Re: Master/Slave

Subject: Re: Master/Slave
From: David Slonosky <slonoskd -at- ITLS -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:25:07 -0500

> Maybe I'm just dense. Can someone explain why slave/master analogies are
> per se insensitive?

Oh, it's just so shocking and obviously a symbol of the dominant
capitalist class.

Let's suggest some alternatives.

* Co-dependent and dependent
* Dom and sub
* Ren and Stimpy (if you could get the copyright violations handled)
* Micros*ft and A**le
* Deluded power monger and coerced psychological partner

Next they'll be outlawing the phrases "mounting a disk drive" and
"place your output in the chain queue". Gads.


David Slonosky
Documentation Specialist
ITLS, Markham, ON, Canada

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