Roland,
There is another aspect about this whole PC thing with names etc. that
annoys me. There are way more than enough real problems in the world
such as children dieing every few seconds. While real problems like
this exist I find concern over a small issue like the name of a software
package somewhat trivial. I don't want you to take my remarks
personally, but the fact of the matter is that at the rate that various
special interest groups are itemizing things that 'offend' their
sensibilities we are likely to need a special 'dictionary' of
inappropriate terms and words. I think that it's time we all grew up
and just got on with life. I repeat, don't take this personally, these
are just my views. Oh, and by the way, there are several words in
widespread use that reflect very negatively on my own cultural
heritage. I know and understand the terms but most of the people using
them don't - I've asked. I've also never explained them to my children
so they won't have the problem either. In general, I find that when a
word or term is decreed 'wrong' or non-PC, all it does is attract
attention and in an inverse way, help perpetuate whatever bigotry gave
rise to it in the first place.
Jim
Michael Schumacher wrote:
Roland Hordos wrote:
If you can point out a single commercial product that has
mass use in North America that has a derogatory term in it's title,
I'll withdraw my critique and be gone.
Spam.
Both sorts.
HTH,
Michael
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