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As I said in another comment on another thread, which naturally got downvoted into oblivion, we are rapidly heading into an Orwellian word where the language be
by Normille 6y ago
As I said in another comment on another thread, which naturally got downvoted into oblivion, we are rapidly heading into an Orwellian word where the language becomes so loaded and politicised that it will soon be impossible to use certain formerly innocuous words, because they'll be seen as too offensive.
As I said then. Maybe we should just replace the word 'Black' throughout the English language with 'Double-Plus-Un-White' and have done with it?
- alwillis 6y agoThere's nothing wrong with the word black. Something seems wrong with using the terminology “master/slave” in the 21st century when we mean “primary/secondary” or “default/dev” when using version control software.
- lazyjones 6y ago> There's nothing wrong with the word black. It's negatively connoted in many places. In German for example, fare jumpers are "black riders", people who don't pay TV fees are "black viewers", illicit money is "black money", pessimistic views are "seeing black" etc. etc. ...