Subject: Re: Political correctness in FOSS

Re: Political correctness in FOSS

From: Jeremiah Foster <jeremiah_at_jeremiahfoster.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:28:33 +0200

On Aug 30, 2010, at 14:38, Joakim Signal wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, at 12:18, Per Andersson wrote:
>
>> mixed, we have to change something. Why should our ways of communicate be
>> excluded from change?
>
> Regarding changes in how we communicate, why is this discussion suddenly in english? This is a swedish FOSS group (but I doubt we would disallow non-swedes from joining). The use of english here could be seen as excluding those participants that prefer to communicate in swedish.
>
> While it is unlikely that the use of english here actually is a problem, it
> does illustrate the point that too much political correctness can lead to absurd situations (i.e., we are swedes, so why suddenly speak english here?).

Sorry - that was probably my fault. :]

Jeremiah

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