[erlang-questions] Coon - new tool for building Erlang packages, dependency management and deploying Erlang services

[Stefan Strigler]

I my culture fuck you has no meaning, because I'm German, and we don't
speak English. So fuck you, you stupid asshole!

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:43 AM Stefan Strigler <stefan.strigler@REDACTED>
wrote:

> Yeah, fuck you!
>
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 1:42 AM Sashan Govender <sashang@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> I think you just need to tolerate different cultures better. A word that
>> is deemed racist in one culture isn't the same in another.
>>
>> There are many other uses for coon.
>> Maine Coon is a type of cat.
>> Coon is type of cheese in Australia. Go on - tell all of Australia to
>> stop eating coon.
>>
>> Next you'll be telling me to rethink the use of the work 'monkey' or
>> 'gorrilla' for a library. Where does it end?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:52 AM Chris Duesing <chris.duesing@REDACTED>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't believe this "discussion" is happening. Coon is a racial slur,
>>> there is no other use of the word. The fact that a bunch of white Europeans
>>> are pointing out that the dozen people involved in this thread aren't
>>> offended simply shows the lack of diversity in the mailing list. The "oh
>>> I'm butthurt because other people get offended by things" is fucking
>>> ridiculous. It is a racial slur, period. If this isn't a library only
>>> intended to be used by racist fucks then rename it.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:28 AM, nx <nx@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>
>>>> For what it's worth, the first thing I thought of when I saw the title
>>>> of this thread was "that is a racist slur". I've also never heard anyone
>>>> call a raccoon a coon.
>>>>
>>>> The news that cowboy was named for "cowboys kill apaches" is
>>>> disappointing.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:22 AM Fred Hebert <mononcqc@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What I'm saying is that it does not matter how I interpret things. I
>>>>> asked and the author said publicly it was a raccoon. I'm okay with that
>>>>> explanation and I'm ready to believe it.
>>>>>
>>>>> My point is that other people won't ask the author, won't know who he
>>>>> is, and will pick an interpretation and stick with it. They won't need the
>>>>> context, they won't need anything. They'll just do it. The name can be
>>>>> interpreted in a racist way, and so it's pretty much guaranteed that it
>>>>> will be eventually interpreted that way. The author is free to go ahead and
>>>>> keep the name, and the users and onlookers will be free to read whatever
>>>>> they want in that name.
>>>>>
>>>>> That is 100% my point.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:17 AM, Krzysztof Jurewicz <
>>>>> krzysztof.jurewicz@REDACTED> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Fred Hebert writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Anyone is of course free to name their software whatever they want.
>>>>>> Picking
>>>>>> > a racist name is however never going to be consequences-free as
>>>>>> this e-mail
>>>>>> > thread first shows on the first day of release, and adoption
>>>>>> figures may
>>>>>> > also reflect it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Merriam-Webster online dictionary (naming itself as “America’s
>>>>>> most-trusted online dictionary”) says that there two meanings of “coon”:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ⒈ raccoon;
>>>>>> ⒉ offensive — used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black
>>>>>> person.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I presume that context matters. What makes you think that in this
>>>>>> context this word means ⒉? Wikipedia in the article about raccoon says that
>>>>>> is also known coloquially as “coon”, so I guess this is not a very uncommon
>>>>>> usage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or are you saying that non-racist usages of words that have also
>>>>>> racist meanings should be eventually abandoned?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (I’m not a native speaker, so bear with my eventual ignorance).
>>>>>>
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