Re: USA dominion: Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Sat, 25 Jul 2020 12:33:17 -0400

    On 7/25/20 12:24 PM, Salz, Rich wrote:

          Paul,

          Thanks for the info and the history
            lesson.

          I will learn how to spell “Colleagues” :)

    Of course "colleague" has it's own problems - it implies that one
      assumes that all of one's addressees have opinions of equal
      worth.  For some, that's an _expression_ of respect.  For others,
      it's kowtowing to Dunning-Kruger syndrome.  And some might take
      "Dear Colleague" as a sarcastic insult.
    You really can't win with this stuff.  Someone will always object
      to something.  Personally, I'm still good with old-fashioned
      knock-down, drag-out, technical exchange - the hell with the
      language & people's feelings.  Good engineering is good
      engineering, bad engineering is bad engineering.  All the rest is
      navel-gazing.
    Miles Fidelman

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