Re: [PLUG] Re: Community standards THE END of this crap

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

On Thursday 27 September 2007 14:48:46 Gregory Fields wrote:
> Interesting part about this thread is that there are employers who are
> subscribers to the PLUG list.

Including mine.  

Morals: 
1. Not all people interested in Linux are male.
2. Not all males like "locker room humor"
3. Not all females don't. (we have female co-workers who could shame many on 
this list apparently.)
4. Not all people who appreciate software liberty, are libertines socially or 
liberal or libertarians politically.
5. Not all employers are alike.
6. Beating a dead horse does not necessarily make it more compliant nor its 
meat more tender (sorry if I offend any vegans or petac [people for the 
ethical treatment of animal carcasses]).  Sometimes it just gets tedious.

I have tried, passively, to move on and apologize that this email, itself, 
extends the pain.

Let's sum up.  We are a diverse group whose only commonality of interest is in 
Linux and free/open source software.  Some of us get offended at things that 
some of us think are funny.  Jokes can be funny -- or not -- and be 
offensive -- or not.  Very dry discussions are not fun.  We can let jokes 
that we don't think are funny pass without perpetuating an endless thread of 
dissection and pontification.

Learn to let it go, please.

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