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On 11/03/07, Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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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 |
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> 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 |
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> 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, |
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> 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 |
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> 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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Oh, I can think of much more annoying and unwelcome correspondents than you |
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;-), if on other mailinglists. |
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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 |
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> 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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Nicely put. |
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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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