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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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