NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodies

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NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodies​

By Jack Hobbs

August 8, 2020 | 2:36am

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The Eskimo Nebula, or as it’s now referred to as NGC 2392UPI

Political correctness has now expanded to space, where NASA says planets, galaxies and other heavenly bodies will no longer be referred to by “offensive” nicknames.

In a press release Thursday, the space agency said that all planets and heavenly bodies will be referred only to by their scientific names, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Under the new rules, the “Eskimo Nebula,” discovered in 1787 by William Hershel, will only be referred to as NGC 2392.

The so-called “Siamese Twins Galaxy” will likewise be known only as NGC 4567 and NGC 4568. . . .
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NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodies

Political correctness has now expanded to space, where NASA says planets, galaxies and other heavenly bodies will no longer be referred to by “offensive” nicknames. In a press release T…
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And worrying about frivolous things like this (above) just detract from REAL “offensive” terminology (i.e. below).

BBC apologizes after initially defending use of racist term in reporting​

The organization defended the use by saying the context was important​

By Peter Aitken | Fox News

The British Broadcasting Corporation has offered an apology for using and defending a racist term in its reporting, calling it “a mistake.”

Director general Tony Hall issued the apology for using the n-word during a report about an aggravated assault in Bristol. The use drew more than 18,600 complaints, including complaints from politicians and BBC staff. . . .
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BBC apologizes after initially defending use of racist term in reporting

A DJ quit the news organization over the defense of the racist term.
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As long as they don’t change the names that came from Dune.
 
Do you really believe this? Why is it so important to be able to use that word?

For what it’s worth I think that few people would say that it’s genuinely okay for a black person to use the n-word in every context. Like everything that’s offensive, context matters.
 
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Oh, PLEASE!

WHO is going to CARE?

Take the planet, Uranus. One pronunciation of it sounds like “urine-us”. So, what?

Neptune is named after a mythical god. Does anyone supposed he’s offended?

And our own galaxy, the Milky Way – is anyone going to associate it with spilled milk?

Ursa Major, Ursa Minor – I suppose bears are going to find those unbearable.

And is the Disney dog fussing because there’s a planet named Pluto?

I suppose reaching into outer space with political correctness is a good example of how extreme this has become.

WHO CARES ???
 
When I was in elementary school, our teachers pronounced it “u-RAIN-us”.

Again, who cares?
 
Thanks tad for the “Quizbird”.
Maybe Thayer’s Gull will be next to go.

Edit: Thanks also @JanR for the quizbirds.
 
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Ah yes, the planet Uranus, the boys locker room pronunciation is the one I remember.
 
ProVobis said:
No, he was offended because it is no longer listed as a planet.
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I was surprised at the reactions that some people had to pluto being put in a category “dwarf planet” from “planet.” I think, in general, people don’t like for facts that they see as fixed being modified. Since there wasn’t previous knowledge of Ceres, Eris, Makemake, or the others, I’m sure there wouldn’t be any emotional reaction to them being changed. ,
 
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And, of course, Napoleon is really offended by Bonaparte’s Gull.
 
RC67 said:
No, it’s more common sense. My wife can say, “My stupid husband”, but she may be offended if someone else says, “Your stupid husband”. The “inner group” has a different set of social norms than the “larger group”. Okay for them, not necessarily okay for everybody else.
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That may work if the “inner group” is well-defined, but in a group defined more or less by subjective skin color, but in actuality only by self-identification, group membership is more or less meaningless. We can argue about Rachel Dolezal all we want, but if the world is going to insist on gender self-identification, then they have to be intellectually consistent and allow for racial self-identification.

And how do we allow for phenomena like Eminem, an obviously non-African-American guy who is firmly ensconced in rap culture and seems perfectly entitled to use the word?
 
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Anesti33 said:
And how do we allow for phenomena like Eminem, an obviously non-African-American guy who is firmly ensconced in rap culture and seems perfectly entitled to use the word?
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When Eminem has performed with other rappers, when a line of the lyric is coming up that contains that word during that line he moves the microphone away from his mouth and keeps his mouth shut so that it is unambiguously clear that he is not one of the people saying that word.

Human communication in highly contextual. The interpreted connotation of words will in part depend on the relationship of those involved in the commu icstion. Some women use the B-word to refer to themselves in some friendly context. But the same wo.en could also use the word as an insult. I myself, as a man, have no intentions of ever using that word since there is a high chance it will be taken as an insult.

There is a long list of words that may be used by people that share some common attribute with a tone of friendliness while those same words may be offensive when used by someone outside the group.

Among some of my friends there is some friendly name calling that is seen as playful and not an assault on the person. Such as calling each other “silly,” “ばか”, or snooty. We would react differently if so.eone outside our inner circles used these terms.
 
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