Hi,
For the record I was surprised to see the word "slur" pop up quite often recently, while I'd only heard "insult" before. I looked it up and it doesn't help that the French translation seems to be the same in both cases (it's "insulte"). Then I came upon this thread where someone pretty much asks the same question: https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/6bjgwq/slur_vs_insult/ and the comments there are interesting as to how complicated and difficult to grasp the cultural landscape of linguistic taboos really is. Regards Antoine. On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:55:10 +0200 "Philipp A." <flying-sh...@web.de> wrote: > The main clause differentiating bad, weaponizable CoCs from good ones is > > "Assume good faith" > > Everything will be OK if good faith can reasonably be assumed (E.g. when > someone uses a word which is only offensive based on context) > On the other hand, e.g. obvious racial slurs never have a place on a > discussion board about a programming language. How can one possibly say > them in good faith? > > Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> schrieb am Fr., 21. Sep. 2018 um > 15:46 Uhr: > > > On 20/09/18 19:56, Brett Cannon wrote: > > > Based on the WG's recommendation and after discussing it with Titus, the > > > decision has been made to ban Jacco from python-ideas. Trivializing > > > assault, using the n-word, and making inappropriate comments about > > > someone's mental stability are all uncalled for and entirely unnecessary > > to > > > carry on a reasonable discourse of conversation that remains welcoming to > > > others. > > > > Not a challenge to the ban in any way, but I feel the need to repeat > > what I said about banning words. The moment you create that taboo, you > > give the word power. That's the exact opposite of what you want to do. > > It's the intent with which the word is used that matters. I've heard > > all sorts of words used as insults -- "special", anyone? -- and many of > > the same words used innocently or affectionately. > > > > Banning bad or insulting behaviour is fine. Banning words is a bad path > > to go down. > > > > -- > > Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-ideas mailing list > > Python-ideas@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > > _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
