Created attachment 236495 [details] grep -iR cripple /usr/doc <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rescue&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD#BUGS> raised an eyebrow: > Most of the rescue tools work even in a fairly crippled system. ... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple> re: treatment of the word as pejorative. I wondered whether past attention was paid to the word. From <https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc?id=45b85d3fc587b0984b2b8878510429c214945114#n761> (indeterminate Git blame), which does _not_ use the word, I assume so: > Using the `PARANOID` wildcard will result in denied connections ... grep -iR cripple /usr/doc -- begins with translated, presumably outdated: /usr/doc/documentation/content/el/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc:Using the `PARANOID` may severely cripple servers if the client or server has a broken DNS setup. Administrator discretion is advised. ---- So, let's aim to rephrase some of what's perceptibly pejorative: * at least, rescue(8) * ...
Created attachment 236496 [details] grep -iR cripple /usr/src
^Triage: reporter is committer, assign accordingly.
From the Wikipedia link you referenced: the word generally came to be regarded as pejorative *when used for people with disabilities* (emphasis added) So I must ask: 1. Are you, yourself, an 'adaptive' or 'handicapable' person? 2. Are you personally offended by the use of the aforementioned verb/adjective to refer to hardware/daemons/servers? 3. Alternatively, do you speak on behalf of a member of your nuclear family who would genuinely answer 'yes' to question 1 or 2? As a system admin, I for one, greatly appreciate potential pitfalls and missteps to be addressed in documentation using the most jarring, least ambiguous language permissible. I do qualify for government subsidized disability assistance in my home jurisdiction; I cannot open a jar of jam or a bag of chips using my own faculties. So-called childproof products such as medicine or lighters elude my use. I'll say, I find this PR to be highly ridiculous. However, thank you for your consideration and concern of it.
(In reply to Chad Jacob Milios from comment #3) As I said, comment 0, it raised an eyebrow. So, before making this bug report, I investigated – to tell whether there had been past attention to the word. Re: comment 0 it does seem likely that there was past attention, with approval before a commit. Unless I'm missing something, it's not easy to tell who paid attention prior to the January 2021 migration. <https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/commit/?id=989d921f5d4ac8d8b7c831c13b8954ad1901be24>
(In reply to Graham Perrin from comment #4) > not easy to tell who paid attention prior to the January 2021 migration. I found a record, I'll contact the author.
There's nothing wrong using "cripple" in the right context as in these cases.
Re: comment #5 A blast from the past (2014, sponsored by iXsystems): <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/commit/07f6c83bcd45e1989b55ddbdd8b954b01479f959#diff-c273e8bd85d9bc5e695a1dfa7a65a5d7594a966d397fc2dcad738aa425c53b5fR1028-R1032> Quoting Dru Lavigne, with her permission: > … that patch was part of a larger tightening up effort. I felt that > my edit to that particular paragraph defined the technical result: > "denied connections" is a distinct tangible, whereas "severely > cripple servers" conveys the notion of bad, but in a technically > vague way. More generally: > … I believe that we should be encouraging users to proactively read > and improve documentation and that any grammatically correct patch > that doesn't reduce the technical accuracy or reader clarity should > be accepted in a timely manner. (In reply to Chad Jacob Milios from comment #3) > … I for one, greatly appreciate potential pitfalls and missteps to be > addressed in documentation using the most jarring, least ambiguous > language permissible. … I'm no stranger to colourful language, but _jarring_ is quite opposite to the style of writing that's expected. From the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors: >> … Avoid flowery or embellished speech, jokes, or >> colloquial expressions. … Write in a formal style. … – <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/book/#writing-style> HTH Graham
As Fernando pointed, there's no wrong use of it here. I'm gonna close the PR as not accepted.
I completely disagree with fernape. There is no reason to use a word that may offend, and “cripple” has been wildly offensive in the UK since the 90s. I will therefore make the appropriate changes.