Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk
by foota on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:58AM
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I'm not offended and don't take issues with the use of retard in a non-slang context, but for the naming of a project I think it's inappropriate to use a word that could bring back hurtful memories of harassment that people have potentially endured.
Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk
by TeMPOraL on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:32AM
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Don't get anywhere near fire retardants...
Seriously, there is a balance to be had. People who went through traumatic events are often offered therapy precisely because you can't reasonably expect the entire world to guess and remove every single thing that can trigger someone's hurtful memories.
Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk
by StavrosK on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:40AM
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Then can we at least postpone the renaming until someone actually complains about it first-hand, rather than "just in case" and on someone else's behalf?
Why do we have to feel obliged to take offense at the whole word due to one slang definition.
Why should MEATPISTOL be a problem?
retard
1. to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede. verb (used without object)
2. to be delayed.
noun
3. a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
4. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person who is cognitively impaired.
a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.
5. Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.