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Before you get too upset about the supposed "wokeness" of no longer using culturally offensive names, ask yourself how you would feel if you were an indigenous Australian living near one of our many Black Gin Creeks, or Nigger Creek, or Nigger's Bounce? (Yes, these are - or were - all real place names. I'll let you guess the origin of the name Nigger's Bounce - it's not really something to be celebrated!) Or if you're from a European heritage, how would you feel about living in Swastika (Ontario), or Castrillo Matajudíos ("Jew-killer Camp") in Spain?
I doubt that anybody is going to be arrested for daring to refer to the "Eskimo Nebula", but is it REALLY something to be offended about if NASA does not?
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