Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hello,

>>More to the point, educated people will use the slang and 
>>contractions when they are attempting to convince and win over 
>>people they believe to be uneducated or inferior.

At 05:11 AM 28-07-2020, Salz, Rich wrote:
>Not all.  Sometimes we are trying to establish a rapport by using 
>informal language.  Trying to add a little informality to a fairly 
>rigid communications system.  Not unlike an IETF bar 
>conversation.  HOWEVER, I've since learned that the term is 
>offensive to some and I am going to try to find other words.

It is difficult to determine which of the two opinions about slang 
and contractions is true.

>Perhaps we can assume good intentions all around?

The usual response, in the IETF, is that a complainant could assume 
that the action (or content of a message) was in good faith.  I asked 
someone else to review a few messages (unrelated to this 
thread).  The messages were described as condescending.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy