i'm with Les. Slavery has not been a feature of our culture. Heck his country shipped us off as convicts! In this case, the minority are taking a very narrow minded definition to suit their own purposes.
It would mean I could no longer be a jack of all trades and master of none. I could not train to be a Master Chef or become a Plumber and join the Master Plumbers Association How could I master the art of Kung Fu? And I would lose fond childhood memories about the excitement of receiving a letter addressed to Master R Webster as it inferred somebody thought I was becoming a young man instead of the old one I've now become! There are far more definitions of master that the minority would have us believe. Its clear to me that its possible to be a master without any slaves to do your bidding as demonstrated above. It seems software is one of them. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Fri, 30 Jul 2021 at 23:40, Les Newell <les.new...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: > My personal opinion is that this sort of thing is taking PC to extremes > and if anything it's a backward step. Trying to bury the words doesn't > change what has happened and is still happening around the world. Just > trying to forget and pretend slavery never happened isn't the way to go. > > However this is personal opinion and I don't feel strongly enough about > the change to object either way. > > Trying to be too PC can actually be offensive to minorities. I live in a > predominantly white area and have a black friend. One thing he really > hates is when people tiptoe around him due to his colour. For example we > went into a cafe and ordered coffee. The person serving asked 'do you > want bla...er, without milk or with?'. It may not sound like much but > that immediately makes him 'other' - someone you need to be careful > around. We're all just people. Sorry, I'll get off my soap box now. > > Les > > > On 29/07/2021 21:18, Jeff Epler wrote: > > For those who desire more background, both on the motivation and on the > > breadth of organizations that are choosing to make this change: > > > > [some links are about ending use of the M/S terms in electrical > > interfaces, which is also a thing that is being addressed] > > > > https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/words-matter > > https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jun/23/gitbranchname/ > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/technology/racist-computer-engineering-terms-ietf.html > > https://www.mail-archive.com/python-dev@python.org/msg111965.html > > https://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/resolutions.html (search December > 2020 in page) > > > https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/blog/master-slave-and-the-fight-over-offensive-terms-in-computing-kate-conger-new-york-times-april-13-2021/ > > > https://betterprogramming.pub/github-replacing-master-with-main-is-a-huge-win-for-inclusion-in-tech-bf517478275b > > > https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language > > https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/03/10/new-git-default-branch-name/ > > https://www.sparkfun.com/spi_signal_names > > https://www.eetimes.com/its-time-for-ieee-to-retire-master-slave/ > > https://www.oshwa.org/a-resolution-to-redefine-spi-signal-names/ > > https://cdm.link/2020/06/lets-dump-master-slave-terms/ > > > https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/07/12/the-linux-kernel-has-now-adopted-inclusive-language/ > > > > Jeff > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
