I know, three posts in one day...I guess I'm catching up.  I don't know if this is making the news anywhere else in the country, but I read this article on MSNBC, then heard the story on the radio on my way to El Segundo.  For those who don't like to click on links or don't want to read the whole story, here's the gist:  Some LA city employee saw two VCRs used for dubbing, one labeled “master”, the other labeled “slave”.  Naturally, he was offended by these inanimate objects and immediately reported them to the county’s Office of Affirmative Action Compliance.  Obviously, he was concerned for the “slave” VCR, and wanted it freed from its bondage to its “master”, or as the “slave” VCR called it, “boss”.  Or maybe he was offended because of the years he spent as a slave, oh wait, we haven't had slavery in this country for almost 150 years, so unless he is also the oldest man alive, that's not the case.  I wonder, would this have been reported if the “master” VCR were black plastic and the “slave” VCR were white plastic?  As a result, they are now going to label the VCRs with “primary” and “secondary”.  Hopefully, someone will report this injustice to the EEOC or the Office of Ridiculous Complaints Compliance, and we will not rest until they are both labeled identically, perhaps just “VCR”.  Of course, the other 23 letters of the alphabet will then have to file a complaint.  Well, whatever happens, its just important that we continue to apply the most offensive context we can possibly imagine to every combination of letters that we come across until our language is completely bland and words can't hurt us any more.