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[–]wendolynne 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ah word-smithing, the favorite pass-time of law-makers. They are not banning the words for family members. They are just cleaning up some cumbersome language - changing "mother or father" to "parent", "brother or sister" to "sibling", etc. in specific places in this particular document, where they have specified a long list of family members that this particular law applies to. It reads a little easier with half as many words and has the same meaning. Y'all are so melodramatic!

[–]forwardback 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

In the coal mine, the canary is laying on the bottom of its cage. You remind me of the mine owners, insisting conditions are still safe for birds and miners. Nothing to see here, back to work.