Political Correctness comes to the Tech Arena

[JoannaK]

Wasn't there one called *DICK* Chaney  at the office too? Was he Vice President or something? ..  Well.. at least it's quite fitting next to Bush   :roflmao:

[angrybrit]

What will happen to mister slave (from South Park)? :lol:  ;-)

[mikeymike]

Next there'll be a ban on the "Male" and "Female" terminology used for cable connectors, because same-sex couples find it offensive.

My mum got really annoyed at my dad once, when he referred to connectors as male or female :-)

One funny thing about that article is that someone obviously considers that "primary" and "secondary" don't have the same implication as "master" and "slave", if you look at it from the same blinkered perspective.  One implies it is more important than the other.

"First" and "second" also do as well.  Damn, no competitions anymore!

[opi]

My Gods, give me a patience to abide sutch ideas.. [color=FF0000]Please![/color]

[Methuselas]

In May 2003, a black employee of the county's Probation Department filed a discrimination complaint with the Office of Affirmative Action Compliance after spotting "master" and "slave" labels on a videotape machine, whereupon the Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification requesting that vendors refrain from using the master/slave terminology.

gee, it must have been a BLACK VCR. This isn't about being politically correct. It's about being ignorant. That has got to be the most stupid thing I ever heard.

Man, I'm beginning to think a majority of our population is inbred...oh wait, would that be 'interfamily-sexually concieved -people' to be PC??

What a joke.

[that_punk_guy]

OMFG  :whack:

[takemehomegrandma]

:roflmao:  :roflmao:  :roflmao:

[mikey2001]

I cannot believe all this...  :roll:

[The_Power_of_the_Ginger]

Shall we ban that un-PC term 'Amiga' too, while we're at it? Very sexist title, I've always thought... ;-)

[mikeymike]

The term "PC" should be banned too, as PCs aren't very politically correct... it's not like Microsoft tolerates competition... :-)

[Glaucus]

The American President is called George (OK) W (OK) BUSH!!!!!

That's why when I say I'm talking about the President I use his full name ("I hate George Bush!"), while referring to the other meaning I usually add helpful words like "I love a hairy bush!").  :-D

  - Mike

[Glaucus]

Wasn't there one called *DICK* Chaney at the office too? Was he Vice President or something? .. Well.. at least it's quite fitting next to Bush

While I worked for EDS, our CEO at the time would always sign his corporate emails as "Brown, Dick". Not sure he took his job all that seriously considering the stock went from $73 down to $13 (at which point he got the big boot).

  - Mike

[TallAmigan]

I guess that they will also have to take away the word "server"..   What kind of person would want their computers to "serve" anyone....?

If our country is the only one with PC, (political correctness, of which I think is a crock of @$#@$#) , then good for all of the other countries...

This PC is getting way way out of hand....

I will stick with Master and Slave....

My only question though is.... what about SCSI III ... there is not Master and No Slave....  What do you call the different units (besides their ID #)...  all slaves...  Hal...
 ;-)

[Seehund]

I've seen this all over in the last week. I'm amazed it took this long to get here.

Not to mention this.

[Panthro]

LOL looks like PC has a virus called "stupidity" but the problem is that "individuals are smart but people are flighty dumb animals"  (as in sheep :-P )

I remember when I saw a PC version of Cinderella with the "two not socially sterotypical ideal sisters" :-D  or the Bible that said "God (he/she)" :roll: <----dont start!!

this is all sheer lunacy :-x  will we have to call gender-benders "sexyually open minded adaptors" :-?  ;-)

[KrasH]

Political Correctness trully is incorrect.

I actually saw a comic strip in a local paper. It was SWAMP. There is a duck and he says "Quack" then the nitpicker bird says to him "You can't use that word again, it's politically incorrect". Made me laugh, because thats how all this political crapness is getting in the real world. What ever happened to "sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me"..