Is "black hole" a racially insensitive term? Ignorant PC morons gone wild!!!!

**Hedons** · 07-10-2008, 04:15 PM

Is "black hole" a racially insensitive term?

http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archiv...ck_hole_a.html

July 09, 2008

Is "black hole" a racially insensitive term?

Apparently to some. From the City Hall Blog at the Dallas Morning News:

A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon.

County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts.

Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office.

Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole."

That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy.

Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term.

Judge Jones should be very glad that the central collections office has not become a white hole, a theoretical object that ejects matter from beyond its event horizon, rather than sucking it in. It wouldn't be fun for Dallas to find itself so near a quasar.

Anyone wanting to know a good deal about black holes should read the excellent new book, The Black Hole War, by Leonard Susskind, which has just been released. I'm in the middle of it, and the book's a fascinating tour of modern physics written for the layman. It's just been marvelous so far.

Suliman · 07-10-2008, 04:18 PM

lol. just goes to show how much racism has become over-sensitive in our society

**Hedons** · 07-10-2008, 04:36 PM

I shouldn't have posted that. I'm being racist against morons. My apologies to the forum and I will refrain from making any astronomy comments or references to brown dwarfs as well.

-Hedons

Suliman · 07-10-2008, 04:40 PM

lolz...

Prophet Saddam · 07-10-2008, 05:22 PM

Dozer McDozer · 07-10-2008, 10:07 PM

haha wow... lawlz...

JcP · 07-11-2008, 02:54 AM

racism works both ways. That guy who objected to "black hole" is a twat. If the other guy said to a woman, "you're nothing but a black hole," that might be something.

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Hedons Ribbed for her pleasure! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Delta(x) times Delta(p) is greater than or equal to h-bar over two. Posts: 4,436 Thanks: 14 Thanked 62 Times in 46 Posts	Is "black hole" a racially insensitive term? Ignorant PC morons gone wild!!!! Is "black hole" a racially insensitive term? http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archiv...ck_hole_a.html July 09, 2008 Is "black hole" a racially insensitive term? Apparently to some. From the City Hall Blog at the Dallas Morning News: A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon. County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts. Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections "has become a black hole" because paperwork reportedly has become lost in the office. Commissioner John Wiley Price, who is black, interrupted him with a loud "Excuse me!" He then corrected his colleague, saying the office has become a "white hole." That prompted Judge Thomas Jones, who is black, to demand an apology from Mayfield for his racially insensitive analogy. Mayfield shot back that it was a figure of speech and a science term. Judge Jones should be very glad that the central collections office has not become a white hole, a theoretical object that ejects matter from beyond its event horizon, rather than sucking it in. It wouldn't be fun for Dallas to find itself so near a quasar. Anyone wanting to know a good deal about black holes should read the excellent new book, The Black Hole War, by Leonard Susskind, which has just been released. I'm in the middle of it, and the book's a fascinating tour of modern physics written for the layman. It's just been marvelous so far. __________________ New and improved! Now with flushable applicator.

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Hedons Ribbed for her pleasure! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Delta(x) times Delta(p) is greater than or equal to h-bar over two. Posts: 4,436 Thanks: 14 Thanked 62 Times in 46 Posts	I shouldn't have posted that. I'm being racist against morons. My apologies to the forum and I will refrain from making any astronomy comments or references to brown dwarfs as well. -Hedons __________________ New and improved! Now with flushable applicator. Last edited by Hedons; 07-10-2008 at 04:42 PM.

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