* Mariusz Gronczewski <x...@devrandom.pl> [24-02/23=Fr 10:33 +0100]: >>> It's entirely US political feel-good activism that >>> doesn't change anything but wastes people's time. Do >>> you actually think pressing on brake pedal oppresses >>> anybody? Because it also has master and slave cylinders. >>> >>> All it does is wastes tens of thousands of people's time >>> once they have to fix every script, tool and doc piece >>> related to it, for absolutely no benefit aside from making >>> some Twitter activist happy "they did something". It would >>> *literally* break every single script that [...]
* Alain D D Williams <a...@phcomp.co.uk> [24-02/23=Fr 10:07 +0000]: >> It is "fixing" an issue for today's English speakers. Should >> we scour our systems looking for similar issues in other >> languages? Then in, say, 20 years time when different words >> will then be considered offensive, by some, do this all again? * Emanuel Berg <in...@dataswamp.org> [24-03/15=Fr 01:42 +0100]: > Remember, there are A LOT of words and expressions > we don't use anymore, and that's good, as > they are offensive and disrespectful. [...] > > [...] > > Maybe one should just focus on a few words and expressions that > are clearly offensive, and remove them from schools, universities, > public service TV, all official state-related communication, etc. > > With no intention of ever creating a 100% offensive-free language, > removing the worst offenders from the scene often is enough. Words I find offensive include "authority" and "manager", so checking `apropos authori manager` I see we have a lot of important work to do. We also need to do something about book titles like "Mastering $Foo". Seriously, you humans have only another five billion Earth years until your sun engulfs your home planet, and you're spending time on *THIS*?!
