MAYBE THE COMPUTERS NEED SENSITIVITY TRAINING...

Sensitivity can go way too far and our touchy-feely, make-sure-no-one’s-feelings-are-hurt society has hit that point and no where more than in California. The Los Angeles County division manager of purchasing and contract services has sent a memo out to all vendors to stop using the common terms “master” and “slave” as identifiers on their equipment sold to the County.

It seems some panty-waste of an employee saw a video machine with those labels on it and filed a complaint with the LA County Department of Hurt Feelings and Bruised Sensibilities, or something like that, complaining that he was offended. According to Mr. Sandoval, head of purchasing, concerning the master/slave identifiers:

"Based on the cultural diversity and sensitivity of Los Angeles County, this is not an acceptable identification label"

I sure hope the County doesn’t have any steam boilers in their buildings, because every boiler has a “retarder” in it and so does photographic developing systems. And what about all of the County vehicles? They all have “dipsticks” in them to measure oil levels and such.

Would primates have a case against plumbers because of “monkey wrenches”? They would in L.A.