Re: [OT... But couldn't resist!] Master/Slave

After a long battle with technology, Randolf Richardson <rr(at)8x(dot)ca>, an earthling, wrote:
>> Sorry, a little OT... But couldn't resist..
>>
>> You guys building replication systems may have to have a terminology
>> rethink...
>>
>> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/25/0014257&mode=thread&tid=103&t
>> id= 133&tid=186&tid=99
>
> The above article leads to this page:
>
> Master/Slave
> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp
>
> After reading "...someone within the County bureaucracy a person
> who probably didn't understand computer terminology had taken
> offense at 'master/slave' references and complained to the board..."
> I couldn't help but laugh at the idea that someone's not getting
> along with their dominatrix. =D

... Which implies that the County is acting in a manner that
discriminates against people with a particular, um, "sexual
orientation."

And it means that the county is liable to be hit by a demonstration by
people wearing a Lot of Leather complaining of discrimination... :-)
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