Why liberals shouldn't hold office... reason #963188

"Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms "master" and "slave" on computer equipment, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive [...]"

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/11/26/master.term.reut/index.html

-peekay

 

how typical.

 

Isn't "the big one" way overdue out there?

 

Does this mean I can't own a black computer?

 

There's no such thing as a black computer. Never has been. The official name for the color of modern computers is "carbon."

Seriously.

 

I love it

 

Where does that article say anything about liberals?????? I kind of skimmed through it, did I miss it? I just love how 'you people' see something you don't like and blame the left.

 

liberal mentality goof. displayed yet again with your post.

 

How many conservative Republicans do you think work in L.A. county's "Office of Affirmative Action Compliance" ?

-peekay

 

Both of you are generalizing. Just because some folks find it offensive to refer to certain components as 'master' and 'slave', that makes them liberals? They don't share my views on this, or most things, I'd imagine. This is a cultural issue, not one that I believe is even close to necessary. It's a big waste of time, much like most of your posts, Brad.

 

yo mama. anyhow, if it doesn't apply to you, why do you put up the whiny post? do you consider your self a liberal? if so, i consider that liberal mentality. as well as others here.

feel free to use your ignore feature.

 

Wouldn't they be required, under their own guidelines, to employ a proportionate number of conservative Republicans?

 

talk about generalizing? :up:

 

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck......

 

Yeah! And let's fire any schoolteacher who has the audacity to teach words like "niggardly" to schoolkids. If it sounds bad, it must be bad, especially if you don't know what it means.

After all, if someone somewhere thinks something is offensive, it must be, right?

 

Look, all I'm saying is that it's a foolish waste of time to get bent out of shape over terms meant in their true, literal sense, not in the way some whiney fools translate it. I would imagine that these are the same people seeking reparations for slavery. I am a democrat, and I think the whole issue is fucking retarded. If it offends somebody that the words master and slave are utilized, they need to get a dictionary and see what it really means, then, unless they are devoid of any brain cells, they'll be fine with it. So does that make me a racist?
I mean, why the hell are people such whiners? Don't they have something better to do? Like shirking daily duties so they can argue on the BBS???

 

THink this will trickle down to the auto industry?
Just wait till they tell the good ol boys at auto zone its no longer called a master cylinder or a slave cylinder

 

Does this mean that I can no longer retard my ignition!

 

no, but you can advance it. (even if it doesn't deserve it)

 

I'm offended by the word crackers. Therefore, I want all crackers to be called 'wafers' from now until the anhorexic (sp?) peeps find it offensive.