Re: Question about Desktop Environments
On 2008-03-18, Ron Johnson penned:
> On 03/18/08 15:05, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> What outcry? Ron's got a point. Seems like all the ladies went to
>> debian-women or something.
>
> Serena Cantor & Michelle Konzack are the only two that I can think
> of on this list. And debian-women doesn't seem very busy.
>
> If women are so weak that they can't stand up for themselves when
> guys start to get rude and obnoxious, there are bigger problems
> afoot.
Perhaps that should be
s/If women are so weak they can't/If women have better things to do
than/
But I don't really know, just having noticed this subthread right
abotu now, and not sufficiently motivated to go back and find the
origin. Did a lot of women who used to post here recently stop doing
so?
I really have no business in this discussion, since I just a couple of
days ago thought, "Hrm, I should resubscribe to debian-user and see
what's up." Back in the day, I can't remember anyone doing anything
particularly offensive to women on this list. Certainly nothing on
par with the slashdot and thedailywtf noise.
> - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA
>
> "Working with women is a pain in the a**." My wife
I read the quote, got moderately offended, read the attribution,
considered, decided she may have a point.
For values of "women" not including myself, of course.
I do wonder what the intent of including that in your sig is, especially
in a primarily-male environment. The "feel" would be different in a
more evenly distributed crowd.
--
monique
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