Re: OT: Bias, Gender, Perception, Insults, Fun, and, oh what the heck, Beer, too.

["David Chappell" <kaith_athanes@yahoo.com>]

--- In dq-rules@yahoogroups.com, "J. K. Hoffman" <ryumaou@s...> 
wrote:
> Okay, so, lest anything I say prolong this....
> Let me make it clear that I don't really care which way you go on 
this. 
>   It just seemed like a silly, "politically correct" waste of time 
to 
> me.  This "debate" has raged for quite a few years in academic 
circles, 
> with little impact on how language is actually used, outside of 
the 
> "politically correct" institutions of higher learning.
> 
> Either way, have fun.  And, I'd still be willing to help with 
> conversions of file formats, places to download (mirrors), or any 
other 
> technical aspect of the project, short of copy-editing, for 
obvious reasons.
> 


Copy-editing... That brings up a good point. Once the rules are 
compiled, they can always be copy-edited to fit whatever editorial 
standard is chosen to avoid gender bias.

-David