Re: debian and women? from DWN #10

[Katipo <katipo@weavers-web.org>]

Alex Malinovich wrote:

>  On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 16:28, Kent West wrote:
>
> > Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> >
> >> I think you'd have to be incredibly smooth to pull off that
> >> "husband" line without sounding like a jerk.

They just told him they were married.

> > I wouldn't say it to a 20-year old girl; but a 35-year old who's
> > beginning to question her fading youthful appeal or a 45-year old
> > seems to brighten up on hearing it, if, as you say, it's done
> > right. Just a quick comment, and then walk away, so the woman knows
> > there's no "come on" or pick-up attempt.

Who was that mysterious masked stranger?

> >
> > Still, yes, I often suspect that it's going overboard.

Depends on your point of perception. Some people thought 'Titanic' was a 
great movie.

>  Strangely enough, this paragraph did NOT get any newlines, while all
>  the others did. Quite strange.
>
>  But getting back to the topic at hand, if comments like those are
>  inappropriate, then I'm the most sexist, chauvinistic pig ever born.
>  In the year I spent working as a server at a restaurant, I probably
>  doubled my overall tips through comments like that. (And from
>  somewhat facetiously asking for ID before giving a senior citizen
>  discount, though I generally did this for both men and women. :) Is
>  that wrong? Well, maybe it's not perfectly ethical. But it makes the
>  people I'm saying it feel good, and even if that doesn't get me a
>  better tip, I'm still happy about making someone feel good.
Nothing wrong with that, in my book. Amazing how giving something away 
for nothing can make you feel so good.
One of the major reasons we are here. In a sociological scenario where 
we are practically forced to do everything in return for money, giving 
without expectation of return can bring spiritual relief.
Regards,

David.