Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com>: > The terminology should be changed because it's offensive, full stop. > It may be normalized to many who are accustomed to it, but that > doesn't make it any less offensive. > > Imagine if the terminology were instead "dominant / submissive". > Without meaning to assume too much, might the cultural context > surrounding those terms make you feel uncomfortable when using them? > Would you desire for something else to be used in their place? Well, > there are plenty of people who feel exactly that way about "master / > slave".
I'm not a great fan of word taboos. In particular, you can't ban a word just because someone gets offended by it. > Honestly, it's absurd that this is even a debate. Let's just make the > change and get it over with. I agree that this debate sounds absurd, satirical even. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list