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> Why bring "current slavery" into it Because it was mentioned in the post you replied to. > Have you asked a slave in Saudi Arabia how they feel about the us
by austinjp 6y ago
> Why bring "current slavery" into it
Because it was mentioned in the post you replied to.
> Have you asked a slave in Saudi Arabia how they feel about the usage of the word Slave in Go documentation?
Why Saudi? Slavery exists globally. You know someone whose ancestors were bought, sold and died as slaves. Ask them how they feel about it.
- tomnipotent 6y ago> Why Saudi? Maybe because it's easier to Google and find supporting evidence? You should give it a try. > You know someone whose ancestors were bought Sure, rather than the 40 million living it first hand.
- austinjp 6y agoI'm frankly bemused at the push-back in this thread, and totally lost about your aggressive tone towards me. The parent post links to global slavery information, here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23446390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23446390 The original post was about choice of language in code repositories. I've no idea what you're objecting to. I'm out.