Re: First Call for votes: General resolution for the handling of the non-free section
On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 06:22:33PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
>
> > in a class or a conference the idiocy that provoked it would not
> > have happened - or, more precisely, would not have continued for
> > month after month.
>
> No matter how much someone pisses you off here, it doesn't warrant the
> kind of language you choose.
in your opinion.
i, obviously, disagree.
tell you what - you write YOUR words however you like according to YOUR
standards, and i'll write my words according to mine.
> > alas, that doesn't happen on mailing lists. instead, it goes on for
> > weeks or months until it pisses somebody off enough to finally say
> > something about it - unfortunately triggering another round of
> > pedantic frothing-at-the-mouth by wowser-imitations scoring cheap
> > points whining about the swearing.
>
> Then don't swear. It's rude, it's unacceptible, and it needs to stop.
in your opinion.
i, obviously, disagree.
in my opinion, pedantic idiocy is far more offensive than swearing. it is far
more rude and most definitely unacceptable, and it needs to stop.
tell you what, you rail about my occasional swearing and i'll rail about the
constant bouts of pedantic idiocy. no scratch that, i don't have time to
complain every single time it happens....but you go ahead and feel free to have
a whinge every time i swear. once every few months shouldn't be too often for
you.
> So, all those folks who were so sure (and I agree with you) that we
> need to do something about the tone, and about the way that it puts
> off women (and others too)--are you going to join me here and tell
> Craig that this is unacceptible? Or is it actually just fine?
oh, right. i sometimes swear, therefore i am a misogynist - we'll conveniently
forget the inherent misogyny in YOUR pseudo-logical contortions (e.g.
[🔎] 87znawz5cf.fsf@becket.becket.net) where you tried very hard to "prove" that any
woman complaining about sexism is actually sexist themselves *BECAUSE* she is
complaining about men. sheer genius....or it would be if it wasn't so
transparently obvious.
craig
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