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Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 24 July 2020 15:26 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language
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In article <16bcab50-0b00-97dc-8b51-7b444ea45cea@gmail.com> you write:
>> There may be better alternatives, such as canonical. 
>
>"Canonical" applies in some circumstances but not always.

The historical meaning of "Canonical" is that something is part of the
canon of Christian scripture. It by implication excludes people from
other cultural backgrounds.

I'm not sure whether I believe that, but we're sitting on a whole lot
of turtles here.

R's,
John

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