James Jobling
Well-known member
It saddens me to observe that the AOS has chosen to enter the lists of political correctness and ponder "potentially offensive eponyms and other names." If they wage war against supposed slavers, imperialists, colonialists, and genocidal regimes they will have opened Pandora's box. Do they propose to rename all those birds of the Americas which may have links to the Spanish conquistadores or to the historically aggressive US Republic which resulted in the extinction or subjugation of numerous indigenous peoples? I plead with them to concentrate on ornithology, embrace their history, and celebrate the future.