Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

[Donald Eastlake <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 4:58 PM John Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> Unfortunately, that's much too simplistic. There are lots of words
> where the context is crucial. To take a familiar example, Master is a
> problem in the sense of someone who owns a slave, but not in the sense
> of someone who knows all about a topic. My daughter got a Master of
> Arts degree this year and I don't expect her to give it back.
>
> Certainly some words we should never use at all, like **** and !*%&#
> but we never use them in I-D's anyway.

Context always matters. There is an RFC containing the % decoding of
%66%75%63%6B%65%64. I know because I am the author. :)

Thanks,
Donald
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> R's,
> John