On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 11:06:17AM +0200, Eliot Lear wrote: > Hi the peanut gallery... > > I can't say that blacklist/whitelist -> something else is a meaningless > change. The challenge we as technologists (nevermind our color) have is > that we don't really have good guidance from psychologists and > sociologists (I know, I tried chasing down those links last year when > this came up in the IETF). The best I could find argues *against* > change, that context matters.[1] What I can say is that there's a lot > of code to change if there is no appreciable social value. My > suggestion is that any PR/RFC include some research results showing that > this is likely to improve something for someone. > > Eliot > > [1] Jay, T., "DO OFFENSIVE WORDS HARM PEOPLE?", Psychology, Public > Policy, and Law, Vol. 15. No. 2, 81-101, 2009, DOI: 10.1037/a0015646.
I thought that I would chase that down. Unfortunately anything except the abstract is paywalled ($15), but here is the link: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fa0015646 IMHO the two most interesting sentences in the absract are: "Meanwhile, efforts to restrict speech in media and instructional settings continue, despite the lack of a convincing need to do so. Harm from offensive speech is contextually determined; therefore attempts to restrict speech on a universal basis are misguided." -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
