Re: More inclusive naming

2020-06-12 Thread Balachandran Sivakumar
Hi, On 2020-06-13 07:45, MG wrote: Believe me, I do so understand that - but as an atheist by choice from a young age, I do not want to live in a deeply irrational world, where everything you say can be considered racist or insensitive, even if that makes no sense whatsoever, just because somebo

Re: More inclusive naming

2020-06-12 Thread MG
Believe me, I do so understand that - but as an atheist by choice from a young age, I do not want to live in a deeply irrational world, where everything you say can be considered racist or insensitive, even if that makes no sense whatsoever, just because somebody believes it to be that way. The

Re: More inclusive naming

2020-06-12 Thread Edmond Kemokai
+1 Lurker on the Groovy forum and developer of this thing ( https://codesolvent.com/) which makes use of Groovy. I also happen to be "black". I am not personally offended by the use of these labels since I know the initiation of their use was probably not motivated by malice, I do however underst

Re: More inclusive naming

2020-06-12 Thread Jochen Theodorou
On 12.06.20 19:25, MG wrote: Well said. I would add to that, that in IT "blacklist" is a purely technical term, with the "black" having imho no association to people. Logic has nothing to do with this. There are trends in the public views and language you have to follow, unless you want to sta

Re: More inclusive naming

2020-06-12 Thread MG
Well said. I would add to that, that in IT "blacklist" is a purely technical term, with the "black" having imho no association to people. Even if etymology can be problematic in such questions, I also could not find any indication in the etymology of the word* that it has anything to do with