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author: Karel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 07:35:20 am
content: Bluetooth SIG:"...the Bluetooth SIG is taking steps to update Bluetooth specifications to remove inappropriate terminology,including the use of Master/Slave and White List/Black List. We are committed to making this important changeand have already started the process. From now on all new and updated specifications will use more appropriateanguage, including several recently adopted specifications."

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 07:51:32 am
content: Quote from: Karel on September 29, 2020, 07:35:20 amUh .. oh , that statement it self will offend adopted people.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 08:05:18 am
content: It must be awful to be able to be triggered by simple words.I just don't see why pandering to them helps anyone.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 09:08:28 am
content: Ignorance doesn't hurt, unfortunately.

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 10:17:38 am
content: QuoteAs I understand it, all statements are now considered offensive, sexist and racist by default. Please submit your written apology to the nearest rabid SJW.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 10:21:14 am
content: I suppose they will be renaming Bluetooth, as the name is derived from the then King of Denmark Harald Bluetooth, this is unfairly appropriating Danish culture and thus forth we will call the technology "Wireless Automated Nano Kinetic Electronic Radio Technology"

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 10:53:29 am
content: Quote from: tom66 on September 29, 2020, 10:21:14 amAbbreviated ... WANKER Tech. !!!

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 12:54:37 pm
content: BLM are a truley racist bunch. Everyone knows they hate whites, but they also hate the Chinese, because a certain Chinese word sounds like nigger and they have no intention of sorting out the misunderstanding.EDIT:Just to be clear, BLM don't appear to be directly involved with the incident described below, but they haven't condemned it, which is their duty as an anti-racist organisation. BLM state that those who stand by and do nothing about racism, might as be racist themselves. If they really mean that, they would should stand up for the Chinese, but their silence on this issue speaks volumes about what they really think about the Chinese.Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-54107329I'm anti-racist, which is why I don't support BLM, which stands for Burn, Loot, Murder, as it's what they seem to do most of the time. I stand up against racism against blacks, whites, Chinese, Hispanics etc. I've yet to see BLM do a single positive thing to benefit peope of any race. All they've done is promote identity politics and division. They are part of the problem, rather than the solution.

author: DIPLover
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 01:40:07 pm
content: Quote from: Zero999 on September 29, 2020, 12:54:37 pmThat story has nothing to do with Black Lives Matter or the thread subject. Your post is just slander and name calling.

author: SerieZ
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 02:27:50 pm
content: Quote from: DIPLover on September 29, 2020, 01:40:07 pmConsidering that already several people have been murdered on the streets by activists on top of the mostly peaceful burning of property I think you just do not like to live in the real world.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 02:41:24 pm
content: Quote from: SerieZ on September 29, 2020, 02:27:50 pmFair point, BLM don't seem to be involved with that university incident and I shouldn't have implied that was the case, post edited, but their silence on the issue is deafening. They should be jumping up and down, calling for the lecturer to be reinstated, but they don't seem to have any intention of rectifying these sorts of misunderstandings.EDIT:As far as being on topic is concerned: I dispute that, as it's groups such as BLM who push this kind of crap. Please enlighten me: what have BLM actually done to improve the lives of African-Americans? How is changing words they find triggering going to help anyone?Quote from: SerieZ on September 29, 2020, 02:27:50 pmYes, Burn, Loot, Murder!

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 03:19:33 pm
content: It's not BLM who comes up with that stuff but let's not get into who it really is*I mean, who comes up with stuff like in the OP, not the riots

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 03:40:43 pm
content: WE'VE BEEN HERE DONE THAT RECENTLY, PLEASE NOT AGAIN.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 29, 2020, 11:38:22 pm
content: Only took 7 replies before someone went off the rails