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The agency sent me a letter telling me the plate offended somebody and directed me to return it. Citing state law and their own agency rules, I informed them that the tag was not in violation of either. They didn't care, they wanted my plate. I got a lawyer to fire a couple of shots across their bow.
That was three years ago. I'm still here, the ads are still running, and I've still got the license plate.
lawman
Sensitivity has run amok (woops, an ethnic slip!) and the politically correct witch (ah oh!) hunters have conveniently forgotten that most words have multiple meanings and shades of meanings depending on context. How the context of inanimate (as far as I know?) computer hardware relates to American historical inequities is beyond me. Perhaps context is too difficult a concept. Perhaps being grey in a black and white world is passe. However that may be, I will not go gentle into that good night.
First, a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client.
Second, a man's got to know his limitations (I specialize). :)
lawman
my hairy yellow but
Dude, maybe you should get that looked at by a doctor! ;-)
Dude, maybe you should get that looked at by a doctor! ;-)
Nothing a good shower won't cure. ;)
If the industry standard Master/slave designations truly needed to be changed, my friend's belief is that the new terms ought to be Mistress and worm.
The perfectly good word "niggardly" has largely disappeared from the language for that reason. Last month, a white alderman in our municipal government used "niggardly" in reference to cost-cutting. That caused quite an uproar, especially in the Black community.
In a strictly technical sense, I don't think those drive terms are ideal or neccessary.
In a strictly technical sense, I don't think those drive terms are ideal or neccessary.
They're descriptive and intuitive, and the differentiation is still necessary. I'm trying to think of a better designation... employer employee? nope. primary secondary? not bad, but that already refers to the ide channel of the device... hmmm.
I'm Irish, my genealogy is filled with slavery, and I'm able to not be offended (granted, there's no modern day prejudice, as you can't tell I'm Irish by looking at me, cept maybe at the pub).
I've always been microscopically repulsed
'Repulsed' is a pretty strong word to use when it is qualified by 'microscopically' ;)
They're descriptive and intuitive, and the differentiation is still necessary.
I would agree, same thing with male/female plugs.
I really don't get it.
Is it that just hearing the words master and slave causes pain?
Can somebody help me understand?
Master/slave has a long pedigree of disrepute, and gravitas.
We don't have computer components called "child molesters" or "rapists" or "concentration camp commandants" even if such terms might be wonderfully descriptive.
Hanging my head in shame
As a formerly proud professional, I'm now thoroughly ashamed to realize what a politically incorrect profession I was a part of for so many years. It's nearly as embarrassing as being an attorney! ;)
"We would request that each manufacturer, supplier and contractor review, identify and remove/change any identification or labeling of equipment components that could be interpreted as discriminatory or offensive in nature,"
Which means that I, as a user, can still use "slave" labels and call my hard drives as such. This, in turn, means that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors are discriminated. I therefore move to ignore this politically correct request and let us get on with our frickin' business.
