Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk

Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk by foota on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:58AM (#14976551)

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.

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Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk by TeMPOraL on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:32AM (#14978604)

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.

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Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk by StavrosK on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:40AM (#14978322)

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?

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Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk by Jach on Thursday August 10, 2017 @01:35AM (#14976745)

Would you name a project the same as your username?

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Re:Salesforce fires red team staffers who gave Defcon talk by foota on Thursday August 10, 2017 @02:30AM (#14977002)

That's a historical accident. My name in RuneScape when I played as a kid had football in it and I shortened it to foota.

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