* Norton Allen: > Someone has suggested that we make a small change
I did not see a suggestion, just a question about how easy it would be to make changes. > a change that Black people have said would make them feel better Sources, please. A colleague of Kenyan heritage told me that he is, in his own words, "sometimes amused but mostly annoyed by the American political correctness movement". > and all we can do is argue that making that change would be too > difficult, unnecessary, ineffective or etymologically inaccurate. > Is that how you respond when a neighbor asks a favor? Depends. My new neighbours asked me to cut down a tree because they don't like it. Not because it grows over their fence or something, but as a favour. I told them no. > Perhaps if this change is too much to ask, we should put some effort > into thinking about what we *can* do to make this corner of the world > more welcoming to Blacks. I have to say, I think the message of this > thread so far has been quite the opposite. Then let me make "the message" clear, as far as mine (!) goes: I am not American, and American sensibilites mean very little to me, especially since November 8, 2016. American problems are not mine; my home country has its own share of problems and morons, and I decide how to deal with them. If that offends the reader: tough. I don't give a fart about a subscriber's gender, sexual orientation, creed or race on this here Postfix mailing list. I evaluate only the content of their individual posts. I consciously try to treat people with respect, albeit not always successfully. If you are offended, you can let me know. Maybe I will consider your point, but maybe I won't. In the case of "blacklist" et al, I would not change a word in existing documentation or source code, because I believe it would serve no tangible purpose in fighting racism. My opinion does not matter though, only Wietse's counts. -Ralph
