Re: debian-women obscurity, was: Clarification about krooger's platform

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com> writes:

> > > > If you think this is *wrong*, then why?  Because you have a right to
> > > > be responded to no matter what you say, even when you are hostile to
> > > > the purposes the list was created for?
> > > I'm not hostile to balancing debian's composition.  I'm hostile
> > > to discrimination, but I was told that wasn't a list purpose:
> > > are you saying it is? Why do you know better than others?
> 
> I notice that you do not directly answer any question.

I am saying tha discrimination on the basis of topic is a list rule;
this is normal for nearly every mailing list I have every been on.

But discrimination on the basis of the gender of the poster is not.

Where has anyone been excluded because they are male?  

> Why do you think that is the case?

Because I've read the offensive messages in question, and because they
were clearly off-topic for the group and manifested hostility to the
list's existence and purpose.  I've also seen messages from men which
were sympathetic to the list's purposes, and they weren't criticized
or excluded in any way.

I conclude that the discrimination is on the basis of topic, and not
gender.

Thomas