Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

[Masataka Ohta <[e-mail]>]

Viktor Dukhovni wrote:

> Barring sophistry, it is no more offensive, than a master key for a
> physical lock, a Master's degree, a master crafsman (rather than a
> novice or an apprentice), mastering a skill, ...

But, "master/mister/mistress" implies that there are servants
or slaves and:

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servus
	These words originate from servus, the Latin word for
	servant or slave.

In Roman era, all the servants should have been slaves.

> Since "master nameserver" and "secondary nameserver" are not a natural
> pairing,

I'm afraid you are ignoring history, though short, in US that
blacks were and, maybe, still are, treated as second class
                                               ^^^^^^
citizens long after enslavement was illegalized.

See, for example, speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.:

	http://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/document_images/Vol05Scans/25Sept1960_TheNegroandtheAmericanDream,ExcerptfromAddressatt.pdf
	It is a trite yet urgently true observation that if America
	is to remain a firstclass nation it cannot have secondclass
	citizens.

According to your theory, you should totally avoid saying "second"
or "secondary".


						Masataka Ohta