It wouldn't be hard to start a movement and get people to sign-up for a demand to change a word like allowlist to something else, and then jump on the something else to change it again.
There is no possible way that any rational human, whom understands the language in question, English in this case, could mistake Master and Slave, as used in technology, for the context of non-voluntary human slavery. In the same vain Whitelist / Blacklist doesn't have the same context being misappropriated to it, by peopl
How far are we willing to go to bubble wrap the world so no one can get offended, over anything, even by accident, and their own willingness to not understand?
We're not as it happens. You might have noticed but a LOT of people seem to be deeply offended by this. The choice isn't about whether to offend fewer people, it's about who to offend and who has the worst reasons for taking offence.
As TFS said about one of the points, it's a negative cost change since the new terminology is clearer.
You might have noticed but a LOT of people seem to be deeply offended by this.
Seem is the operative word here. The reality is there are a relatively small number of very vocal people who are on a Crusade to eliminate anything they deem to be "offensive" from the English language. Most of them take offense at terms not because the terms are offensive but because the person is ignorant. A perfect example is the word "niggardly."
Except when the changes are proposed by morons who have no idea that they are replacing perfectly good terminology which is perfectly descriptive with utter bullshit that is both less descriptive and less accurate.
Fuck off, and stay in your lane. Let the people who are doing the work decide on the terminology they want to use. Don't force them to accept opinions from idiots as "just as valid".
What if allowlist offends me / my group? (Score:5, Insightful)
There is no possible way that any rational human, whom understands the language in question, English in this case, could mistake Master and Slave, as used in technology, for the context of non-voluntary human slavery. In the same vain Whitelist / Blacklist doesn't have the same context being misappropriated to it, by peopl
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How far are we willing to go to bubble wrap the world so no one can get offended, over anything, even by accident, and their own willingness to not understand?
We're not as it happens. You might have noticed but a LOT of people seem to be deeply offended by this. The choice isn't about whether to offend fewer people, it's about who to offend and who has the worst reasons for taking offence.
As TFS said about one of the points, it's a negative cost change since the new terminology is clearer.
Same for master/sl
Re: What if allowlist offends me / my group? (Score:3)
You might have noticed but a LOT of people seem to be deeply offended by this.
Seem is the operative word here. The reality is there are a relatively small number of very vocal people who are on a Crusade to eliminate anything they deem to be "offensive" from the English language. Most of them take offense at terms not because the terms are offensive but because the person is ignorant. A perfect example is the word "niggardly."
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Seem is the operative word here. The reality is there are a relatively small number of very vocal people who are on a Crusade
So we can ignore the small number of people on a crusade and the changes can proceed then.
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Except when the changes are proposed by morons who have no idea that they are replacing perfectly good terminology which is perfectly descriptive with utter bullshit that is both less descriptive and less accurate.
Fuck off, and stay in your lane. Let the people who are doing the work decide on the terminology they want to use. Don't force them to accept opinions from idiots as "just as valid".
They are not.
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Fuck off, and stay in your lane.
I'll do that when you stop trying to be the language police and control what I say?