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Insensitive to whom? all the dead people? What about 'killing a process'? What about 'master / slave' relationships? Terms get used for purposes other than o
by bobbles 11y ago
Insensitive to whom? all the dead people?
What about 'killing a process'?
What about 'master / slave' relationships?
Terms get used for purposes other than offending people
- csours 11y agoInsensitive to survivors. I don't find it disgustingly insensitive, rather potentially troublesome. Also, yes, master / slave is outdated. If you are developing a new product, do not use master / slave terminology. It is not appropriate for professional work product. Daemon is troublesome in many households for young hackers, which I don't advocate changing; this just makes me a little sad. Killing, I have no problem with, but I'm an American. If I were, say Austrian, I might prefer terminating processes. --- The whole point of PC (political correctness) is to take power away from racists, sexists and other -ists by demonizing words and concepts. I think this has obviously gone too far in many areas. For instance, people should be able to discuss slavery, racism, violence, etc in a grown-up environment without fear of undue reprisal. If someone is still an actual racist shithead then they deserve the consequences of their free speech. Speech and names should be respectful, especially in the professional arena. Being witty is fun, but causing real pain is not. Some people are killjoys who pounce on every troublesome or ambiguous potential "trigger" word. Some people are assholes who don't believe words can cause real pain - or worse - enjoy negging, controlling, and demeaning. Personally, I tell horrible jokes and say mean things about people pretty often, but only verbally, and only to small audiences who take them in the manner intended. I'm sure I say hurtful things in amongst the jokes sometimes, but I also try to show respect in most of my dealings as well.
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- mryan 11y ago> Killing, I have no problem with, but I'm an American. If I were, say Austrian, I might prefer terminating processes. Why do you feel that Austrians have a special sensitivity to the term "killing"?
- coderdude 11y agoArnold Schwarzenegger is Austrian. He played the Terminator.
- mryan 11y agoTrue, but do you think that is the point OP was making? "Members of a particular country should have a preference for a word that is associated with an individual from that country" seems like a rather strange linguistic argument to make :-)
- gkya 11y ago> the point OP was making He makes no point.
- csours 11y agoYes, it was a joke that apparently was only funny to myself, which I am fine with.
- gkya 11y agoYour first comment reads like if it was serious though, sorry. I suggest use '/s' for this situations, even though it's a bit lame to have to denote sarcasm. Also, the head of the thread is flagged out, so people who took yours seriously probably thought that you made that comment.
- csours 11y agoYea, I should know better than to write comments after midnight when I'm feeling silly, but it does help to get my thoughts down. I had more silliness in the comment, but I removed it, so the tone is kinda weird right now.