On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 2:36 PM Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, Chris, what have *you personally* done about real slavery where it > still happens? > > If, as I'm guessing, the answer is "nothing" then it seems to me that > you don't have much of a leg to stand on to level this accusation.
Am I demanding that the terminology be changed? No? Then I don't think the accusation applies. > Imagine if the terminology were instead "dominant / submissive". > Without meaning to assume too much, might the cultural context > surrounding those terms make you feel uncomfortable when using them? > Would you desire for something else to be used in their place? Well, > there are plenty of people who feel exactly that way about "master / > slave". I wouldn't care. > Here's the reality: the change may be difficult for some while it's > happening, because people don't like being told that the way they're > accustomed to doing something is harmful. But a few years from now, > after everything has settled, nobody will be looking back at this and > saying "oh, I wish we still used master/slave in the documentation. > Primary/replica (or whatever else replaces it) just doesn't sound as > good." > > Honestly, it's absurd that this is even a debate. Let's just make the > change and get it over with. And what happens when "replica" becomes pejorative? Do we change words again? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
