www/philosophy devils-advocate.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 17/10/26 05:47:40

Modified files:
        philosophy     : devils-advocate.html 

Log message:
        Add a note explaining that 'per' is a neutral-gender pronoun (RT 
#1248634).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/devils-advocate.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.5&r2=1.6

Patches:
Index: devils-advocate.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/devils-advocate.html,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -b -r1.5 -r1.6
--- devils-advocate.html        22 Oct 2017 13:09:55 -0000      1.5
+++ devils-advocate.html        26 Oct 2017 09:47:39 -0000      1.6
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 <p>The kind of questions that help get to the bottom of an issue are not
 those that a cunning and unscrupulous adversary would pose, but rather
-those of a thoughtful person who has not made up per mind.  They
+those of a thoughtful person who has not made up per mind (<a 
href="#ft1">1</a>).  They
 are questions that prise apart the aspects of the issue, so one can see
 the various possible positions on each aspect, what they imply, and
 how they relate.  Very different from playing devil's advocate.</p>
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@
 you are asked how you would answer if someone else asked a hostile
 question, perhaps this essay is a good response.</p>
 
+<hr class="thin" />
+<h3 style="font-size:1.2em">Footnote</h3>
+<ol>
+  <li id="ft1">The author uses the gender-neutral third person singular
+pronouns &ldquo;person,&rdquo; &ldquo;per,&rdquo; and
+&ldquo;pers.&rdquo;</li>
+</ol>
+
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@@ -135,7 +143,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/10/22 13:09:55 $
+$Date: 2017/10/26 09:47:39 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>