On Thursday 21 December 2006 23:51, Robert Smits wrote: > > > Oh wait, Geoffrey says "Get over it". Everybody with an opinion or > > > actual relevent facts, forget it. Geoffrey said so. > > > > If you'll check the bloody archives, you'll see this same subject has > > been discussed ad nauseam more then once. So, before you post, research > > the archives before wasting a bunch of bandwidth on a horse that's been > > beat to death. Jerk. > > Whether you like it or not, I suspect that the subject will keep coming up > because the name offends the sensibilities of a lot of potential users. > > Now I know that the name is an acronym, and I don't believe those who chose > the name did so with any intent to offend, or even to be humourous. I > suspect they didn't think all that much about the name at all. For many > handicapped people, however calling one of them a "GIMP" is as offensive as > calling a gay person a "faggot". > > Most of us who are now on the list will have seen the discussion wax and > wane, but in a month or two, someone else will come to the list and make > the same observation, and predictably someone will have the intolerance to > tell them to get over it, and that we've had the discussion. > > I really do think we need to find a better, less offensive name for GIMP, > and the sooner the better, so that we can put energy into supporting it, > and doing whatever we can to extend it's use instead of periodically having > this disagreement.
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