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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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> Not only is this completely off-topic for a technical ml, but one of the |
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> most shockingly stupid things one could say in an international public |
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> forum. This would get you fired on the spot from any job. Please keep |
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> in mind you representing Gentoo here and keep your personal views on |
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> political issues to yourself. I'm speaking to everyone here. We have |
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> enough trouble getting along without this kind of shit. |
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Actually it's the original "i hear that's ok in MA" joke that was off-topic, |
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so the worst Andrew could be accused of is continuing it - maybe he |
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shouldn't. |
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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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Jeff |
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Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? |
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A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. |
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