names and and the university
reference, but don't worry, everything's archived and publicly
available, as it should be
(http://raven.utc.edu/cgi-bin/WA.EXE?A1=ind0509&L=utcstaff).
 
First, I think the PC aim of changing behavior is laudable (if that is
it's aim) but I'm skeptical of it's effectiveness.
 
Second, I find the extreme to which Ms. Robin Wooten Thompson takes the
method troubling.  This extremity denies the individual person and
treats mechanics as a class that needs her pity and her protection
rather than as individuals with the same job description who may or may
not have similar traits.  This is no better than people she wishes to
change.  (I'm thinking of Bill at Firestone/Hamilton Place who has
always been very helpful and sounds nothing like Morris, and probably
really doesn't need her help.)
 
I thought the Magliozzi brothers would be the perfect people to give an
opinion.  They both sound a bit like how Morris was written and they
both have undergraduate degrees from MIT (Tom also has a Ph.D.).
 
Maybe we'll get a good response.
 
Respectfully,
Stephen Leather