On Tuesday, July 28, 2026 7:21:43 PM Mountain Standard Time Matthias Urlichs wrote: > On 28.07.26 22:25, Soren Stoutner wrote: > > > I take this to mean that you agree that the term is (somewhat) offensive. > > > > > > Possibly, but so are a lot of other words. > > I reserve CoC-violation levels of offensiveness for words that are more > crassly inappropriate and/or (directly or indirectly) target other > participants of the discussion in question. > > > > I disagree with the argument that we need to use offensive terms to respond > > to > arguments or actions we disagree with. The best way to deal with such > > behavior and arguments is to use language which is precise but not > > offensive. > > We don't need them *if* there are inoffensive equivalents that carry > roughly the same meaning. This is difficult here, as the act of > confidently emitting confidently-factual utter nonsense is in itself > offensive, in the military sense of the word: the target is, ultimately, > reasoned discourse itself.
Mathias, Please refrain from using *any* foul language on Debian’s mailing lists. It is never appropriate and it is *never* necessary. "Do not use foul language; besides, some people receive the lists via packet radio, where swearing is illegal.” https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- Soren Stoutner [email protected]
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