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As I understand the issue is not with "undefined behavior", but with the phrase "the ______ question", due to its surface-level similarity to (one possible tran
by benchloftbrunch 2y ago
As I understand the issue is not with "undefined behavior", but with the phrase "the ______ question", due to its surface-level similarity to (one possible translation of) that Nazi-era buzzword.
Which is still kind of a dumb reason to get upset. Intellectually mature adults recognize that language is complex, nuanced, and multi-layered, and that a term can be offensive in some contexts, while being innocuous in others. Your logical mind should be able to identify, given the context, when no offense is meant, and thereby ignore false triggers.
The only way a demand to change the title on offensiveness grounds would be justified, is if a reasonable member of the target audience (and especially, in this case, one who is also Jewish) would take offense to it.
Did the committee actually consult a representative sample of Jewish people in the industry before taking offense on their behalf? Or is this just yet more speculative corporate ass-covering? I strongly suspect it's the latter.
- incrudible 2y agoYou can disagree with the process, but the process does not care. He was given the opportunity to change the title. He felt like he should not have to. Which is fair enough, but the committee felt like he has to, otherwise they would not have brought it up in the first place. That leaves the committee with no option. He gave them nothing.
- MilnerRoute 2y agoThe committee had nothing to do with this. It was his sponsoring organization.