Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.071 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.86; '*S*': 0.00; 'correct.': 0.07; 'referring': 0.07; "'n'": 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'applies': 0.15; '*you*': 0.16; 'err': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'sense,': 0.16; 'mon,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'instance,': 0.17; 'examples': 0.18; 'written': 0.20; 'trying': 0.21; 'meant': 0.21; '15,': 0.23; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'common': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'maybe': 0.29; 'usually': 0.30; 'fri,': 0.30; 'could': 0.32; 'comments': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'changed': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'subject:?': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; "wasn't": 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'uses': 0.37; '(for': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'most': 0.61; 'side': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'reasons,': 0.65; 'obvious': 0.71; 'cautious': 0.84; 'century': 0.84; 'descriptive': 0.84; 'politically': 0.84; 'racism,': 0.84; 'sides.': 0.84; 'speech': 0.84; 'opera': 0.91; 'hate': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=qfC2DJnGrnT1MgEms9Q775IL0CEd1Z6E6RfKy5RFMIc=; b=CP9QVPqqHF4nLsSCjTuf6VB2EyA2vwqHGHYFeYKDSB4p7g4SD8U0/p/MpPDWAfSY41 g6J2E7qveWFHhJu6ICslFL9l4XWBGfsyVtjkz7yUp99K8f1rMCEmtstSxx+KhP5vRjrA fQ+36AYh6+LSK+44cJxKfuWRcV3/M0vad4ADC6qH7Y1w69sJm4W2PyBSD5iAZX4c6xdW d96MmvM3M1BvOgnMBQgBlk7wsgsihv1nalN55OPHbx+K1g7989JgdTWdaTtEfadHzmkv BZliXnStgN847fAmeb4VZ9N7/ljv7LyPYhW3bpEdeNCimvngubE790ZoHFk/MMIAqxso 0aLg== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <5B80DD153D7D744689F57F4FB69AF47416678A53@SCACMX008.exchad.jpmchase.net> <4cfea2fe-c0db-4c72-b1cb-ddef88f6e86d@wz4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <9280d4ca-b047-4896-bf7b-7cc4a728d721@sd5g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <5B80DD153D7D744689F57F4FB69AF4741667C1AD@SCACMX008.exchad.jpmchase.net> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:05:38 +1000 Subject: Re: Comparing strings from the back? From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1347854747 news.xs4all.nl 6934 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52481 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:29360 On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:11 AM, alex23 wrote: > On Sep 15, 1:10 pm, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Prasad, Ramit >> > Since I was unsure myself if you were trying to be offensive or racist, >> > I would disagree with "everyone can know it wasn't meant as racist". >> >> If you're unsure if it was racist, you should err on the side of >> caution. > > If your comments are mistakable as racism, maybe *you* should be more > cautious and *not make them*. That applies to the most obvious examples (for instance, there's a line in a 19th century opera that uses a six-letter word starting with 'n' to refer to a dark-skinned person - for obvious reasons, that line is usually changed in modern performances, even though it was descriptive and not offensive when the opera was written - like referring to a Caucasian). However, there are many things which could be misinterpreted as racist, and I would hate to see people leaned hard on to make their speech entirely politically correct. Use common sense, on both sides. Don't be offensive, and don't be offended. ChrisA