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Old 11-04-2023, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by LuvNH View Post
I really thought this was a joke until I read this:

The American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English names of all bird species currently named after people, along with any other bird names deemed offensive or exclusionary.

"Names have power and power can be for the good or it can be for the bad," says Colleen Handel, the society's president and a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska. "We want these names to be powerful in a really good way."


I think Colleen Handel needs to start looking for a new job.
Going with the flow, rather than standing her ground. There seems to be a lot of that recently