Comment Re:PC, huh? (Score 1) 262
"Manhole clearly implies a covered maintenance shaft in the street."
To some it may clearly imply a male anus instead.
Your argument is bull. The singular "they" has a historical existence of centuries, going at least back to Shakespare. And yet you are seriously arguing that to describe a potentially female owner with "his" is more accurate? Sheer nonsense.
"When they are said in a more general form, eg: "All men are created equal", they are genderless."
And for you to claim that this sentence was genderless is also bullshit. Anyone remotely aware of history knows that it was NOT meant genderlessly.