RE: https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl/116311624371729823
We REALLY need to reintroduce the Roman custom of Damnatio Memoriae—"damnation of memory", excision of a name and person from the written record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnatio_memoriae
Didn't work for Herostartus (burned the Artemision) or Akhenaten (tried monotheism in Egypt), or... well, lots of examples.
@davidbrin has periodically suggested, instead of suppressing their names, we legally force a name change to an embarrassing obscenity & require its use in public. (Real name can be in a footnote, but only one time per publication, with limits on type size.)
Just *imagine* the contest to propose a new name for Trump.
@weekend_editor @cstross @davidbrin
Santorum...
@darwinwoodka @cstross @davidbrin
An excellent example! In this case, his name *itself* is turned into something embarrassing.
(I mean, of course, that the *word* is an excellent example, not the politician.)
Charlie Stross
Weekend Editor
Darwin Woodka