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> I admire the police in my country (Finland). They are professional and courteous. This is a great point and one that needs to be heard more throughout this d
by ysavir 6y ago
> I admire the police in my country (Finland). They are professional and courteous.
This is a great point and one that needs to be heard more throughout this debate.
Changing RuboCop's name due to BLM isn't just inserting politics into software, it's inserting _American_ politics into software. "Cop" might be a negative here, but positive in other places. Demanding a name change of an internationally-used tool due to a localized problem is nothing short of cultural imperialism.
Its great that American policing is finally coming under scrutiny and that we're starting to see institutions bend to the pressure of change. But it's critical that we keep a level head during this time and separate the modern culture of American policing (a negative) from the idea of a police force (a positive). I'd love to see a shift in this communication, not just in the Ruby community in a worldwide a community; a shift from "All cops are bad" to "Here is what good cops look like". Places that are proud and admiring of their police forces need to speak up about it and why they feel that way and lead the rest of the world by example.
- krainboltgreene 6y agoPlease explain to me how renaming a package from "rubocop", which is based on a movie about american police and american politics, to something like "rubyopinion" is "injecting politics"?