Reply #7: C'mon. How many black auto mechanics are offended by slave cylinder? [View All]

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Or master cylinder?

The city of LA has LOTS of African American workers who have to use those terms in their daily life.

And they're all so poorly educated and/or sensitive that they'd somehow suffer by the use of these terms?

How likely is it that an African American came up with those terms for COMPUTER language...

How likely is it that whoever came up with the terms is irrelevant to whether or not they're used?

what if the black cable had been named "nigger" the connector named "pimp" and the conduit named "whore"

But they're not.

How hard is it to language ourselves thoughtfully?

Hmmm.... 'to language' as a verb.

Answer: it's not, and I would expect someone using the term nigger in terms of any piece of hardware in the worksplace to be disciplined accordingly. But not for using master and slave.

Those terms were created by someone as a means of expressing what they do...were there no other terms available?

At the time, it wasn't a consideration, I'm sure.

Why did the individual see a need to make this request? Was it out of the blue or were there requests made of him. As a Jew I certainly would not want to use holocaust terms to get my job done daily. Symbolism does matter.

Well, as a Scot, I would be suprised if someone used the terms 'Absentee landlord circuit' or 'Highland clearance cylinder'.