On 2020-07-10 10:36, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > On 10.07.20 08:50, Axb wrote: > >> the US problems won't be fixed with renaming B&W lists. >> Seriously.. you have more important issues... > > while I am not a fan of renaming, I think that > "welcome list" and "block list" are more informational.
I agree that "welcome" is better than "allow", in as much as there are actually three categories: - blacklisted, i.e. rejected - whitelisted, i.e. entitled to special treatment - neither, i.e. allowed but not entitled to special treatment But the whole thing is political correctness taken a step too far. We have perfectly good, long-established terms that are well defined and well understood, and that are derived from colour names, not racial qualifiers. If the inventors of the terms had called them redlist and greenlist, would we be renaming them in case communists and environmentalists felt offended? :-) -- John
