-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 09:42:48AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 07/10/2015 at 08:52 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...] > From my perspective, jumping so harshly on a single use of a > superficially masculine-only term which was not even directed > specifically at her as being actively "rude" _does_ look like an > aggressive, socially "militant" thing to do. That reaction seems at > least as rude, to me, as the original greeting can have seemed to her. Here, I don't completely agree. > It would probably have been at least as effective, and have avoided the > derail and this discussion of rudeness vs. counter-rudeness, to have had > a comment like "(Gentle hint: Not all of us here are male. You might > want to say something like 'Sirs and/or madams' in the future."), and to > have followed it up by being as helpful as possible (which, given the > limited available information, may admittedly not have been very much) > in the rest of the E-mail. Here I agree more. > (This isn't even getting into the question of whether or not usages such > as the one being objected to _are_ rude, or - to phrase the same thing > differently - can legitimately be called rude. I appear to disagree > strongly with Lisi's apparent position on that question, but I don't > really feel like investing energy in an argument on the subject, and > this would definitely not be the place for it even if I did...) Here I tend to agree with Lisi. Folks, sorry, I'm out. I have to run for the train and will be off the 'net for one month (yeah, that sounds like a lame excuse, but it really ain't one :-) Take care - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlWf0W4ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYfZACfVQ+yYDK7XBAMzmKh8PXf/xsU pnEAn1wNxuKwN5Sl0j3zNhYa5b5623XK =Qm6X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150710140639.gb15...@tuxteam.de
