Re: Political Correctness (Was Re: Master/Slave)

[Dan Emory <danemory -at- primenet -dot- com>]

So, to be sure that people accustomed to the old (politically incorrect) 
terminology
are not confused by the new technology, or who logically conclude that if
the old term is not being used, the new term must mean something different,
we'll have to start doing something like this:

blah, blah, blah Controller/Controllee (the term formerly (and offensively)
known as Master/Slave)

OR

Create a special terminology mapping glossary at the back of each book
having the following structure:

New Politically Correct Term              Equivalent Offensive Term
----------------------------------------- 
-------------------------------------
  Controller/Controllee                          Master/Slave

To avoid the confusion and misunderstandings that would arise from each
writer arbitrarily adopting different PC terminology for commonly used 
technical
terms such as Master/Slave, there would have to be an adopted standard that
everyone would abide by. This standard would also have to be referenced in
all documents to which the standard is applied, so that the poor confused
reader could make the translation.

Those who believe as Tom Morrell does should agree to participate in
the process of developing, adopting, and widely disseminating such a
standard. Comedians on the late-night shows are sure to get hold of it,
and read excerpts on the air. This might have the positive effect of
discouraging any further PC silliness.
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At 09:12 AM 5/15/00 -0700, Tom Murrell wrote: