re: #285 SixDegrees

I used to object to the change in names as an unnecessary remnant of bigotry, but after talking with my gay friends on the subject, one of them made an excellent point:

Instead of seeing the change of a name as caving into bigotry and appeasing those who do not respect the rights of their fellow man and women as they should, you can see it as a just change in a name away from an old, parochial, outmoded system into a new one. Just as we ceased to be ‘subjects’ and became ‘citizens’, we can help redeem the tarnished institution in part by renaming it.

I thought that was an excellent way to look at it.