Comment by johnisgood

Comment by johnisgood 2 days ago

When I read manual pages and see the so called "harmful" words, I am not impacted by them negatively because I am aware of the context. Why is this should not be taught? I understand what you are trying to say, but you even said it yourself, "accidental", so there was no intent either to begin with, let alone context in which it is embedded.

> thought policing is that it's the specific wording that is avoided, and not the underlying thoughts or opinions.

So we should avoid the wording / phrasing such as "killing children" in IT? It refers to well-known concepts, within a specific context. It is bad outside of IT, for sure, but not inside IT, it refers to ending processes (as you probably already know)

numeri a day ago

You seem to be responding to what you think I'm saying, not what I'm saying. As far as I know, "killing children" is not a dog-whistle. No one uses the words "killing children" to e.g., secretly express support for the Holocaust.

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johnisgood a day ago

I didn't think the person was supporting Holocaust because he used the phrase "The Final Solution", that phrase is made up from very common words, and why would I assume malice, especially in the context of IT?
I may have used it unintentionally too, because "final solution" makes a lot of sense to use. The best way to ruin one's language is to keep using such common phrases that refer to such negative things. You know, there would not be a way to ruin it if people were just aware of the context and were not to attribute malice by default. It was probably accidental, like you said.
I think the issue is with this not-so-generous interpretation of it by default, or reading too much into it.
Do not allow your language to be ruined, and you could do a lot to help that cause.

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