Friday, November 28, 2003
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Dateline LA: LA County's Office of Affirmative Action Compliance has asked computer and electronics manufacturers to stop using the terms "master" and "slave" when referring to primary and secondary disc drives."Based on the cultural diversity and sensitivity of Los Angeles County, this is not an acceptable identification label," Joe Sandoval, division manager of purchasing and contract services... "We would request that each manufacturer, supplier and contractor review, identify and remove/change any identification or labeling of equipment components that could be interpreted as discriminatory or offensive in nature "
That's gonna be a big job as, apparently, there is no word about which someone, somewhere cannot find something that offends. Offended on behalf of a machine . . . One Two words: pathological anthropomorphization
Where are the rights for all of us who find all this being offended at nothing ...er, offensive?!? Who will stand up for the rights of The Offended by the Offended?
"I do understand that this term has been an industry standard for years and years and this is nothing more than a plea to vendors to see what they can do," he said. "It appears that some folks have taken this a little too literally."
Ooh. I see. We who are offended by the easily offended are just too sensitive. Maybe we should just lighten up. ThanQ! MITBlog
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