Re: IESG Statement On Oppressive or Exclusionary Language

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On 8/9/20 12:23 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
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>> On Aug 9, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Nico Williams <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>  Really, asserting that "master secret"
>> is problematic is simply credibility-destroying.
> 
> Besides your concern, how does one secret actively control another? 

You are insisting that the only possible meaning of "master" is to control some[one|thing] else.  According to New Oxford American Dictionary Third edition, that's true when used it as a noun, but not when used as an adjective or a verb.

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> Or is it just that there is one root key from which others are derived?
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> Ie why even bother defending a term that’s inaccurate to start?
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> Joe
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