On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 18:04 Hans Petter Selasky <h...@selasky.org> wrote:
> On 2020-06-21 18:54, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 5:41 PM Hans Petter Selasky <h...@selasky.org> > wrote: > >> On 2020-06-21 18:11, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > >>> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 06:01:40PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > >>>> On 2020-06-21 17:53, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote: > >>>>> I wonder should we also rename Master's Degree? Would you throw > >>>>> away yours? > >>>>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/master > >>>> > >>>> I don't see a problem if you have a main computer degree. > >>> > >>> *facepalm* > >> > >> If you got a Master's degree in South Africa under Apartheid, to many > >> people that is still symbolic. > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid#Education > >> > >> Apartheid is not very long ago and the people that experienced this are > >> still alive. > > > > How is this relevant? > > > > Please let me know when you will find "slave boot record". Until then > > - please revert the commit. > > Because the people I am referring to never got a chance to write any > boot loader at school. > And? How this is relevant? How this changes the fact that in "master boot record" word master has no relation to slavery? > > > > Also, I would recommend you educating yourself on the meaning of the > > word "context". > > I didn't steer this commit discussion into the "Master's degree". > To show you that you should consider the context. Master boot record, as well as master's degree, as well as many-many other usecases have no relation with slavery. Otherwise I would suggest you to write a letter to Oxford to completely remove word "master" from English language along with the letter to your MP to introduce a law which would make using word "master" punishable by death. I really feel the pain people feel about slavery and completely support them, but right here right now you are not helping, you are doing quite opposite. > >>>> Actually you have a very good point. Didn't think of that yet. I > >>>> should be more proud of my Bachelor's than my Masters's apparently. > >>> > >>> Hans, if you wanted to make reductio ad absurdum, that point is seen. > >>> Now, please revert the commit. We are *already losing developers* > >>> because of all this shit and it must be stopped. This is definitely > >>> not the right time to make such changes in such manner, leaving alone > >>> the need for the changes per se. > >> > >> Really? > > > > Trying to be funny does not add you more credibility. > > > > --HPS > _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"