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Date:      Sun, 11 Sep 2022 07:49:47 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 266357] cripple (pejorative) in doc and src trees
Message-ID:  <bug-266357-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 266357
           Summary: cripple (pejorative) in doc and src trees
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/b4be5bd2
                    2bcc42f469818aca1fff9b769130ee02#diff-74f1d326cb0469ee
                    c40d1e94da5ceb91c77a1eac584ca65e41582e59cf548c70R156
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Books & Articles
          Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@freebsd.org
                CC: advocacy@FreeBSD.org

Created attachment 236495
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grep -iR cripple /usr/doc

<https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Drescue&sektion=3D8&manpath=3DF=
reeBSD#BUGS>
raised an eyebrow:=20

> Most of the rescue tools work even in a fairly crippled system. ...

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple>; re: treatment of the word as
pejorative.=20

I wondered whether past attention was paid to the word. From
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/doc/tree/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/=
security/_index.adoc?id=3D45b85d3fc587b0984b2b8878510429c214945114#n761>
(indeterminate Git blame), which does _not_ use the word, I assume so:=20

> Using the `PARANOID` wildcard will result in denied connections ...

grep -iR cripple /usr/doc

-- begins with translated, presumably outdated:=20

/usr/doc/documentation/content/el/books/handbook/security/_index.adoc:Using=
 the
`PARANOID` may severely cripple servers if the client or server has a broken
DNS setup. Administrator discretion is advised.

----

So, let's aim to rephrase some of what's perceptibly pejorative:=20

* at least, rescue(8)
* ...

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