Friday, July 19, 2019

1979!!-----EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

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“Gendered Language Like ‘Manhole’ Will Soon Be Banned From Berkeley’s City Codes,” 
CBS’s Sacramento affiliate reports.
The city voted Tuesday night to replace gendered terms in its municipal codes, like “manhole” and “manpower,” with gender-neutral ones like “maintenance hole” and “human effort.”
...“There’s power in language,” Robinson said. “This is a small move, but it matters.”
...“Having a male-centric municipal code is inaccurate and not reflective of our reality,” Robinson said. “Women and non-binary individuals are just as entitled to accurate representation. Our laws are for everyone, and our municipal code should reflect that.”
That topic was mentioned in passing during Ronald Reagan’s very last radio address before announcing his candidacy for the White House way back in 1979:
In Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the City Council has ruled that from now on those metal-covered holes in our streets we’ve long called manholes will henceforth be known as person holes.
And in Missoula, Montana, a Peeping Tom ordinance is now a `Peeping Person’ law.
...Or as Victor Davis Hanson wrote a few years ago when asking why Sacramento was increasingly beguiled with high-speed rail, even as its own highways were crumbling, “It is almost as if California answers back: ‘I am too bewildered by your premodern challenges, so I will take psychological refuge in my postmodern fantasies.'”--Posted by 

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