On 11/03/07, Steve Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jeff Rollin wrote: > On 10/03/07, Ryan Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > The people who get all bent out of shape about a simple joke like that >> > are either homosexual themselves (not a bad thing) or homophobes >> > (definitely a bad thing). .. > OTOH, I don't see how the allegation that people who are homophobic fear > they may be homosexuals themselves is "shocking", since I've suspected the > same on many occasions and know that other people have - and it's imo > certainly no more shocking than the original comment - which I didn't, but > which *could*, be taken as a snide bit of homophobia. > Yeah, it's fairly commonly agreed round these parts too. FWIW it wasn't the nature of the insult, it was just that there was an insult at all, from someone i've never spoken to; it made me think that I'm clearly annoying people and just not welcome. Felt like a kick in the guts after enjoying myself hanging out on irc. Anyway, *moving swiftly on*, I don't think it's right to have homophobic jokes (or any offensive jokes or language) as a general point of common courtesy. Especially not on a mailing-list.
Oh, I can think of much more annoying and unwelcome correspondents than you ;-), if on other mailinglists. Simply put: slag me off all you want on irc, but please don't bring it to
the mailing list or the forums. These are effectively archives for how gentoo grew; certainly I was dismayed by some of the stuff I read, as I came up to speed with reasons for technical decisions. You wouldn't even be allowed to carry on like that on the forums; why should we users be held up to a higher standard of conduct than devs who sign up to represent gentoo?
Nicely put. Jeff -- Q: What will happen in the Aftermath? A: Impossible to tell, since we're still in the Beforemath. http://latedeveloper.org.uk
