Re: Guess they won't be using Slave flashes in Los Angeles anymore

David wrote:

> What shall we use instead?  "Indentured servant flash?"  "Forced labor"
> flash?
>
> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp
>
>
> Claim:   The County of Los Angeles has requested that equipment vendors
> avoid using the industry term "Master/Slave" in product descriptions and
> labelling.
>
> Status:   True.
>
> Origins:   Social
> changes of our era have been accompanied by linguistic changes: as
> discrimination based upon race, gender, or physical condition has become
> less socially acceptable, we began to frown upon the use of pejorative terms
> associated with race, moved towards more gender-neutral usages of language
> ...
>
> If you want to read the complete article, check out the link above.


Who cares of one machine is slave to another when all machines are 
supposed be slaves to people?  (although sometimes the reverse seems 
true ... where is Mr. Butler?)

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