I would posit that the potential to view the word as offensive has increased as language usage has changed in the intervening years since it was first used in this context.
As one who is a) a native English speaker and b) grew up in an environment which had an equestrian community element, ‘lame’ to me, implied a transient condition, which has seemed somewhat appropriate to use in our context. However, the change in language has resulted in a change of the primary meaning to many people, and it may now be found offensive by some. As such, I believe it’s time to look at changing. Bob > On Jun 8, 2023, at 19:48, Wes Hardaker <wjh...@hardakers.net> wrote: > > Paul Wouters <p...@nohats.ca> writes: > >> That was one of my suggestions, don't define it or declare it obsolete. >> It will ofcourse take time for people to stop using it. > > There were a number of us in favor of this option, I think. But the > consensus was certainly not there to stop using the term. Maybe the > tide is shifting, as it seems like more are in favor of defining new > terms now than the previous discussion round. > -- > Wes Hardaker > USC/ISI > > _______________________________________________ > DNSOP mailing list > DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
