Philip Oakley:Who said anything about eradicating the word used to describe a person who is "the legal property of another and who is bound to absolute obedience".
We outlawed that nearly two hundred years ago, though promoted and profited from it for even longer before that. Now we engineers have been saying a slave is just another bit of secondary kit. Let's stop that false association.
You are suggesting that we avoid this word, aren't you?
I do agree that this is a false association. Referring to the behaviour of an inanimate object has no connection to the exploitation of people.
Philip Oakley:Who said anything about eradicating the word used to describe a person who is "the legal property of another and who is bound to absolute obedience".
We outlawed that nearly two hundred years ago, though promoted and profited from it for even longer before that. Now we engineers have been saying a slave is just another bit of secondary kit. Let's stop that false association.
You are suggesting that we avoid this word, aren't you?
I do agree that this is a false association. Referring to the behaviour of an inanimate object has no connection to the exploitation of people.
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