Re: rewording to avoid sexist language on debian page (fwd)

[Snoopy <anoopyroli69@yahoo.de>]

Helen Faulkner wrote:

> Philip Charles wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Martin Wheeler wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Helen Faulkner wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Could you please reword the sentence on the following webpage, to 
> > > > remove the
> > > > implication that a debian user will always be male.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals
> > >
> > >
> > > I suggest:
> > >
> > >   This manual is for new Linux users, to help such users get acquainted
> > >   with Linux once they have installed it; or for a new Linux user on a
> > >   system which someone else is administering.
> >
> >
> >
> > Or:
> > This manual is for people new to Linux, to help such novices get
> > acquainted with their installation; or for Linux novices on a system
> > administered by someone else.
>
>
> I personally think the first suggestion (Martin's) is better, but either 
> is fine, really.  It's a matter of taste.
>
> Helen.
Oh, my god... what kind of a problem! there are people killed in Iraq by 
Americans, women raped by the same and you don't have bigger problems 
than with using male/female addressing in a manual????

Poor!

Snoopy