# The Unfortunate Effect of the Negative Stereotype \[ed. title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfortunate-effect-of-the-negative-stereotype-ed-title/448998 "2008-05-12T04:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfortunate-effect-of-the-negative-stereotype-ed-title/448998/141 "2008-05-17T00:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Or, perhaps, **lekatt** ’s definition of “love”, is not the same as your’s, or mine. This isn’t a knock at you, more at **lekatt** ’s idea that “love is the answer to everything”. What he calls “love”, is not what I think of love. [/QUOTE] Well, if someone is going to use a very different meaning for a common word, they should take the trouble to define their special definition. You can’t have a productive discussion when people start coming up with weird private definitions of words and don’t even say so. I mean, if I say “ **Guinastasia** is a cannibal”, I’d better explain right away that “Oh, by that I mean that since she eats organic matter, and we are all organic matter, she’s a cannibal like all the rest of us.” It would still be silly, but at least comprehensible. As opposed to using a private definition of cannibal, and not explaining myself for pages and pages; which is the equivalent of what **lekatt** is doing if he’s using a private definition of love. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfortunate-effect-of-the-negative-stereotype-ed-title/448998/142 "2008-05-17T01:17:31Z")
Well, this _is_ **lekatt** we’re talking about. He seems to speak in very generic terms, mostly about NDEs, and how love is all we need, but I don’t see him actually _showing_ it, if you know what I’m saying. I think it seems more like he’s here to “spread the truth”, or whatever. He’s very hard to read. (I hope I’m not skirting too close to Pit territory) ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfortunate-effect-of-the-negative-stereotype-ed-title/448998/143 "2008-05-17T01:56:03Z")
No. But you have no need to get any closer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfortunate-effect-of-the-negative-stereotype-ed-title/448998.md?page=7)