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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by kqr on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:27AM (#23802845)
In a situation where I would knowingly discomfort people by eating pork or not saying a prayer, sure, I just might modify my behaviour to be a nice person. Clearly it means something to them, so why not be considerate for such a small cost?
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by sebazzz on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:09PM (#23803186)
"Please stop eating pork, as an vegetarian it offends me."

Will you now stop eating pork? If not, at which point do you decide you will alter behavior for someone else. How do you make that judgement?

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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by kqr on Saturday July 11, 2020 @04:21PM (#23805567)
If someone asked me during a meal to refrain from ordering pork for that reason, then sure I would. Why shouldn't I?
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by sebazzz on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:24AM (#23809068)
That is a specific situation - what about the parent situation which implied to be more general.
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by AlexTWithBeard on Monday July 13, 2020 @08:15AM (#23819906)
Even when this someone is not from your dinner party?
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by ThA0x2 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @10:37PM (#23816659)
The fact that the West eats pork is discomforting to Muslims and Jews. Please modify your behavior to be a nice person and stop eating pork. It's such a small cost after all.
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by disposekinetics on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:07PM (#23803178)
If you give an authoritarian who wants to control you an inch they run you for a mile. It is important to stand your ground in the petty cases so they never get to their true goals.
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by mercer on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:29PM (#23803345)
Their true goals I suppose being putting you in a scary gulag?
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Re:Linux 5.8 Formally Adds the Inclusive Terminology Guidelines by disposekinetics on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:51PM (#23803513)
We don't have to know the specific goals of these authoritarians to know from history that giving into people who want control is a bad idea.
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