On 2/25/24, to...@tuxteam.de <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 04:54:12PM +0000, Alain D D Williams wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 09:03:45AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: >> >> > > It was a BLM thing, not sure if it matters the etymology of such >> > > words. >> > >> > The etymology certainly *should* matter, insofar as that is the origin >> > of the *meaning* of the word(s). >> >> +1 >> >> However that is not the way that the world works, or prolly more >> accurately how >> some people think. They see a word/phrase that they have decided that >> they >> "own" [...] > > It's not just "they", that's the point. It's us all.
The "problem" is asking the majority (10s of thousands of people) to make efforts to help 1 or 2 heal in their journey's of pain and healing. >> I sometimes think that something similar to Postel's Law but applied to >> human >> interactions would be useful. However that is wishful thinking > > Actually, Postel's Law is a very appropriate metaphor. It has two sides. > My side is here: if I have reasons to suspect something might offend my > interlocutor, I'll try to avoid it -- unless there's a stronger reason > not to. That's considerate human behaviour. Some humans are in so much pain and need so much healing, that their demands for our behaviour and or language change, becomes an oppression against us. SOMEtimes non experts are able to facilitate the healing of those who need healing. Other times, we are presuming expert ability which is very unwise - for example if a particular individual is so damaged and in need of emotional support and healing, that reading a single word or phrase is likely to lead them to suicide, then that person seriously needs professional help and it is very unwise to let them loose in our general community where such words and phrases are readily come across. Children bond with their mothers and fathers in normal wholesome families. Someone who is so damaged that they are seriously triggered by the word bonding, needs professional assistance. The Debian mailing lists are not, at least as far as I understand it, medical (or psychological) institutions, and it is unwise (I would suggest "in the extreme") for us to pretend otherwise.
