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There is no point in continuing the debate. We’ve all had our say. If you want to keep talking, go to Twitter.

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 9:21 PM towerd ***@***.***> wrote: In "Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary", slave has an entry: (specialist) a device that is directly controlled by another one Words shall be interpreted in certain context. Otherwise, should every word be interpreted literally? If one is named Cook, is he really a cook? What's more, if slave can remind someone of bad things, shall every word with some bad meaning be avoided? Stones can be related to weapon, sea can drown people, shall these words be banned? The names of famous campus killers, shall they be avoided to be used as names of new born babies, because these names are used by killers'? I'm afraid this seems like the "literary inquisition" that happened numerous times in history. In those cases, word were interpreted in certain ways deliberately, totally ignoring their context, and the related persons were judged criminal just because they said those words. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9101 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACwrMiZ_OGkrJcqQ2ZHNZ4fklFjRyF3gks5uaIuzgaJpZM4WfAz6> .

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