Re:"Nerd" and "Geek" Should Be Banned, Professor Says
by lieden on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @02:25PM
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I think the last sentence says it all:
He is an expert on the subject, and the reason I called him for the piece was that I had noticed the praise for his book, “Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them.”
So... he has no interest in "banning" these words, he wants attention and for more people to buy copies of his book.
Re:"Nerd" and "Geek" Should Be Banned, Professor Says
by balding_n_tired on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @04:54PM
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Ah, Bennington. Pick up a copy of Randall Jarrell's novel _Pictures from an Institution_, where it figures as "Benton" College and see whether the place has changed.
He is an expert on the subject, and the reason I called him for the piece was that I had noticed the praise for his book, “Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them.”
So... he has no interest in "banning" these words, he wants attention and for more people to buy copies of his book.
I don't think that wanting to symbolically "ban" a word, and writing a book about its effects on our culture, are mutually exclusive.