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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kingkawn on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:18PM (#28451851)
It ain't all men out there
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by tartoran on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:29PM (#28451927)
Men also means people, humans
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kingkawn on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:33AM (#28456110)
To men.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by tartoran on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:12PM (#28472797)
I see your point and how the language has been masculinized but the meaning still stands as of now.. until the next changes take place. Language is evolving and these will inevitably change as well at some point.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kingkawn on Saturday September 11, 2021 @11:42AM (#28492860)
You’re talking about it like it’s far away. Yet here I am saying this is an out of date convention and everyone gets their hackles up as if it is such a horrific inconvenience to include others in their ideas. The change has already arrived, only some stragglers angrily clinging to the old way.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by mc32 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:36PM (#28451971)
It’s a quote. One doesn’t typically alter a quote unless it’s unintelligible if not altered in some way.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kingkawn on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:34AM (#28456116)
You can quote whatever you like however you like, but it ain't all men out there. Relying on such worldviews to understand the world leaves you with a truncated world.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by mc32 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:40AM (#28456163)
As the other poster pointed out the word men has multiple meaning which depend on context. The meaning is clear to me and no need to modify it. Next time you quote it you can make your own changes.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kingkawn on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:20PM (#28460198)
The idea that ‘men’ is a universal stand-in for people is no different than saying White is the universal stand-in for people.
Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by mc32 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:58PM (#28460764)
Nope. White has never had that meaning at all.

Please look into the etymology of a word before making whimsical arguments.

You’ll have an awful time with Chinese where words have many different meanings depending on context.

Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by kingkawn on Saturday September 11, 2021 @11:43AM (#28492869)
I didn’t say it did have that, I said it is the same as doing that. Hilarious to accuse me of whimsical arguments while you morph me into the straw man you need to be right.