Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

[Masataka Ohta <[e-mail]>]

Salz, Rich wrote:

> I am sorry that I am not making my point clearly enough.

Instead, I am sorry in advance not to be able to resist saying
"Language barrier of you?" :-)

> I read your words as "since language is used in works like Thriller,
> there is no culture to avoid these words"  I am saying that is wrong
> because *context* is important.

Anyway, yes, context is important as I wrote:

 > (note both "lord" and "magician" are
 > human (or demi-human such as elvish) beings),

and

 > stop saying
 > black, dark or slave on non human and non living entities
 > such as "list" ("list" is a little sensitive as some list
 > may be a list of human beings), "flip flop" and "web".

So, some might be disturbed by "blacklist" of a list of human
beings, though most should still be indifferent to.

						Masataka Ohta