Re: Proposal: DNS change irc.gnome.org becomes A record and irc.gimpnet.org starts getting phased out.

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 10:57 -0500, meg ford wrote:
> Hi Bastien,
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>
> wrote:
>         On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 16:47 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
>         > On 10 May 2013 15:55, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>
>         wrote:
>         > > I've never heard the word "gimp" used as a slur against
>         handicapped
>         > > people
>         >
>         
>         > If it helps, I've never heard the word used this way either.
>         However,
>         > my understanding of the common use of the word isn't any
>         better
>         > (warning; possibly NSFW):
>         >
>         > https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=gimp+mask&tbm=isch
>         
>         I think a majority of people on this list will be familiar
>         with Pulp
>         Fiction ;)
>         
>         And I wasn't arguing that "GIMP" is a nice name, it's just
>         that I don't
>         understand the reasoning enunciated in the original e-mail.
>         Saying "I
>         don't want GNOME to be associated with SM leather bound dudes"
>         is better
>         than (possibly) creating connections that don't exist between
>         2 words.
>         
>         
>
>
> That isn't the common meaning of the word, though. SM players use it
> specifically because it's offensive. Which is fine in their context
> (let's not debate it, at least, TMI), where it is understood that it
> is not real life and is never directed at someone who is not
> consenting. The general meaning of the term irl is a slur. 

I'll note that this still doesn't answer my question. If somebody has
access to a dictionary with good etymology, I'd like them to clue me
in...