Whether or not you agree with my reason for doing so, my question was how to contact the creator of the "colors" function. If you do not have advice on this, please refrain from weighing in.
On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 12:03 PM Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: > WIth all due respect, can we end this thread NOW. This is not a forum to > discuss social or political viewpoints. I consider it a disservice to make > it one. > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and > sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 12:54 PM Jim Lemon <drjimle...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Elaine, >> There seems to be a popular contest to discover offence everywhere. I >> don't >> think that it does anything against racism, sexism or >> antidisestablishmentarianism. Words are plucked from our vast lexicon to >> comfort or insult our fellows depending upon the intent of the user. It is >> the intent that matters, not the poor word. Chasing the words wastes your >> time, blames those who use the words harmlessly, and gives the real >> offender time to find another epithet. >> >> Jim >> >> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 5:39 AM Lainey Gallenberg < >> laineygallenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm hoping someone on here knows the appropriate place/contact for me to >> > lodge a complaint about a color name in the "colors" function. I was >> > shocked to see there are four named color options that include the term >> > "indianred." Surely these colors can be changed to something less >> > offensive- my suggestion is "blush." How can I find out who to contact >> > about making this happen? >> > >> > Thank you in advance for any suggestions. >> > >> > Sincerely, >> > Elaine Gallenberg >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide >> > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
