Re: No goals, selective memory, be nice, red nose day

[MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com>]

On 2004-08-19 03:49:15 +0100 Miriam Ruiz <little_miry@yahoo.es> wrote:

> You probably don't mind about it because you're
> assuming they're men.

Surely you have no evidence (or basis in reality IMO) for that 
statement? Indeed, I don't think it's the case: do you think all equal 
ops supporters assume everyone shares attributes with them?

> You don't mind if women
> participate in Debian or not? The problem is that we
> mind, and we want to do something about that.

Fine. There should be limits on what you do about it, stopping short 
of repeating sins claimed against you.

> debian-women is NOT closed to anyone, you can join it
> if you like.

No, debian-women as a whole is not closed and I did not say it was. 
Some small parts already seem to be closed and it seems likely that 
there will be more if left unchecked, given the other projects people 
admire.

> Its purpose is to encourage women to
> involve in the development of Debian. Are you against
> this purpose?

Not exactly. In general, I encourage all people to get involved in 
developing debian. I don't think it matters whether they are women or 
not, though.

> About LinuxChix, It is a project OUTSIDE Debian, and
> we're free to belong to any project we want.

Sure. And I'm free to dislike that project and try to avoid its errors 
being repeated inside debian.

I am not subscribed and request a cc. (Andrew, LP has little to do 
with the buggy MFT.)

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