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

["Salz, Rich" <rsalz=40akamai.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

• We can't even use "bipeds" because it's insulting to people who have lost a leg or are otherwise incapable of bipedal motor

 

• Of course "colleague" has it's own problems - it implies that one assumes that all of one's addressees have opinions of equal worth.  

I do not know if you two are joking, just going to extremes to make a point, or are really sincere, but you are mistaking the effort.

 

The point is not to avoid *any* word that could offend someone.  It is about being open and adaptable, so that when a group comes forward we try to accommodate them.  And we make it clear, by our actions, that we are willing to listen and be inclusive.