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Re: naming confusion

#4902
From: rmorey
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1989 19:55
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  Regarding the "PLO" virus and your suggestion that we not call it by
that name, don't you think that your desire to suppress the link
between the virus and something which obviously offends you (the name
"PLO") is a political tactic?  That particular virus is known to many
people already as the "PLO virus"--now you expect them to have to
worry about changing that name in their minds because it offends
someone?
  Don't forget that viruses offend everyone, most certainly everyone
who reads this net.  We all have a common interest in combating
viruses and their spread but I really doubt that we are going to spend
much time worrying about their names.  I apologize if this offends you
but, given both my interest in international politics and my work in
computers, I don't see how both should be meshed or affected at such a
perfunctory level.
                                              Robert J. Morey

[Ed. In mentioning the confusion in the naming convention for viruses,
I never intended to start a political discussion/war - let's please
not turn this into one.]
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