On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:38 AM Samantha Quan <sammieq...@yandex.com> wrote: > > First, I'd like to express how grateful I am to see more and more technical > communities embrace diversity and inclusivity, particularly big tech > communities like Python, Redis, and Django. > > In the spirit of the big recent terminology change, I propose retiring or > rewording the "Beautiful is better than ugly" Zen clause for perpetuating > beauty bias and containing lookist slur. I realize that Zen is old, but you > can't argue that the word "ugly" is harmless, now that society condemns body > shaming, and instead promotes body acceptance and self-love. One alternative > to that clause I could think of is "Clean is better than dirty", but please > do speak up if you have better ideas. > > I ask you to give this change serious consideration, even if it seems > over-the-top to you now, because times change, and this will be of great help > in the battle for the more tolerant and less judgemental society. > > I understand that this topic may seem controversial to some, so please be > open-minded and take extra care to respect the PSF Code Of Conduct when > replying. > > Thank you! > > - Sam > > Some references: > > https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Lookism > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
This is simply ridiculous. I'm not sure if this is political correctness pushed to its limits or just trolling. -- Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/