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Jeff Rollin wrote: |
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> On 10/03/07, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: |
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>> > The people who get all bent out of shape about a simple joke like that |
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>> > are either homosexual themselves (not a bad thing) or homophobes |
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>> > (definitely a bad thing). |
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> OTOH, I don't see how the allegation that people who are homophobic fear |
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> they may be homosexuals themselves is "shocking", since I've suspected the |
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> same on many occasions and know that other people have - and it's imo |
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> certainly no more shocking than the original comment - which I didn't, but |
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> which *could*, be taken as a snide bit of homophobia. |
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Yeah, it's fairly commonly agreed round these parts too. FWIW it wasn't the |
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nature of the insult, it was just that there was an insult at all, from |
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someone i've never spoken to; it made me think that I'm clearly annoying |
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people and just not welcome. Felt like a kick in the guts after enjoying |
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myself hanging out on irc. Anyway, *moving swiftly on*, I don't think it's |
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right to have homophobic jokes (or any offensive jokes or language) as a |
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general point of common courtesy. Especially not on a mailing-list. |
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Simply put: slag me off all you want on irc, but please don't bring it to |
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the mailing list or the forums. These are effectively archives for how |
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gentoo grew; certainly I was dismayed by some of the stuff I read, as I |
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came up to speed with reasons for technical decisions. |
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You wouldn't even be allowed to carry on like that on the forums; why should |
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we users be held up to a higher standard of conduct than devs who sign up |
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to represent gentoo? |
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