Re: G3C announces: GML, Gopher and XHTML

Mailing lists for old, somewhat antiquated technologies: interesting, fun,
educational.

Mailing lists for old, very antiquated attitudes: educational, but probably
not in the way you intend.


On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 3:48 AM Christoph Lohmann <20h-hp7/[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> On Fri, 02 Apr 2021 09:38:53 +0200 Chris Brannon <chris-zYV+vkQTyN5VVL4EKv/[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Christoph Lohmann <20h-hp7/[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > >                     <item type="1"
> > >                         href="gopher://bitreich.org/1/bithub"
> > >
>  icon="::long-dick:skin-tone=3,circumcised=no::">
> >
> > There's an overwhelmingly high probability that somebody who mentions
> > dick size and skin tone in the same breath like this is making a thinly
> > veiled allusion to a racial stereotype.  A racial stereotype cloaked in
> > a pseudo XML tag is still a racial stereotype.  It is not funny.  I
> > would call it puerile, but that would be insulting to children.
>
> Those probabilities do not seem right. We at the G3C work on a standard
> to mark racism easily for those inclined to be born in the USA and fond
> of finding  racism in  every small  detail. For  this new  standard the
> committee has waded through all studies  and not found any evidence for
> your reasoning.
>
> Please quote  the appropriate studies, so  the new G3C standard  can be
> adapted accordingly. But consider that  G3C standards adapt to the most
> progressive cultures, not just progressive-considering cultures.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Christoph Lohmann
>
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